2 Samuela 24

1 Pea naʻe toe vela ʻae houhau ʻo Sihova ki he kakai ʻIsileli, pea naʻe ueʻi ai ʻa Tevita ke ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻAlu, ʻo lau pe ʻoku toko fiha ʻa ʻIsileli mo Siuta.”

Now again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, "Go, number Israel and Judah."

2 He naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia Soape ko e ʻeiki pule ki he kautau, ʻaia naʻe ʻiate ia, “ʻAlu hake eni ki he faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli mei Tani ʻo aʻu atu ki Peasipa, pea lau ʻae kakai, koeʻuhi ke u ʻilo ai pe ʻoku toko fiha ʻae kakai.”

So the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, "Now go back and forth through all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people."

3 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Soape ki he tuʻi, “Manavahē tuku ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ne fakatokolahi ki hoʻo kakai, pe ko e hā ia ʻa honau tokolahi, ke liunga teau hake, pea ne tuku foki ke sio ki ai ʻae mata ʻo hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi: ka ko e hā ʻoku fiefie fai ai ʻae meʻa ni ʻe hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi?”

But Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?"

4 Ka neongo ia naʻe mālohi atu ʻae lea ʻae tuʻi kia Soape, pea ki he houʻeiki naʻe pule ki he kautau. Pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Soape, mo e houʻeiki naʻe pule ki he kautau, mei he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi kenau lau ʻae kakai ʻo ʻIsileli.

However, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the children of Israel.

5 Pea naʻa nau ʻalu ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani, ʻonau ʻapitanga ʻi ʻAloeli, ki he potu toʻomataʻu ʻoe kolo ʻaia ʻoku tuʻu ki he lotolotonga ʻoe teleʻa ʻo Kata, ʻo hanga tonu ki Sesa:

They crossed over the Jordan and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad; then on to Jazer.

6 Hili ia naʻa nau omi ki Kiliati, pea ki he fonua ko Tatimi-Otisi: pea naʻa nau hoko atu ki Tani-Saani, ʻo fai hake ki Saitoni,

Then they came to Gilead, and to the region of the Hethites, to Kedesh; and they came to Dan. Then they skirted Sidon,

7 ‌ʻO nau omi ki he kolo mālohi ʻo Taia, pea ki he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻoe kakai Hevi, pea mo e kakai Kēnani: pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu ki he potu tonga ʻo Siuta, ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa.

and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.

8 Pea ko ia, hili ʻenau ʻalu atu ki he potu kotoa pē ʻoe fonua, naʻa nau hoko mai ki Selūsalema ʻi he kātoa ʻoe māhina ʻe hiva mo e ʻaho ʻe uofulu.

So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

9 Pea naʻe tuku atu ʻe Soape ki he tuʻi ʻa hono lau fakataha ʻae toko fiha ʻoe kakai: pea naʻe ʻi ʻIsileli ʻae kau tangata mālohi naʻe faʻa toʻo ʻae heletā, ko e toko valu kilu; pea ko e kau tangata naʻe ʻi Siuta, ko e toko nima kilu.

Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

10 Pea naʻe valoki ʻa Tevita ʻe hono loto hili ʻa ʻene lau ʻae kakai. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia Sihova, kuo u fai angahala lahi ʻi he meʻa ʻaia kuo u fai: pea ko eni, “ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe ke ʻave ʻae hia ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki; he kuo u fai vale lahi ʻaupito.”

David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, LORD, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly."

11 He koeʻuhi ʻi heʻene tuʻu hake ʻa Tevita ʻi he pongipongi, naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ki he palōfita ko Kata, ko e tangata kikite ʻo Tevita, ʻo pehē,

When David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to Gad, David's seer, saying,

12 “ʻAlu ʻo fakahā kia Tevita, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻOku ou tuku ke ke fili ki he meʻa ʻe tolu: fili kiate koe ha taha mei ai, koeʻuhi ke u fai ia kiate koe.”

"Go and speak to David, 'Thus says the LORD, "I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you."'

13 Ko ia naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Kata kia Tevita, ʻo ne tala ki ai, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻE hoko ha honge kiate koe ʻi ho fonua ʻi he taʻu ʻe fitu? Pe te ke fie hola ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu mei he ʻao ʻo ho ngaahi fili, ka nau tulia koe? Pe[te ke fili ]ke ai ha mahaki fakaʻauha ʻi ho fonua ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu? Fakakaukau eni ki ai, pea vakai pe ko e hā ha lea te u toe lea ʻaki kiate ia naʻa ne fekauʻi au.”

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, "Shall three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me."

14 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia Kata, “Kuo ʻefihiaʻi lahi ʻaupito au: tuku eni ketau hinga atu ki he nima ʻo Sihova: he ʻoku lahi ʻa ʻene ʻaloʻofa: kaeʻoua naʻaku tō atu ki he nima ʻoe tangata.”

David said to Gad, "All of them are difficult for me. Only let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man."

15 Ko ia naʻe ʻomi ai ʻe Sihova ʻae mahaki fakaʻauha ki ʻIsileli mei he pongipongi ʻo aʻu atu ki he feituʻu ʻaho ʻaia naʻe tuʻutuʻuni: pea naʻe pekia ʻi he kakai mei Tani ʻo aʻu atu ki Peasipa, ʻae kakai tangata ʻe toko fitu mano.

So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and the destruction began among the people. And there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

16 Pea ʻi heʻene mafao atu ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻa hono nima ki Selūsalema ke fakaʻauha ia, naʻe liliu ʻa Sihova mei he fakahoko ʻae kovi, pea ne folofola ki he ʻāngelo ʻaia naʻe tāmateʻi ʻae kakai, “Kuo lahi; ke taʻofi eni ho nima.” Pea naʻe feʻunga ʻae ʻāngelo ʻo Sihova mo e hahaʻanga uite ʻo ʻAlauna ko e tangata Sepusi.

When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough. Now stay your hand." The angel of the LORD was standing near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell down on their faces.

17 Pea naʻe lea ʻa Tevita kia Sihova, ʻi heʻene mamata ki he ʻāngelo ʻaia naʻe taaʻi ʻae kakai, ʻo ne pehē, “Vakai, kuo u fai angahala, pea kuo u fai ʻae kovi lahi: ka ko e fanga sipi na ko e hā kuo nau fai? ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tuku ho nima ke mafao mai kiate au, pea ki he fale ʻo ʻeku tamai.”

Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, "Look, I have sinned, and I, the shepherd, have done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house."

18 Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Kata ʻi he ʻaho ko ia kia Tevita ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻAlu hake, pea ke fokotuʻu ha feilaulauʻanga kia Sihova ʻi he hahaʻanga uite ʻo ʻAlauna ko e tangata Sepusi.”

And Gad went to David that day and said, "Go up, build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."

19 Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Tevita, ʻo hangē ko e tala ʻa Kata, pea hangē ko ia naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova.

So David went up and did what Gad had said, as the LORD commanded.

20 Pea naʻe sio ʻa ʻAlauna, ʻo ne mamata ki heʻene haʻu kiate ia ʻae tuʻi pea mo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki: pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa ʻAlauna, pea naʻa ne punou hifo ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi ki hono mata ki he kelekele.

And Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him, so Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

21 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAlauna, “Ko e hā kuo haʻu ai ʻa hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki?” Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe Tevita, “Koeʻuhi ke u fakatau meiate koe ʻae hahaʻanga uite, ke fokotuʻu ai ha feilaulauʻanga kia Sihova, ke ngata ai ʻae mahaki fakaʻauha mei he kakai.”

And Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy this threshing floor from you to build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague may be held back from the people."

22 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAlauna kia Tevita, “Tuku ke toʻo ʻe hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi mo ne feilaulau ʻaki ha meʻa ʻoku lelei kiate ia: vakai, ʻoku ʻi heni ʻae fanga pulu ki he feilaulau tutu, mo e nāunau ʻoe haha uite, mo e nāunau ʻoe fanga pulu ke fefie ʻaki.”

But Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.

23 Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē naʻe fai fakaʻeiʻeiki ai ʻa ʻAlauna ʻo ne foaki ia ki he tuʻi. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAlauna ki he tuʻi, “Ke ʻofeina koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.”

All these Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you."

24 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia ʻAlauna, “ʻE ʻikai pehē; ka te u fakatau moʻoni ia meiate koe ʻaki ha totongi: pea ʻe ʻikai foki te u ʻatu ha feilaulau tutu kia Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua, ʻi ha meʻa kuo u maʻu taʻetotongi.” Pea ko ia naʻe fakatau ai ʻe Tevita ʻae hahaʻanga uite, pea mo e fanga pulu, ʻaki ʻae sikeli siliva ʻe nimangofulu.

But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

25 Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi ai ʻe Tevita ha feilaulauʻanga kia Sihova, pea ne ʻatu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu mo e ngaahi feilaulau fakamelino. Pea pehē, naʻe fakakolekolea ʻa Sihova koeʻuhi ko e fonua, pea naʻe taʻofi ʻae mahaki fakaʻauha mei ʻIsileli.

Then David built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.