< 1 Beresosɛm 21 >

1 Ɔbonsam sɔre tiaa Israel, maa Dawid kan Israelfo.
And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
2 Dawid hyɛɛ Yoab ne nʼasahene sɛ, “Monkan nnipa a wɔwɔ asase yi so nyinaa efi Beer-Seba a ɛwɔ anafo fam kosi Dan a ɛwɔ atifi fam, na momfa wɔn dodow mmrɛ me, na ɛmma minhu wɔn ano.”
And king David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me [the account], and I shall know their number.
3 Na Yoab kae se, “Awurade mmɔ ne nkurɔfo no dodow ho mpɛn ɔha ɔha! Na me wura, adɛn nti na wopɛ sɛ woyɛ saa? Wɔn nyinaa nyɛ wʼasomfo ana? Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ ma Israel yɛ bɔne?”
And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they [are], and [let] the eyes of my lord the king see [it]: all [are] the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? [do it not], lest it become a sin to Israel.
4 Nanso ɔhene no kae se, nea ɛte biara ɛsɛ sɛ Yoab kan nnipa no. Enti Yoab kyinkyinii Israel nyinaa kan nnipa no. Na ɔsan baa Yerusalem
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 bɛkaa nnipa no dodow kyerɛɛ Dawid. Na wɔn dodow yɛ mmarima ɔpepem baako ne mpem ɔha a wɔaso ɔsakɔ wɔ Israel ne mpem ahannan aduɔson wɔ Yuda.
And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda [were] four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.
6 Nanso Yoab amfa Lewi ne Benyamin mmusuakuw anka nnipakan no ho, efisɛ na nea ɔhene ahyɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no yɛ no ahometew.
But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin amongst them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.
7 Onyankopɔn ampɛ nnipakan no koraa, enti ɔtwee Israel aso wɔ ho.
And [there was] evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he struck Israel.
8 Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn se, “Mayɛ bɔne kɛse. Anka ɛnsɛ sɛ mekan nnipa no. Mesrɛ wo, fa me nkwaseade a mayɛ no kyɛ me.”
And David said to God, I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing: and now, I pray you, remove the sin of your servant; for I have been exceedingly foolish.
9 Na Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Gad a ɔyɛ Dawid ɔdehufo no se,
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying,
10 “Kɔ na kɔka kyerɛ Dawid se, ‘Sɛnea Awurade se ni: Merema wo nsɛm ahorow abiɛsa. Paw emu baako na menyɛ ntia wo.’”
Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says the Lord, I bring three things upon you: choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.
11 Enti Gad baa Dawid nkyɛn bɛkae se, “Sɛnea Awurade se ni: ‘Paw emu nea wopɛ:
And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Choose for yourself,
12 mfe abiɛsa a ɔkɔm kɛse bɛba anaa asram abiɛsa a wʼatamfo bekunkum mo anaa nnansa a ɔyaredɔm a ano yɛ den yiye a, Awurade bɔfo nam so de ɔsɛe bɛba Israel asase so.’ Afei dwene eyi ho, na ma minhu mmuae ko a memfa nkɔma Awurade.”
either three years of famine, or that you should flee three months from the face of your enemies, and the sword of your enemies [shall be employed] to destroy you, or that the sword of the Lord and pestilence [should be] three days in the land, and the angel of the Lord [shall be] destroying in all the inheritance of Israel. And now consider what I shall answer to him that sent the message.
13 Dawid buaa Gad se, “Mewɔ ahohiahia mu. Ma mentɔ Awurade nsam, efisɛ nʼahummɔbɔ no so. Mma me nkɔtɔ nnipa nsam.”
And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even [all] the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies [are] very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.
14 Na Awurade maa ɔyaredɔm baa Israel so, maa nnipa mpem aduɔson wuwui.
So the Lord brought pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 Afei, Onyankopɔn somaa ɔsoro ɔbɔfo sɛ ɔnkɔsɛe Yerusalem. Na bɔfo no reyɛ no, Awurade nyaa ahummɔbɔ ka kyerɛɛ owu ɔbɔfo no se, “Gyae! Ɛno ara dɔɔso!” Saa bere no na ɔbɔfo no gyina Yebusini Arauna awiporowbea hɔ.
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord saw, and repented for the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying, Let it suffice you; withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
16 Dawid pagyaw nʼani huu sɛ Awurade bɔfo no gyina ɔsoro ne asase ntam a, watwe nʼafoa de akyerɛ Yerusalem so. Enti Dawid ne Israel mpanyimfo furaa atweaatam de kyerɛɛ wɔn ahoyeraw, na wɔhwehwee fam de wɔn anim butubutuw hɔ.
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord, standing between the earth and the heaven, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem: and David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17 Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn se, “Me na mede nnipakan no ho asɛm bae! Me ne obi a mayɛ bɔne na mafom. Saa nkurɔfo yi de, ɛso bi nna wɔn so. Dɛn na wɔayɛ? Awurade me Nyankopɔn, ma wʼabufuw mmra me ne me fifo so, na nsɛe wo nkurɔfo.”
And David said to God, [Was it] not I [that] gave orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let your hand be upon me, and upon my father's house, and not on your people for destruction, O Lord!
18 Na Awurade bɔfo no ka kyerɛɛ Gad se ɔnka nkyerɛ Dawid mma onsi afɔremuka mma Awurade wɔ Yebusini Arauna awiporowbea hɔ.
And the angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David, that he should go up to erect and altar to the Lord, in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
19 Na Dawid yɛɛ nea Awurade nam Gad so ka kyerɛɛ no no.
And David went up according to the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord.
20 Arauna a saa bere no na nʼani abere reporow nʼatoko so no dan ne ho huu ɔbɔfo no wɔ hɔ. Ne mmabarima baanan a na wɔka ne ho wɔ hɔ no guan kohintawee.
And Orna turned and saw the king; and he hid himself and his four sons with him. Now Orna was threshing wheat.
21 Bere a Arauna huu sɛ ɔhene Dawid reba awiporowbea hɔ no, ofi hɔ kɔkotow nʼanim.
And David came to Orna; and Orna came forth from the threshing floor, and did obeisance to David with his face to the ground.
22 Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Arauna se, “Tɔn awiporowbea yi ma me sɛnea ne bo te. Na mesi afɔremuka ama Awurade wɔ hɔ sɛnea obesiw ɔyaredɔm no ano.”
And David said to Orna, Give me your place of the threshing floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from [amongst] the people.
23 Arauna ka kyerɛɛ Dawid se, “Fa, me wura, na fa yɛ nea wopɛ. Anantwi a wode bɛbɔ afɔre ni. Wubetumi de awiporowbea nnua yi ayɛ nnyina de asɔ gya wɔ afɔremuka no so. Fa atoko no nso bɔ atoko afɔre. Mede ne nyinaa bɛma wo.”
And Orna said to David, Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is right in his eyes: see, I have given the calves for a whole burnt offering, and the plough for wood, and the corn for a meat-offering; I have given all.
24 Na ɔhene no buaa Arauna se, “Dabi! Mepɛ sɛ mitua nea ɛfata ma wo. Merentumi nnye wʼagyapade mfa mma Awurade. Meremmɔ ɔhyew afɔre a memmɔɔ ho ka.”
And king David said to Orna, Nay; for I will surely buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take your property for the Lord, to offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord without cost [to myself].
25 Enti Dawid tuaa sikakɔkɔɔ kilogram ason maa Arauna, de tɔɔ awiporowbea no.
And David gave to Orna for his place six hundred shekels of gold [by] weight.
26 Dawid sii afɔremuka wɔ hɔ maa Awurade, bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre wɔ so. Na Dawid bɔɔ mpae no, Awurade tiee no, nam so de ogya fi soro bɛhyew afɔrebɔde a ɛwɔ afɔremuka no so no.
And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of whole burnt offerings, and [it] consumed the whole burnt offering.
27 Afei, Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ ɔbɔfo no ma ɔsan de nʼafoa no hyɛɛ ne boha mu.
And the Lord spoke to the angel; and he put up the sword into its sheath.
28 Bere a Dawid huu sɛ Awurade atie ne mpaebɔ no, ɔbɔɔ afɔre pii wɔ Yebusini Arauna awiporowbea hɔ.
At that time when David saw that the Lord answered him in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite, he also sacrificed there.
29 Saa bere no na Awurade Ahyiae Ntamadan ne afɔremuka a Mose sii wɔ sare so hɔ no sisi Gibeon sorɔnsorɔmmea hɔ.
And the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of whole burnt offerings, [were] at that time in the high place at Gabaon.
30 Nanso Dawid antumi ankɔ hɔ ankobisa Onyankopɔn ase, efisɛ afoa a Awurade bɔfo no twee no bɔɔ no hu.
And David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

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