Numbering the People
1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
Tena hasira ya Bwana ikawaka juu ya Israeli, akamtia Daudi nia juu yao, akisema, Nenda, ukawahesabu Israeli na Yuda.
2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
Basi mfalme akamwambia Yoabu, jemadari wa jeshi la askari, waliokuwa pamoja naye, Zunguka sasa katikati ya kabila zote za Israeli, tangu Dani mpaka Beer-sheba, mkawahesabu watu, nipate kujua jumla ya hao watu.
3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
Naye Yoabu akamwambia mfalme, Bwana, Mungu wako, na awaongeze watu, hesabu yao ikiwa yo yote, mara mia, tena macho ya bwana wangu mfalme na yawaone; ila kwa nini neno hili limempendeza bwana wangu mfalme?
4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
Lakini neno la mfalme likawa na nguvu juu ya Yoabu, na juu ya majemadari wa jeshi. Basi Yoabu akatoka na majemadari wa jeshi machoni pa mfalme, kwenda kuwahesabu watu wa Israeli.
5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
Wakavuka Yordani, wakapiga kambi huko Aroeri, upande wa kuume wa mji ulioko kati ya bonde la Gadi, na mpaka Yazeri;
6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,
kisha wakaja Gileadi, na nchi ya Wahiti huko Kadeshi; kisha wakaja Dani, na kutoka Dani wakazunguka mpaka Sidoni,
7 and came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.
wakaja ngomeni kwa Tiro, na kwa miji yote ya Wahivi, na ya Wakanaani; tena wakatoka kusini kwa Yuda huko Beer-sheba.
8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
Nao walipokwisha kuzunguka nchi yote, wakaja Yerusalemu mwisho wa miezi kenda na siku ishirini.
9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
Naye Yoabu akamtolea mfalme jumla ya hesabu ya watu; nao walikuwa wa Israeli mashujaa wenye kufuta panga mia nane elfu; nao wa Yuda walikuwa watu mia tano elfu.
10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Ndipo moyo wake Daudi ukamchoma baada ya kuwahesabu hao watu. Naye Daudi akamwambia Bwana, Nimekosa sana kwa haya niliyoyafanya; lakini sasa, Ee Bwana, nakusihi uuondolee mbali uovu wa mtumishi wako; kwani nimefanya upumbavu kabisa.
11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
Na Daudi alipoondoka asubuhi, neno la Bwana likamjia nabii Gadi, mwonaji wake Daudi, kusema,
12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things ; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
Nenda, ukanene na Daudi, Bwana asema hivi, Nakuwekea mambo matatu; katika haya uchague moja, nikutendee hilo.
13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
Basi Gadi akamwendea Daudi, akamweleza, akamwambia, Basi, miaka saba ya njaa ikujie katika nchi yako? Au miezi mitatu ukimbie mbele ya adui zako, huku wakikufuatia? Au siku tatu iwe tauni katika nchi yako? Fanya shauri sasa, ufikiri, ni jawabu gani nimrudishie yeye aliyenituma.
14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Naye Daudi akamwambia Gadi, Nimeingia katika mashaka sana; basi sasa na tuanguke katika mkono wa Bwana; kwa kuwa rehema zake ni nyingi; wala nisianguke katika mkono wa wanadamu.
15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
Basi Bwana akawaletea Israeli tauni tangu asubuhi hata wakati ulioamriwa; nao wakafa watu toka Dani mpaka Beer-sheba sabini elfu.
16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
Lakini huyo malaika aliponyosha mkono wake kuelekea Yerusalemu ili auharibu, Bwana akaghairi katika mabaya, akamwambia huyo malaika mwenye kuwaharibu watu, Yatosha, sasa ulegeze mkono wako. Naye yule malaika wa Bwana alikuwako karibu na kiwanja cha kupuria cha Arauna, Myebusi.
17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Daudi, alipomwoma malaika aliyewapiga watu, akanena na Bwana, akasema, Tazama, ni mimi niliyekosa, ni mimi niliyepotoka; lakini kondoo hawa, wamefanya nini? Mkono wako na uwe juu yangu, na juu ya nyumba ya baba yangu.
An Altar unto the Lord
18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Siku hiyo Gadi akamwendea Daudi, akamwambia, Haya! Kwea wewe, ukamwinulie Bwana madhabahu penye kiwanja cha Arauna, Myebusi.
19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
Basi Daudi akakwea sawasawa na neno la Gadi, kama Bwana alivyoamuru.
20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
Huyo Arauna akatazama, akamwona mfalme na watumishi wake wakimjia; Arauna akatoka, akasujudu mbele ya mfalme kifulifuli hata nchi.
21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
Arauna akasema, Bwana wangu mfalme amemjia mtumwa wake kwa kusudi gani? Naye Daudi akasema, Makusudi ninunue kwako kiwanja hiki, ili nimjengee Bwana madhabahu, ili kwamba tauni ipate kuzuiliwa katika watu.
22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
Arauna akamwambia Daudi, Bwana wangu mfalme na akitwae, akatolee yaliyo mema machoni pake; tazama, ng'ombe hawa kwa sadaka ya kuteketezwa, tena vyombo vya kupuria, na vyombo vya ng'ombe, viko kwa kuni,
23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
vitu hivi vyote, Ee mfalme, mimi Arauna nakupa wewe mfalme. Kisha Arauna akamwambia mfalme, Bwana, Mungu wako, na akukubali.
24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Lakini mfalme akamwambia Arauna, La, sivyo; lakini kweli nitavinunua kwako kwa thamani yake; wala sitamtolea Bwana, Mungu wangu, sadaka za kuteketezwa nisizozigharimia. Hivyo Daudi akakinunua hicho kiwanja cha kupuria na wale ng'ombe kwa shekeli hamsini za fedha.
25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
Naye Daudi akamjengea Bwana madhabahu huko, akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani. Basi Bwana aliiridhia nchi, na tauni ikazuiliwa katika Israeli.
