1Zvino Jehovha wakatsamwirazve vaIsiraeri, akakurudzira Dhavhidhi pamusoro pavo, akati, Enda uverenge vaIsiraeri navaJudha.
1Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
2Ipapo mambo akati kuna Joabhu mukuru wehondo wakange anaye, Enda zvino, upote namarudzi ose alsiraeri, kubva paDhani kusvikira paBheerishebha, uverenge vanhu, ndizive kuwanda kwavo.
2The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”
3Joabhu akati kuna mambo, Jehovha Mwari wenyu ngaawedzere hake kuvanhu, vapfuure ava runezana pakuwanda kwavo, nameso ashe wangu ngaazviwone; asi ishe wangu mambo unotsvakireiko chinhu ichi?
3Joab said to the king, “Now may Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”
4Kunyange zvakadaro shoko ramambo rakakurira Joabhu navakuru vehondo. Joabhu navakuru vakabuda pamberi pamambo kundoverenga vanhu vaIsiraeri.
4Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
5Vakayambuka Joridhani, vakadzika matende avo paAroeri, kurutivi rworudyi rweguta, pakati pomupata weGadhi, kusvikira paJazeri.
5They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer:
6Ipapo vakasvika Giriyadhi, nokunyika yeTatimihodhisi; vakasvikawo Dhanijaani, nenyika yakapoteredza kusvikira paZidhoni,
6then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,
7vakasvikawo kunhare yeTire, nokumaguta ose avaHivhi, navaKanani; vakapedzisa kurutivi rwezasi rwaJudha paBheerishebha.
7and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
8Zvino vakati vapota nenyika yose, vakasvika Jerusaremu, vapedza mwedzi mipfumbamwe namazuva ana makumi maviri.
8So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9Joabhu akarondedzera kuwanda kwavanhu kuna mambo; kuna vaIsiraeri kwakanga kune mhare dzaiva nezviuru zvina mazana masere vaigona kurwa nomunondo; uye varume vaJudha vaiva varume vane zviuru zvina mazana mashanu.
9Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
10Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati apedza kuverenga vanhu, hana yake ikamurova. Dhavhidhi akati kuna Jehovha, Ndatadza kwazvo zvandaita chinhu ichi; asi zvino Jehovha, bvisai henyu kuipa komuranda wenyu; nekuti ndaita sebenzi kwazvo.
10David’s heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
11Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati achimuka mangwanani, shoko raJehovha rikasvika kumuporofita Gadhi, Muvoni waDhavhidhi, rikati,
11When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
12Enda, undoudza Dhavhidhi, uti, Zvanzi naJehovha, ndinokuisira zvinhu zvitatu; chizvitsaurira chimwe chazvo, ndikuitire icho.
12“Go and speak to David, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”
13Naizvozvo Gadhi akaenda kuna Dhavhidhi, akamuudza akati kwaari, Unoda kuti makore manomwe enzara ave panyika yako here? Kana unoda kutiza pamberi pavavengi vako mwedzi mitatu vachikuteverera here? Kana unoda kuti denda rive panyika yako mazuva matatu here? Zvino chifunga hako, urangarire mhinduro yandingadzosera kuna iye wakandituma.
13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”
14Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati kuna Gadhi, Ndiri pakumanikidzwa kukuru; tiwire hedu zvino muruoko rwaJehovha, nekuti nyasha dzake ihuru, asi ndirege hangu kuwira muruoko rwomunhu.
14David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man.”
15Ipapo Jehovha akatuma denda pakati paIsiraeri kubva mangwanani kusvikira panguva yakanga yatarwa, varume vane zviuru zvina makumi manomwe vakafa pakati pavanhu, kubva paDhani kusvikira paBheerishebha.
15So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
16Zvino mutumwa wakati achitambanudzira ruoko rwake kuJerusaremu, kuti ariparadze, Jehovha akazvidemba pamusoro pechakaipa icho, akati kumutumwa wakange achiparadza vanhu, Ndizvo, chidzosa ruoko rwako. Zvino mutumwa waJehovha wakange amire paburiro raArauna muJebhusi.
16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now stay your hand.” The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17Dhavhidhi wakati achiona mutumwa wakange achiuraya vanhu, akataura naJehovha, akati, Tarirai, ndini ndatadza, ndini ndaita zvakaipa; asi makwai awa akaiteiko? Ruoko rwenyu ngarundirove harwo ini neimba yababa vangu.
17David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”
18Zvino Gadhi akaenda kuna Dhavhidhi zuva iro, akati kwaari, Enda undovakira Jehovha aritari paburiro raArauna muJebhusi.
18Gad came that day to David, and said to him, “Go up, build an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19Dhavhidhi akaenda sezvaakaudzwa naGadhi, sezvaakarairwa naJehovha.
19David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.
20Zvino Arauna akatarira, akaona mambo navaranda vake vachiuya kwaari, Arauna akabuda, akakotamira pasi nechiso chake pamberi pamambo.
20Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. Then Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
21Arauna akati, Ishe wangu mambo wauyireiko kumuranda wake? Dhavhidhi akati, Ndauya kuzotenga buriro kwauri, kuti ndivakire Jehovha aritari, kuti denda ripere pakati pavanhu.
21Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.”
22Arauna akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Ishe wangu mambo ngaatore hake, abayire Jehovha sezvaanoda; tarirai, hedzo nzombe dzokubayira chipiriso chinopiswa; uye nhumbi dzokupira nadzo, namajoko enzombe, dzive huni;
22Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
23izvi zvose, mambo, Arauna unopa mambo. Arauna akati kuna mambo, Jehovha Mwari wenyu ngaakugamuchirei hake.
23all this, king, does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah said to the king, “May Yahweh your God accept you.”
24Mambo akati kuna Arauna, Kwete, ndichazvitenga kwauri zvirokwazvo nomutengo wazvo, uye handingabayiri Jehovha Mwari wangu zvipiriso, zvandisina kutenga. Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akatenga buriro nenzombe namashekeri esirivha ana makumi mashanu.
24The king said to Araunah, “No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25Dhavhidhi akavakirapo Jehovha aritari, akabayira zvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvipiriso zvokuyananisa. Naizvozvo Jehovha akanzwira nyika tsitsi, denda rikapera pakati paIsiraeri.
25David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.