¹And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

¹[Ny nanisana ny olona, sy ny aretim-be nanjo azy tamin'izany] Ary ny fahatezeran'i Jehovah nirehitra indray tamin'ny Isiraely, ka dia nanome saina an'i Davida Izy hanao izay hahatonga loza amin'ny vahoakany hoe: Mandehana, isao ny Isiraely sy ny Joda.

²And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.

²Dia hoy ny mpanjaka tamin'i Joaba, komandin'ny miaramila, izay teo aminy: Mandehana mitety ny firenen'isiraely rehetra hatrany Dana ka hatrany Beri-sheba, ary alaminonareo ny vahoaka mba ho fantatro ny isany.

³And Joab said to the king, May Jehovah thy God even add to the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see [it]; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

³Fa hoy Joaba amin'ny mpanjaka: Jehovah Andriamanitrao anie hampitombo ny vahoaka ho injato toy izao, na firy na firy izy, ka ho hitan'ny mason'ny mpanjaka tompoko izany; fa ahoana no itiavan'ny mpanjaka tompoko hanao izany zavatra izany?

⁴But the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.

⁴Nefa tsy azon'i Joaba sy ny komandin'ny miaramila nolavina ny tenin'ny mpanjaka. Ary Joaba sy ny komandin'ny miaramila nivoaka avy teo anatrehan'ny mpanjaka handamina ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely.

⁵And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward Jaazer.

⁵Ary nita an'i Jordana izy ireo ka nitoby tao Aroera eo ankavanan'ilay tanàna afovoan'ny lohasahan-driak'i Gada, dia nankany Jazera.

⁶And they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and came to Dan-jaan, and to the environs of Sidon;

⁶Dia tonga tany Gileada izy, tany amin'ny tamin'i Tatima-hodsy, dia tonga tany Danajana izy, ka nanodidina hatrany Sidona,[Na: tany amin'ny tany lemaka vao azo]

⁷and they came to the fortified city of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and went out to the south of Judah, to Beer-sheba.

⁷ary tonga tao Tyro, tanàna mimanda, sy tany amin'ny tanànan'ny Hivita sy ny Kananita rehetra, ary dia nankany amin'ny tany atsimo izay an'ny Joda hatrany Beri-sheba izy.

⁸And they went through all the land, and came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

⁸Ary nony efa nitety ny tany rehetra izy, dia tonga tany Jeroselama, rehefa afaka sivy volana sy roa-polo andro.

⁹And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king; and there were of Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

⁹Dia natolotr'i Joaba ny mpanjaka ny isan'ny vahoaka voalamina, ka nisy valo hetsy ny lehilahy mahery nahatan-tsabatra tamin'ny Isiraely, ary dimy hetsy ny lehilahy tamin'ny Joda.[Heb. mpanatsoaka sabatra]

¹⁰And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, Jehovah, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

¹⁰Ary ny eritreritr'i Davida namely azy, rehefa voaisany ny olona. Ka dia hoy Davida tamin'i Jehovah: Efa nanota indrindra aho tamin'izao nataoko izao; koa ankehitriny mifona aminao aho, Jehovah ô, esory ny heloky ny mpanomponao, fa efa nanao fahadalana lehibe aho.

¹¹And when David arose in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

¹¹Ary raha nifoha maraina Davida, dia tonga tamin'i Gada mpaminany, mpahitan'i Davida, ny tenin'i Jehovah nanao hoe:

¹²Go and say to David, Thus saith Jehovah: I impose on thee three [things]; choose one of them that I may do it unto thee.

¹²Mandehana, ka lazao amin'i Davida hoe: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Zavatra telo no apetrako eto anoloanao, koa fidio izay iray hataoko aminao.

¹³And Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine adversaries while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now be aware and consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

¹³Ary Gada nankany amin'i Davida dia nanambara izany taminy ka nanao hoe: Mosary fito taona va no tianao ho tonga aminao eto amin'ny taninao? Sa handositra telo volana eo anoloan'ny fahavalonao ianao, fa henjehiny? Sa areti-mandringana hateloana eto amin'ny taninao? Koa saino sy hevero izay valiny ho entiko miverina any amin'izay naniraka ahy.

¹⁴And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

¹⁴Dia hoy Davida tamin'i Gada: Indrisy! poritra loatra aho! aleontsika ho azon'ny tànan'i Jehovah, fa lehibe ny famindram-pony toy izay ho azon'izay tànan'olona.

¹⁵And Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the set time; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

¹⁵Ka dia nasian'i Jehovah areti-mandringana ny Isiraely nony maraina ka hatramin'ilay fotoana; ary dia nahafatesana fito alina ny olona hatrany Dana ka hatrany Beri-sheba.

¹⁶And the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁶Ary naninjitra ny tànany tany Jerosalema Ilay Anjely handringana ny any; fa Jehovah nanenina ny amin'ny loza ka nanao tamin'ilay Anjely Izay nandringana ny olona hoe: Aoka izay, atsaharo ny tananao ankehitriny. Ary Ilay Anjelin'i Jehovah dia teo amin'ny famoloan'i Araona Jebosita.

¹⁷And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Behold, it is I that have sinned, and it is I that have committed iniquity; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be on me, and on my father's house!

¹⁷Ary nony hitan'i Davida Ilay Anjely namely ny olona, dia niteny tamin'i Jehovah izy nanao hoe: Indro, izaho no efa nanota, ary izaho no efa anao ratsy; fa ireo ondry ireo kosa, inona moa no mba nataony? Koa mifona aminao re aho, aoka ny tananao hamely ahy sy ny mpianakavin'ny raiko.

¹⁸And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁸Ary Gada nankany amin'i Davida tamin'izany andro izany ka nanao taminy hoe: Miakara, ka manangàna alitara ho an'i Jehovah ao amin'ny famoloan'i Araona Jebosita.

¹⁹And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as Jehovah had commanded.

¹⁹Koa dia niakatra Davida araka ny tenin'i Gada, araka izay nandidian'i Jehovah.

²⁰And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on towards him; and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

²⁰Ary Araona nitsirika ka nahita ny mpanjaka sy ny mpanompony manatona azy, dia nivoaka izy ka niankohoka tamin'ny tany teo anatrehan'ny mpanjaka.

²¹And Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar to Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

²¹Ary hoy Araona: Ahoana no ahatongavan'ny mpanjaka tompoko atỳ amin'ny mpanompony? Dia hoy Davida: Hividy ny famoloana aminao mba hanorenako alitara ho an'i Jehovah hitsaharan'ny areti-mandringana tsy hamely ny olona intsony.

²²And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up that which is good in his sight: see, [here are] oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-sledges and implements of the oxen for wood.

²²Fa hoy Araona tamin'i Davida: Aoka ny mpanjaka tompoko haka izay sitrany ka hanatitra izany. Indreo ny omby ho fanatitra dorana ary ny fivelezam-bary sy ny hazo amin'ny omby hatao kitay.

²³All these things, O king, doth Araunah give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.

²³Izany rehetra izany, ry mpanjaka, dia omen'i Araona ny mpanjaka. Ary hoy Araona tamin'ny mpanjaka: Jehovah Andriamanitrao anie hankasitraka anao.

²⁴And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will in any case buy [them] of thee at a price: neither will I offer up to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings without cost. And David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

²⁴Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin'i Araona: Tsia, fa hovidiko aminao mihitsy araka izay tokom-bidiny ireo; fa tsy hanatitra fanatitra dora na ho an'i Jehovah Andriamanitro amin'izay azoko fotsiny aho. Ka dia novidin'i Davida sekely volafotsy dimam-polo ny famoloana sy ny omby.Ary Davida nanao alitara teo ho an'i Jehovah ka nanatitra fanatitra dorana sy fanati-pihavanana. Ka dia neken'i Jehovah ny fifonana natao ho an'ny tany, ka nitsahatra tsy namely ny Isiraely intsony ilay areti-mandringana.

²⁵And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. And Jehovah was propitious to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

²⁵Ary Davida nanao alitara teo ho an'i Jehovah ka nanatitra fanatitra dorana sy fanati-pihavanana. Ka dia neken'i Jehovah ny fifonana natao ho an'ny tany, ka nitsahatra tsy namely ny Isiraely intsony ilay areti-mandringana.