David counts the fighting men
1Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. 2So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, ‘Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.’
3But Joab replied, ‘May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?’
4The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem. 5Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: in all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.
6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him. 7This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.
8Then David said to God, ‘I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.’
9The Lord said to Gad, David’s seer, 10‘Go and tell David, “This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.” ’
11So Gad went to David and said to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Take your choice: 12three years of famine, three months of being swept away21:12 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 24:13) of fleeing before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord – days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.” Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.’
13David said to Gad, ‘I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.’
14So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. 15And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, ‘Enough! Withdraw your hand.’ The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing-floor of Araunah21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28 the Jebusite.
16David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell face down.
17David said to God, ‘Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd,21:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see 2 Samuel 24:17 and note); Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd. have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Lord my God, let your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people.’
David builds an altar
18Then the angel of the Lord ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the Lord.
20While Araunah was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves. 21Then David approached, and when Araunah looked and saw him, he left the threshing-floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.
22David said to him, ‘Let me have the site of your threshing-floor so that I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped. Sell it to me at the full price.’
23Araunah said to David, ‘Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing-sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this.’
24But King David replied to Araunah, ‘No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.’
25So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels21:25 That is, about 6.9 kilograms of gold for the site. 26David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 28At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. 29The tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon. 30But David could not go before it to enquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Daudi Gũtara Andũ a Mbaara
121:1 2Maũ 18:21; Thab 109:6Na rĩrĩ, Shaitani nĩookĩrĩire andũ a Isiraeli, na akĩarahũra Daudi nĩguo atarithie andũ a Isiraeli. 221:2 1Maũ 27:23-24Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi akĩĩra Joabu na anene a mbũtũ cia ita atĩrĩ: “Thiĩi mũgatare andũ a Isiraeli kuuma Birishiba nginya Dani, mũcooke mũndehere ũhoro nĩguo menye ũrĩa maigana.”
321:3 Gũcook 1:11Nowe Joabu akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Jehova aroingĩhia mbũtũ ciake cia ita maita igana. Mwathi wakwa mũthamaki, githĩ othe matirĩ watho-inĩ waku? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mwathi wakwa ende gwĩka ũguo? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma ahĩtithie Isiraeli?”
4No rĩrĩ, mũthamaki agĩkararia Joabu; nĩ ũndũ ũcio Joabu akiuma hau agĩthiĩ Isiraeli guothe, na agĩcooka Jerusalemu. 521:5 1Maũ 9:1Joabu akĩmenyithia Daudi mũigana wa andũ arĩa maangĩarũire mbaara ta ũũ: Isiraeli guothe kwarĩ na andũ 1,100,000 arĩa maangĩahotire kũhũthĩra rũhiũ rwa njora, thĩinĩ wao haarĩ na andũ 470,000 kuuma Juda.
6No rĩrĩ, Joabu ndaatarire andũ a Lawi na a Benjamini, tondũ watho ũcio wa mũthamaki nĩwamũiguithĩtie ũũru mũno. 7O na ningĩ watho ũcio warĩ mũũru maitho-inĩ ma Ngai; nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩherithia Isiraeli.
8Hĩndĩ ĩyo Daudi akĩĩra Ngai atĩrĩ, “Nĩnjĩhĩtie mũno nĩ gwĩka ũndũ ũyũ. Rĩu ndagũthaitha ũnjehererie mahĩtia, niĩ ndungata yaku. Nĩnjĩkĩte ũndũ wa ũrimũ mũno.”
921:9 1Sam 9:9Nake Jehova akĩĩra Gadi ũrĩa woonagĩra Daudi maũndũ atĩrĩ, 10“Thiĩ ũkeere Daudi ũũ, ‘Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ũrĩ na maũndũ matatũ ma gũthuura. Nowe ũthuure ũmwe wamo ũrĩa ngũkũherithia naguo.’ ”
11Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Gadi agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Daudi, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Jehova ekuuga ũũ: ‘Thuura ũndũ ũmwe wa maya: 1221:12 Gũcook 32:24; Ezek 30:25Ũthuure mĩaka ĩtatũ ya ngʼaragu, kana mĩeri ĩtatũ ya kũniinwo nĩ thũ ciaku igũthingatĩte na hiũ ciao cia njora, kana mĩthenya ĩtatũ ya rũhiũ rwa njora rwa Jehova, naguo nĩ atĩ kũgĩe na mĩthenya ya mũthiro bũrũri-inĩ, rĩrĩa mũraika wa Jehova akaaniinana Isiraeli guothe.’ Na rĩrĩ, tua itua ũnjĩĩre ũrĩa ngũthiĩ gũcookeria ũrĩa ũndũmĩte.”
1321:13 Thab 130:4, 7Daudi akĩĩra Gadi atĩrĩ, “Rĩu niĩ ndĩ na thĩĩna mũno. Nĩ kaba niĩ ngwe moko-inĩ ma Jehova, tondũ tha ciake nĩ nyingĩ mũno; no ndũkareke ngwe moko-inĩ ma andũ.”
1421:14 1Maũ 27:24Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩrehera Isiraeli mũthiro, na andũ a Isiraeli 70,000 magĩkua. 1521:15 Kĩam 32:1; Thaam 32:14Nake Ngai agĩtũma mũraika akanange Jerusalemu. No rĩrĩa mũraika ekaga ũguo-rĩ, Jehova akĩona ũndũ ũcio na akĩigua kĩeha nĩ ũndũ wa kĩnyariirĩko kĩu, nake akĩĩra mũraika ũcio wanangaga andũ atĩrĩ, “Tigĩra hau! Eheria guoko gwaku.” Hĩndĩ ĩyo mũraika ũcio wa Jehova aarũgamĩte kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano kĩa Arauna ũrĩa Mũjebusi.
1621:16 Ndar 14:5; Josh 7:6Nake Daudi akĩrora igũrũ akĩona mũraika wa Jehova arũngiĩ gatagatĩ ka igũrũ na thĩ acomorete rũhiũ rwa njora, arũnyiitĩte na guoko gwake gũtambũrũkĩirio Jerusalemu. Nake Daudi na athuuri, mehumbĩte nguo cia makũnia, makĩgũa magĩturumithia mothiũ mao thĩ.
1721:17 2Sam 7:8; Jon 1:12Daudi akĩũria Ngai atĩrĩ, “Githĩ ti niĩ ndaathanire atĩ arũi a mbaara matarwo? Niĩ nĩ niĩ njĩhĩtie o na ngeeka ũũru. Andũ aya matariĩ o ta ngʼondu. Nĩ atĩa mekĩte? Wee Jehova Ngai wakwa, reke guoko gwaku kũnjũkĩrĩre niĩ na nyũmba yakwa, no rĩrĩ, ndũkareke mũthiro ũyũ ũikare na andũ aku.”
1821:18 2Maũ 3:1Nake mũraika wa Jehova agĩatha Gadi eere Daudi aambate athiĩ agaakĩre Jehova kĩgongona o kũu kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano kĩa Arauna ũrĩa Mũjebusi. 19Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi akĩambata agĩathĩkĩra kiugo kĩu Gadi aarĩtie thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova.
2021:20 Atiir 6:11Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Arauna aakonyoraga ngano-rĩ, akĩĩhũgũra akĩona mũraika ũcio; nao ariũ ake ana arĩa maarĩ nake makĩĩhitha. 21Nake Daudi agĩkuhĩrĩria, na rĩrĩa Arauna aarorire akĩmuona, akiuma kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano, akĩinamĩrĩria mũtwe wake mbere ya Daudi, na agĩturumithia ũthiũ thĩ.
22Daudi akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Njĩtĩkĩria njakĩre Jehova kĩgongona haha kĩhuhĩro-inĩ gĩkĩ gĩaku kĩa ngano, nĩguo mũthiro ũyũ ũkorete andũ ũthire. Nyenderia o ũrĩa thogora wakĩo ũigana.”
23Arauna akĩĩra Daudi atĩrĩ, “Kĩoe! Reke mũthamaki mwathi wakwa eeke ũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩmũkenia. Na rĩrĩ, nĩngũkũhe ndegwa ici irutwo igongona rĩa njino, ihũũri ici cia ngano ituĩke ngũ, ngano nayo ĩtuĩke ya igongona rĩa mũtu. Icio ciothe nĩngũkũhe.”
24Nowe Mũthamaki Daudi agĩcookeria Arauna atĩrĩ, “Aca, no nginya ndĩhe thogora wakĩo ũrĩa ũigana. Ndingĩrutĩra Jehova kĩndũ gĩaku, kana ndute igongona rĩa njino na kĩndũ kĩrĩa itarutĩire thogora.”
25Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi akĩrĩha Arauna cekeri magana matandatũ21:25 nĩ ta kilo 7 cia thahabu nĩ ũndũ wa handũ hau. 2621:26 Thaam 19:18; Atiir 6:21Daudi agĩakĩra Jehova kĩgongona handũ hau, na akĩruta maruta ma njino na maruta ma ũiguano. Agĩkaĩra Jehova, nake Jehova akĩmwĩtĩka na njĩra ya mwaki uumĩte igũrũ, ũgĩakana kĩgongona-inĩ kĩu kĩa maruta ma njino.
27Ningĩ Jehova akĩarĩria mũraika ũcio nake agĩcookia rũhiũ rwake njora. 28Hĩndĩ ĩyo, rĩrĩa Daudi onire atĩ Ngai nĩamũiguĩte arĩ kũu kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano kĩa Arauna ũcio Mũjebusi-rĩ, akĩrutĩra magongona hau. 2921:29 Josh 9:3Hema ya Jehova ĩrĩa nyamũre ĩrĩa Musa aathondekeire werũ-inĩ, na kĩgongona kĩa maruta ma njino, hĩndĩ ĩyo ciarĩ harĩa hatũũgĩru o kũu Gibeoni. 30No rĩrĩ, Daudi ndangĩathiire mbere yakĩo gũtuĩria ũhoro harĩ Ngai tondũ nĩetigagĩra rũhiũ rwa njora rwa mũraika ũcio wa Jehova.
