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Tena shetani akasimama juu ya Israeli, akamshawishi Daudi kuwahesabu Israeli.
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
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Basi Daudi akamwambia Yoabu, na wakuu wa watu, Nendeni kawahesabu Israeli toka Beer-sheba mpaka Dani; mkanipashe habari, nipate kujua jumla yao.
So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
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Naye Yoabu akasema, Bwana na awaongeze watu wake mara mia hesabu yao ilivyo; lakini, bwana wangu mfalme, si wote watumishi wa bwana wangu? Mbona basi bwana wangu analitaka neno hili? Mbona awe sababu ya hatia kwa Israeli?
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
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Lakini neno la mfalme likawa na nguvu juu ya Yoabu. Kwa hiyo Yoabu akaenda zake, akapita kati ya Israeli wote, akafika Yerusalemu.
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
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Naye Yoabu akamtolea Daudi jumla ya hesabu ya watu. Na hao wote wa Israeli walikuwa watu elfu mara elfu, na mia elfu, wenye kufuta panga; na wa Yuda watu mia nne na sabini elfu, wenye kufuta panga.
And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
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Lakini Lawi na Benyamini hakuwahesabu miongoni mwao; kwa sababu neno la mfalme limemchukiza Yoabu.
But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
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Neno hilo likawa baya machoni pa Mungu; kwa hiyo akawapiga Israeli.
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
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Naye Daudi akamwambia Mungu, Nimekosa sana, kwa kuwa nimelifanya jambo hili; lakini sasa uuondolee mbali, nakusihi, uovu wa mtumwa wako; kwani nimefanya upumbavu kabisa.
Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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Naye Bwana akanena na Gadi, mwonaji wake Daudi, akisema,
And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
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Nenda ukanene na Daudi, ukisema, Bwana asema hivi, Nakuwekea mambo matatu; katika haya ujichagulie moja, nikutendee hilo.
“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
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Basi Gadi akamwendea Daudi, akamwambia, Bwana asema hivi, Kubali upendavyo;
So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
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miaka mitatu ya njaa; au miezi mitatu kuangamia mbele ya adui zako, ukipatwa na upanga wa watesi wako; au siku tatu upanga wa Bwana, yaani tauni katika nchi, na malaika wa Bwana akiharibu kati ya mipaka yote ya Israeli. Haya basi ufikiri ni jawabu gani nimrudishie yeye aliyenituma.
between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
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Naye Daudi akamwambia Gadi, Nimeingia katika mashaka sana; basi sasa na nianguke katika mkono wa Bwana; kwa kuwa rehema zake ni nyingi sana; wala nisianguke katika mkono wa wanadamu.
David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
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Basi Bwana akawaletea Israeli tauni; nao wakaanguka wa Israeli watu sabini elfu.
So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
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Naye Mungu akatuma malaika aende Yerusalemu ili auangamize; naye alipokuwa tayari kuangamiza, Bwana akatazama, akaghairi katika mabaya, akamwambia malaika aharibuye, Basi yatosha; sasa ulegeze mkono wako. Naye malaika wa Bwana akasimama karibu na kiwanja cha kupuria cha Arauna, Myebusi.
Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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Daudi akainua macho yake, akamwona huyo malaika wa Bwana amesimama kati ya nchi na mbingu, naye alikuwa na upanga wazi mkononi, umenyoshwa juu ya Yerusakmu. Ndipo Daudi na wazee wakaanguka kifulifuli, nao wamevaa nguo za magunia.
When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
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Daudi akamwambia Mungu, Je! Si mimi niliyeamuru watu wahesabiwe? Naam, mimi ndimi niliyekosa, na kufanya yaliyo maovu sana; lakini kondoo hawa, wamefanya nini? Mkono wako, nakusihi, Ee Bwana, Mungu wangu, na uwe juu yangu, na juu ya nyumba ya babangu; wala si juu ya watu wako, hata wao wapigwe.
And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
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Ndipo huyo malaika wa Bwana akamwamuru Gadi kwamba amwambie Daudi, ya kuwa Daudi akwee, akamwinulie Bwana madhabahu katika kiwanja cha kupuria cha Arauna, Myebusi.
Then 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 Ornan the Jebusite.
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Basi Daudi akakwea sawasawa na neno la Gadi, alilolinena kwa jina la Bwana.
So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
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Arauna alipogeuka, na kumwona yule malaika, ndipo yeye na wanawe wanne waliokuwa pamoja naye wakajificha. Naye Arauna alikuwa akipura ngano.
Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
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Basi Daudi alipokuwa akimjia Arauna, Arauna akatazama, akamwona Daudi, akatoka katika kile kiwanja, akamsujudia Daudi kifulifuli hata nchi.
David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
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Ndipo Daudi akamwambia Arauna, Unipe mahali pa kiwanja hiki, ili kwamba nimjengee Bwana madhabahu hapa; kwa thamani yake kamili utanipa; ili kwamba tauni izuiliwe katika watu.
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
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Arauna akamwambia Daudi, Ujitwalie, na bwana wangu mfalme na afanye yaliyo mema machoni pake; tazama, ng'ombe kwa sadaka za kuteketezwa, na vyombo vya kupuria kwa kuni, na ngano kwa sadaka ya unga, nazitoa; zote nazitoa.
Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to 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 it all.”
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Mfalme Daudi akamwambia Arauna, La, sivyo, lakini kweli nitazinunua kwa thamani yake kamili; kwani sitamtwalia Bwana kilicho chako, wala kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa isiyo na gharama.
“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
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Basi Daudi akampimia Arauna thamani ya mahali pale shekeli mia sita za dhahabu kwa uzani
So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
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Kisha Daudi akamjengea Bwana madhabahu huko, akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani, akamlingana Bwana; naye akamwitikia kutoka mbinguni kwa moto juu ya madhabahu hiyo ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa.
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
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Bwana naye akamwamuru malaika; naye akaurudisha upanga wake alani mwake tena.
Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
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Wakati huo, Daudi alipoona ya kwamba Bwana amemwitikia katika kiwanja cha Arauna, Myebusi, ndipo hutoa dhabihu huko.
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
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Kwa maana ile maskani ya Bwana, aliyoifanya Musa jangwani, na madhabahu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa, vilikuwapo wakati huo mahali pa juu pa Gibeoni.
For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
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Wala Daudi hakuweza kwenda mbele yake ili kumwuliza Mungu; kwa sababu aliona hofu kwa ajili ya upanga wa yule malaika wa Bwana.
but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.