2 Samuel 24
1 Bio, Awurade abufuo baa Israel so enti, ɔhyɛɛ Dawid sɛ ɔmfa nnipakan so nha wɔn a wɔwɔ Israel ne Yuda nyinaa. Awurade see Dawid sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔkan Israelfoɔ ne Yudafoɔ nyinaa.”
Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
2 Enti, ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ ne sahene Yoab sɛ, “Kan nnipa a wɔwɔ asase yi so nyinaa, ɛfiri Dan a ɛwɔ atifi fam, de bɛsi Beer-Seba a ɛwɔ anafoɔ fam, na ama mahunu nnipa dodoɔ a wɔwɔ ha.”
So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
3 Na Yoab buaa ɔhene no sɛ, “Awurade mma wo ntena ase kɔsi sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ wʼahennie yi mu ase bɛtrɛ mmɔho ɔha. Na adɛn enti na wopɛ sɛ woyɛ yei?”
But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
4 Na ɔhene no hyɛɛ no ketee sɛ, wɔnkan nnipa enti, Yoab ne nʼadwumayɛfoɔ kɔkanee nnipa a wɔwɔ Israel.
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.
5 Deɛ ɛdi ɛkan no, wɔtwaa Yordan kɔtenaa Aroer, kuro a ɛwɔ bɔnhwa no anafoɔ a ɛkyerɛ Gad no. Afei, wɔkɔɔ Yaser,
They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
6 toaa so kɔduruu Gilead a ɛwɔ Tatim-hodsi, toaa so kɔɔ Dan Yaan ne Sidon fa mu.
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
7 Afei, wɔbaa Tiro aban mu ne Hewifoɔ ne Kanaanfoɔ nkuropɔn nyinaa mu. Wɔkɔɔ Yuda anafoɔ, kɔduruu Beer-Seba de wieeɛ.
They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
8 Wɔwurawuraa asase no nyinaa so, de abosome nkron ne nnafua aduonu wiee nnipakan no, sane kɔɔ Yerusalem.
At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
9 Yoab de ne nnipa dodoɔ a wɔnyaeɛ brɛɛ ɔhene no. Na mmarima a wɔaduru sraadie mfeɛ so wɔ Israel no dodoɔ yɛ mpem aha nwɔtwe, na mpem ahanum nso wɔ Yuda.
And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
10 Dawid kan nnipa no nyinaa wieeɛ no, nʼatiboa buu no fɔ, enti ɔka kyerɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Deɛ meyɛeɛ yi enti, mayɛ bɔne kɛseɛ. Enti, Awurade, mesrɛ wo, yi saa afɔbuo yi firi wo ɔsomfoɔ so. Mayɛ nkwaseadeɛ.”
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
11 Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, Awurade asɛm baa odiyifoɔ Gad a ɔyɛ Dawid ɔdehunufoɔ nkyɛn sɛ:
When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
12 “Kɔka kyerɛ Dawid sɛ, Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie: ‘Mede nsɛm mmiɛnsa reto wʼanim. Yi mu baako na mɛyɛ.’”
“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
13 Enti, Gad kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn kɔbisaa no sɛ, “Ɔkɔm mmra wʼasase yi so mfeɛ mmiɛnsa anaa? Anaa, atamfoɔ a wɔgu wo so no wobɛdwane wɔn abosome mmiɛnsa? Anaa, ɔyaredɔm mmra wo ɔman yi mu nnansa? Enti afei, dwene ho yie, na ma menhunu mmuaeɛ a memfa nkɔma Awurade.”
So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
14 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Gad sɛ, “Yɛwɔ ahohiahia mu. Momma yɛmfa yɛn ho nhyɛ Awurade nsa, ɛfiri sɛ, nʼadɔeɛ dɔɔso; nanso, mma me nkɔtɔ nnipa nsam.”
David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
15 Enti, Awurade too ɔyaredɔm guu Israel so anɔpa no ma ɛdii nnansa. Na nnipa ɔpeduɔson firii Dan kɔsi Beer-Seba wuwuiɛ.
So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
16 Ɛberɛ a ɔbɔfoɔ no reyɛ ahoboa akɔsɛe Yerusalem no, Awurade nuu ne ho wɔ asɛm no ho, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ! Gyae.” Saa ɛberɛ no na Awurade ɔbɔfoɔ no aduru Yebusini Arauna ayuporobea hɔ.
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17 Ɛberɛ a Dawid hunuu ɔbɔfoɔ no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Me na mayɛ bɔne. Yeinom deɛ wɔnnim ho hwee, ɛdeɛn na wɔayɛ? Ma wo ɔbɔfoɔ nsɛe me ne me fiefoɔ.”
When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
18 Ɛda no, Gad kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔsi afɔrebukyia ma Awurade wɔ Yebusini Arauna ayuporobea hɔ.”
And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19 Na Dawid kɔyɛɛ deɛ Awurade hyɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no.
So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
20 Ɛberɛ a Arauna hunuu sɛ ɔhene ne ne mmarima reba no, ɔpueeɛ, bɛkotoo ɔhene, de nʼanim butuu fam.
When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
21 Arauna bisaa sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woaba, me wura?” Dawid buaa sɛ, “Merebɛtɔ ayuporobea hɔ, na masi afɔrebukyia wɔ hɔ ama Awurade, sɛdeɛ Awurade bɛma ɔyaredɔm no agyae.”
“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
22 Arauna ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, “Me wura fa na fayɛ deɛ wopɛ. Nantwie a wɔde bɛbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ nie. Wobɛtumi de ayuporeeɛ nnua ne nantwie mpamho nnua no ayɛ anyina wɔ afɔrebukyia no so.
Araunah said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
23 Mede ne nyinaa bɛma wo, na mesrɛ sɛ, Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn nnye afɔdeɛ yi.”
O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
24 Na ɔhene no buaa Arauna sɛ, “Dabi, mepɛ sɛ mɛtɔ, na merentumi mmɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ mma Awurade, me Onyankopɔn, a mammɔ ho ka biara.” Enti, Dawid tuaa dwetɛ bɛyɛ gram ahanum aduɔson enum de tɔɔ ayuporobea ne nantwie no.
“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 Dawid sii afɔrebukyia wɔ hɔ maa Awurade, na ɔbɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ hɔ. Na Awurade tiee ne mpaeɛbɔ maa ɔyaredɔm no gyaee.
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
