1Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
1 Rabbi bina ye ka tun Israyla izey se koyne. A na Dawda tuti i gaa a ma ne: « Wa koy ka Israyla nda Yahuda kulu kabu.»
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.”
2 Bonkoono mo ne Yowab kaŋ ga ti wongu marga wonkoyo kaŋ go nga banda se: «Ma koy sohõ ka bar-bare ka Israyla kundey kulu gana za Dan gaa kal a ma koy Beyer-Seba gaa, ka borey kabu, zama ay ma borey lasaabo timmanta bay.»
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?”
3 Yowab mo ne bonkoono se: «Rabbi ni Irikoyo ma borey baayaŋ tonton koyne sorro zangu, mate kaŋ cine i baa d'a kulu, hala koyo ay bonkoono moy ma di woodin. Amma ifo se no koyo ay bonkoono ga maa kaani nga ma woodin te?»
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.
4 Kulu nda yaadin, bonkoono sanno hin Yowab da wongu marga jine borey kulu wane. Yowab da wongu marga jine borey binde fatta bonkoono jine zama ngey ma koy ka Israyla borey kabu.
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:
5 I na Urdun daŋandi, i zumbu Arower ra, Gad gooro bindi ra kwaara se kambe ŋwaari haray, ka koy hala Yazer gaa.
6then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,
6 Waato din gaa i kaa Jileyad da Tatim-Hodsi. I kaa Dan-Yaan mo da nangu woodin windanta kulu kal a ma kaa Zidon.
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.
7 I kaa Tir wongu fuwo do da Hibancey kwaarey kulu da Kanaanancey waney. I dumbandi ka bisa Yahuda kura kaŋ go Negeb* ra ka koy hala Beyer-Seba.
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.
8 Waato kaŋ i na bar-bareyaŋey kulu ban laabo ra, i kaa Urusalima handu yagga nda jirbi waranka bananta.
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.
9 Yowab na borey lasaabuyaŋ timmanta daŋ bonkoono kambe ra. Israyla ra gonda boro zambar zangu ahakku sooje yaarukom yaŋ, kaŋ yaŋ ga takuba foobu. Yahuda alborey ra mo gonda boro zambar zangu gu.
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.”
10 Dawda bina binde n'a gooru, waato kaŋ a na jama kabuyaŋo te kal a ne Rabbi se: «Ay na zunubi te gumo hayo wo kaŋ ay te do. Amma sohõ, ya Rabbi, ay ga ni ŋwaaray no, ma ay, ni tamo zunubo tuusu ka kaa, zama ay na saamotaray te gumo.»
11When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
11 Waato kaŋ Dawda tun susuba ra, Rabbi sanno kaa annabi Gad do, nga kaŋ ga fonnay Dawda se. A ne:
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.”’”
12 «Koy ka salaŋ Dawda se ka ne: Haŋ kaŋ Rabbi ci neeya: Ay goono ga hari hinza salle ni se. Kala ni ma afo suuban i ra kaŋ ay ga te ni se.»
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.”
13 Gad binde kande baaro Dawda do k'a kulu dede a se. A ne Dawda se: «Jiiri iyye haray ma te ni laabo ra, wala ni ma zuru ni yanjekaari jine handu hinza kaŋ i goono ga ni ce kondo ŋwa, wala balaaw ma te jirbi hinza ni laabo ra? Sohõ, kala ni ma koy ka ni boŋ guna. Ma fongu haŋ kaŋ ay ga yeti nga kaŋ n'ay donton din se.»
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.”
14 Gaa no Dawda ne Gad se: «Ay furo kambe nda cimi! To, naŋ iri ma kaŋ Rabbi kambe ra, zama a suujo ga beeri. Amma ay ma si kaŋ Adam-izey kambe ra.»
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.
15 Rabbi binde na balaaw samba Israyla boŋ za susubay kal a to saaya kaŋ a waadu din. Za Dan gaa kal a koy Beyer-Seba gaa, borey ra boro zambar wayye no ka bu.
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.
16 Saaya kaŋ cine malayka na nga kambe salle Urusalima kwaara boŋ zama nga m'a halaci se, kala Rabbi na ba ye koyne ka fay da masiiba teeyaŋ. A ne malayka kaŋ goono ga borey halaci din se: «A wasa, kala ma ni kamba gaay sohõ.» Rabbi* malayka go mo ga kay Arawna, Yebusi bora karayaŋ gangano do.
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.”
17 Waato kaŋ Dawda di malayka kaŋ go ga borey kar, kal a salaŋ Rabbi se ka ne: «Guna ay no ka zunubi te. Oho, ay no ka siiriyaŋ goy te, amma feejey wo, ifo no i te? Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma naŋ ni kambe ma in d'ay baaba windo kar.»
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.”
18 Han din binde Gad kaa Dawda kwaara ka ne a se: «Ma ziji ka koy ka sargay feema cina Rabbi se Arawna, Yebusanca karayaŋ gangano ra.»
19David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.
19 Dawda binde ziji Gad sanno boŋ sanda mate kaŋ Rabbi n'a lordi nd'a.
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.
20 Arawna mo guna-guna ka di bonkoono nda nga tamey, i goono ga daŋandi ka kaa nga do. Arawna binde fatta ka nga boŋo sumbal bonkoono jine, hala ganda.
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.”
21 Arawna ne: «Ifo se no koyo ay bonkoono kaa ay, nga tamo do?» Dawda mo ne: «Zama ay ma karayaŋ nango wo day ni gaa, ay ma sargay feema cina Rabbi se, zama i ma balaawo wo gaay a ma fay da jama.»
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:
22 Arawna ne Dawda se: «Koyo ay bonkoono ma sambu haŋ kaŋ nga ga ba, a ma sargay te d'a. Hawyaŋ neeya sargay kaŋ i ga ton se. Karayaŋ torkey da hawey calu* bundey, ngey mo neeya tuuri se.
23all this, king, does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah said to the king, “May Yahweh your God accept you.”
23 Ya Bonkoono, woone yaŋ kulu, ay Arawna no g'i no bonkoono se.» Arawna ne bonkoono se mo: «Rabbi ni Irikoyo ma ni ŋwaara ta.»
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.
24 Amma bonkoono ne Arawna se: «Abada, zama daahir kal ay m'a day ni gaa da nooru. Zama ay si sargay kaŋ i ga ton yaŋ salle Rabbi ay Irikoyo se da hay fo kaŋ ay du yaamo.» Dawda binde na karayaŋ gangano day, nga nda hawey kulu, ka bana nzarfu sekel* waygu.
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.
25 Kala Dawda na feema cina Rabbi se noodin. A na sargay kaŋ i ga ton yaŋ da saabuyaŋ sargayyaŋ kulu te. Yaadin cine no Rabbi n'a ŋwaarayyaŋey ta d'a laabo sabbay se. I na balaawo mo gaay ka fay da Israyla.