2 Samuel 24

1 Bio, Awurade abufuw baa Israel so nti, ɔhyɛɛ Dawid sɛ ɔmfa nnipakan so nhaw wɔn a wɔwɔ Israel ne Yuda nyinaa. Awurade see Dawid sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔkan Israelfo ne Yudafo nyinaa.”

And the anger of Jehovah addeth to burn against Israel, and [an adversary] moveth David about them, saying, 'Go, number Israel and Judah.'

2 Enti ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ ne sahene Yoab se, “Kan nnipa a wɔwɔ asase yi so nyinaa, efi Dan a ɛwɔ atifi fam, de besi Beer-Seba a ɛwɔ anafo fam, na ama mahu nnipa dodow a wɔwɔ ha.”

And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that [is] with him, 'Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people — and I have known the number of the people.'

3 Na Yoab buaa ɔhene no se, “Awurade mma wo ntena ase kosi sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ wʼahenni yi mu ase bɛterɛw mmɔho ɔha. Na adɛn nti na wopɛ sɛ woyɛ eyi?”

And Joab saith unto the king, 'Yea, Jehovah thy God doth add unto the people, as they are, a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?'

4 Na ɔhene no hyɛɛ no ketee sɛ, wɔnkan nnipa nti, Yoab ne nʼadwumayɛfo kɔkan nnipa a wɔwɔ Israel.

And the word of the king is severe towards Joab, and against the heads of the force, and Joab goeth out, and the heads of the force, [from] before the king to inspect the people, even Israel;

5 Nea edi kan no, wotwaa Yordan kɔtenaa Aroer, kurow a ɛwɔ obon no anafo a ɛkyerɛ Gad no. Afei, wɔkɔɔ Yaser,

and they pass over the Jordan, and encamp in Aroer, on the right of the city that [is] in the midst of the brook of Gad, and unto Jazer,

6 toaa so koduu Gilead a ɛwɔ Tatim-hodsi, toaa so kɔɔ Dan Yaan ne Sidon fa mu.

and they come in to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come in to Dan-Jaan, and round about unto Zidon,

7 Afei, wɔbaa Tiro aban mu ne Hewifo ne Kanaanfo nkuropɔn nyinaa mu. Wɔkɔɔ Yuda anafo, koduu Beer-Seba de wiei.

and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.

8 Wowurawuraa asase no nyinaa so, de asram akron ne nnafua aduonu wiee nnipakan no, san kɔɔ Yerusalem.

And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem,

9 Yoab de ne nnipa dodow a wonyae brɛɛ ɔhene no. Na mmarima a wɔadu sogyadi mfe so wɔ Israel no dodow yɛ mpem ahanwɔtwe, na mpem ahannum nso wɔ Yuda.

and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.

10 Dawid kan nnipa no nyinaa wiei no, nʼahonim buu no fɔ, nti ɔka kyerɛɛ Awurade se, “Nea meyɛe yi nti, mayɛ bɔne. Enti Awurade, mesrɛ wo, yi saa afɔbu yi fi wo somfo so. Mayɛ nkwaseade.”

And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, 'I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'

11 Ade kyee no, Awurade asɛm baa odiyifo Gad a ɔyɛ Dawid ɔdehufo nkyɛn se:

And David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,

12 “Kɔka kyerɛ Dawid sɛ, Sɛnea Awurade se ni: ‘Mede nsɛm abiɛsa reto wʼanim. Yi mu baako na menyɛ ntia wo.’”

'Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three — I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do [it] to thee.'

13 Enti Gad kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn kobisaa no se, “Ɔkɔm mmra wʼasase yi so mfe abiɛsa ana? Anaa, atamfo a wogu wo so no wubeguan wɔn asram abiɛsa? Anaa, ɔyaredɔm mmra wo man yi mu nnansa? Enti afei, dwene ho yiye, na ma minhu mmuae a memfa nkɔma Awurade.”

And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, 'Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary — and he pursuing thee? or are three days' pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.'

14 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Gad se, “Yɛwɔ ahohiahia mu. Momma yɛmfa yɛn ho nhyɛ Awurade nsa, efisɛ nʼadɔe dɔɔso; nanso mma me nkɔtɔ nnipa nsam.”

And David saith unto Gad, 'I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

15 Enti Awurade tow ɔyaredɔm guu Israel so anɔpa no ma edii nnansa. Na nnipa mpem aduɔson fii Dan kosi Beer-Seba wuwui.

And Jehovah giveth a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men,

16 Bere a ɔbɔfo no reyɛ ahoboa akɔsɛe Yerusalem no, Awurade nuu ne ho wɔ asɛm no ho, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Eye! Gyae.” Saa bere no na Awurade bɔfo no adu Yebusini Arauna awiporowbea hɔ.

and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, 'Enough, now, cease thy hand;' and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

17 Bere a Dawid huu ɔbɔfo no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Awurade se, “Me na mayɛ bɔne. Eyinom de wonnim ho hwee, dɛn na wɔayɛ? Ma wo bɔfo nsɛe me ne me fifo.”

And David speaketh unto Jehovah, when he seeth the messenger who is smiting among the people, and saith, 'Lo, I have sinned, yea, I have done perversely; and these — the flock — what have they done? Let, I pray Thee, Thy hand be on me, and on the house of my father.'

18 Da no, Gad kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Kɔ na kosi afɔremuka ma Awurade wɔ Yebusini Arauna awiporowbea hɔ.”

And Gad cometh in unto David on that day, and saith to him, 'Go up, raise to Jehovah an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite;'

19 Na Dawid kɔyɛɛ nea Awurade hyɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no.

and David goeth up, according to the word of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.

20 Bere a Arauna huu sɛ ɔhene ne ne mmarima reba no, opue bɛkotow ɔhene, de nʼanim butuw fam.

And Araunah looketh, and seeth the king and his servants passing over unto him, and Araunah goeth out and boweth himself to the king — his face to the earth.

21 Arauna bisae se, “Adɛn nti na woaba, me wura?” Dawid buae se, “Merebɛtɔ awiporowbea hɔ, na masi afɔremuka wɔ hɔ ama Awurade, sɛnea Awurade bɛma ɔyaredɔm no agyae.”

And Araunah saith, 'Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant?' and David saith, 'To buy from thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar to Jehovah, and the plague is restrained from the people.'

22 Arauna ka kyerɛɛ Dawid se, “Me wura fa na fa yɛ nea wopɛ. Nantwi a wɔde bɛbɔ ɔhyew afɔre ni. Wubetumi de awiporowbea nnua ne nantwi mpamho nnua no ayɛ nnyina wɔ afɔremuka no so.

And Araunah saith unto David, 'Let my lord the king take and cause to ascend that which is good in his eyes; see, the oxen for a burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments, and the instruments of the oxen, for wood;'

23 Mede ne nyinaa bɛma wo, na mesrɛ se, Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn nnye afɔre yi.”

the whole hath Araunah given, [as] a king to a king; and Araunah saith unto the king, 'Jehovah thy God doth accept thee.'

24 Na ɔhene no buaa Arauna se, “Dabi da, mepɛ sɛ mɛtɔ, na merentumi mmɔ ɔhyew afɔre mma Awurade, me Nyankopɔn, a mammɔ ho ka biara.” Enti Dawid tuaa dwetɛ bɛyɛ gram ahannum aduoson anum de tɔɔ awiporowbea ne nantwi no.

And the king saith unto Araunah, 'Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

25 Dawid sii afɔremuka wɔ hɔ maa Awurade, na ɔbɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre hɔ. Na Awurade tiee ne mpaebɔ maa ɔyaredɔm no gyaee.

and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and Jehovah is entreated for the land, and the plague is restrained from Israel.