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Tena hasira ya Bwana ikawaka juu ya Israeli, akamtia Daudi nia juu yao, akisema, Nenda, ukawahesabu Israeli na Yuda.
Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
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Basi mfalme akamwambia Yoabu, jemadari wa jeshi la askari, waliokuwa pamoja naye, Zunguka sasa katikati ya kabila zote za Israeli, tangu Dani mpaka Beer-sheba, mkawahesabu watu, nipate kujua jumla ya hao watu.
So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
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Naye Yoabu akamwambia mfalme, Bwana, Mungu wako, na awaongeze watu, hesabu yao ikiwa yo yote, mara mia, tena macho ya bwana wangu mfalme na yawaone; ila kwa nini neno hili limempendeza bwana wangu mfalme?
But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
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Lakini neno la mfalme likawa na nguvu juu ya Yoabu, na juu ya majemadari wa jeshi. Basi Yoabu akatoka na majemadari wa jeshi machoni pa mfalme, kwenda kuwahesabu watu wa Israeli.
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
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Wakavuka Yordani, wakapiga kambi huko Aroeri, upande wa kuume wa mji ulioko kati ya bonde la Gadi, na mpaka Yazeri;
They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
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kisha wakaja Gileadi, na nchi ya Wahiti huko Kadeshi; kisha wakaja Dani, na kutoka Dani wakazunguka mpaka Sidoni,
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
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wakaja ngomeni kwa Tiro, na kwa miji yote ya Wahivi, na ya Wakanaani; tena wakatoka kusini kwa Yuda huko Beer-sheba.
They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
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Nao walipokwisha kuzunguka nchi yote, wakaja Yerusalemu mwisho wa miezi kenda na siku ishirini.
At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
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Naye Yoabu akamtolea mfalme jumla ya hesabu ya watu; nao walikuwa wa Israeli mashujaa wenye kufuta panga mia nane elfu; nao wa Yuda walikuwa watu mia tano elfu.
And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
10
Ndipo moyo wake Daudi ukamchoma baada ya kuwahesabu hao watu. Naye Daudi akamwambia Bwana, Nimekosa sana kwa haya niliyoyafanya; lakini sasa, Ee Bwana, nakusihi uuondolee mbali uovu wa mtumishi wako; kwani nimefanya upumbavu kabisa.
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
11
Na Daudi alipoondoka asubuhi, neno la Bwana likamjia nabii Gadi, mwonaji wake Daudi, kusema,
When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
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Nenda, ukanene na Daudi, Bwana asema hivi, Nakuwekea mambo matatu; katika haya uchague 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.’”
13
Basi Gadi akamwendea Daudi, akamweleza, akamwambia, Basi, miaka saba ya njaa ikujie katika nchi yako? Au miezi mitatu ukimbie mbele ya adui zako, huku wakikufuatia? Au siku tatu iwe tauni katika nchi yako? Fanya shauri sasa, ufikiri, ni jawabu gani nimrudishie yeye aliyenituma.
So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and 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 tuanguke katika mkono wa Bwana; kwa kuwa rehema zake ni nyingi; wala nisianguke katika mkono wa wanadamu.
David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
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Basi Bwana akawaletea Israeli tauni tangu asubuhi hata wakati ulioamriwa; nao wakafa watu toka Dani mpaka Beer-sheba sabini elfu.
So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
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Lakini huyo malaika aliponyosha mkono wake kuelekea Yerusalemu ili auharibu, Bwana akaghairi katika mabaya, akamwambia huyo malaika mwenye kuwaharibu watu, Yatosha, sasa ulegeze mkono wako. Naye yule malaika wa Bwana alikuwako karibu na kiwanja cha kupuria cha Arauna, Myebusi.
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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Daudi, alipomwoma malaika aliyewapiga watu, akanena na Bwana, akasema, Tazama, ni mimi niliyekosa, ni mimi niliyepotoka; lakini kondoo hawa, wamefanya nini? Mkono wako na uwe juu yangu, na juu ya nyumba ya baba yangu.
When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
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Siku hiyo Gadi akamwendea Daudi, akamwambia, Haya! Kwea wewe, ukamwinulie Bwana madhabahu penye kiwanja cha Arauna, Myebusi.
And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
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Basi Daudi akakwea sawasawa na neno la Gadi, kama Bwana alivyoamuru.
So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
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Huyo Arauna akatazama, akamwona mfalme na watumishi wake wakimjia; Arauna akatoka, akasujudu mbele ya mfalme kifulifuli hata nchi.
When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
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Arauna akasema, Bwana wangu mfalme amemjia mtumwa wake kwa kusudi gani? Naye Daudi akasema, Makusudi ninunue kwako kiwanja hiki, ili nimjengee Bwana madhabahu, ili kwamba tauni ipate kuzuiliwa katika watu.
“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
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Arauna akamwambia Daudi, Bwana wangu mfalme na akitwae, akatolee yaliyo mema machoni pake; tazama, ng'ombe hawa kwa sadaka ya kuteketezwa, tena vyombo vya kupuria, na vyombo vya ng'ombe, viko kwa kuni,
Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
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vitu hivi vyote, Ee mfalme, mimi Arauna nakupa wewe mfalme. Kisha Arauna akamwambia mfalme, Bwana, Mungu wako, na akukubali.
O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
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Lakini mfalme akamwambia Arauna, La, sivyo; lakini kweli nitavinunua kwako kwa thamani yake; wala sitamtolea Bwana, Mungu wangu, sadaka za kuteketezwa nisizozigharimia. Hivyo Daudi akakinunua hicho kiwanja cha kupuria na wale ng'ombe kwa shekeli hamsini za fedha.
“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
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Naye Daudi akamjengea Bwana madhabahu huko, akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani. Basi Bwana aliiridhia nchi, na tauni ikazuiliwa katika Israeli.
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.