2 Samuel 24

1 And again was the anger of Yahweh kindled against Israel, —so that he suffered David to be moved against them, saying, Go, count Israel and Judah.

Pea naʻe toe vela ʻae houhau ʻo Sihova ki he kakai ʻIsileli, pea naʻe ueʻi ai ʻa Tevita ke ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻAlu, ʻo lau pe ʻoku toko fiha ʻa ʻIsileli mo Siuta.”

2 The king, therefore, said unto Joab, captain of the force, who was with him—Go to and fro, I pray thee, throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer -sheba, and number ye the people, —so shall I know the sum of the people.

He naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia Soape ko e ʻeiki pule ki he kautau, ʻaia naʻe ʻiate ia, “ʻAlu hake eni ki he faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli mei Tani ʻo aʻu atu ki Peasipa, pea lau ʻae kakai, koeʻuhi ke u ʻilo ai pe ʻoku toko fiha ʻae kakai.”

3 Then said Joab unto the king—Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it, —but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing?

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Soape ki he tuʻi, “Manavahē tuku ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ne fakatokolahi ki hoʻo kakai, pe ko e hā ia ʻa honau tokolahi, ke liunga teau hake, pea ne tuku foki ke sio ki ai ʻae mata ʻo hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi: ka ko e hā ʻoku fiefie fai ai ʻae meʻa ni ʻe hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi?”

4 Notwithstanding, the word of the king prevailed against Joab, and over the captains of the force, —so Joab went forth, with the captains of the force, before the king, to number the people—Israel.

Ka neongo ia naʻe mālohi atu ʻae lea ʻae tuʻi kia Soape, pea ki he houʻeiki naʻe pule ki he kautau. Pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Soape, mo e houʻeiki naʻe pule ki he kautau, mei he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi kenau lau ʻae kakai ʻo ʻIsileli.

5 And 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, even towards Jazer.

Pea naʻa nau ʻalu ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani, ʻonau ʻapitanga ʻi ʻAloeli, ki he potu toʻomataʻu ʻoe kolo ʻaia ʻoku tuʻu ki he lotolotonga ʻoe teleʻa ʻo Kata, ʻo hanga tonu ki Sesa:

6 Thus came they to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-hodshi, —and came to Dan-jaan, and round about Zidon;

Hili ia naʻa nau omi ki Kiliati, pea ki he fonua ko Tatimi-Otisi: pea naʻa nau hoko atu ki Tani-Saani, ʻo fai hake ki Saitoni,

7 and entered the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites, —and they went out to the South of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.

‌ʻO nau omi ki he kolo mālohi ʻo Taia, pea ki he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻoe kakai Hevi, pea mo e kakai Kēnani: pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu ki he potu tonga ʻo Siuta, ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa.

8 So, when they had gone to and fro throughout all the land, they came, at the end of nine months and twenty days, unto Jerusalem.

Pea ko ia, hili ʻenau ʻalu atu ki he potu kotoa pē ʻoe fonua, naʻa nau hoko mai ki Selūsalema ʻi he kātoa ʻoe māhina ʻe hiva mo e ʻaho ʻe uofulu.

9 And Joab delivered up the sum of the number of the people, unto the king, —and there were found to be, in Israel, eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing the sword, —and, the men of Judah, five hundred thousand men.

Pea naʻe tuku atu ʻe Soape ki he tuʻi ʻa hono lau fakataha ʻae toko fiha ʻoe kakai: pea naʻe ʻi ʻIsileli ʻae kau tangata mālohi naʻe faʻa toʻo ʻae heletā, ko e toko valu kilu; pea ko e kau tangata naʻe ʻi Siuta, ko e toko nima kilu.

10 And the heart of David smote him, after he had reckoned up the people, —and David said unto Yahweh—I have sinned greatly, in what I have done, Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.

Pea naʻe valoki ʻa Tevita ʻe hono loto hili ʻa ʻene lau ʻae kakai. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia Sihova, kuo u fai angahala lahi ʻi he meʻa ʻaia kuo u fai: pea ko eni, “ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe ke ʻave ʻae hia ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki; he kuo u fai vale lahi ʻaupito.”

11 And, when David arose in the morning, the word of Yahweh, had come unto Gad the prophet, the seer of David, saying:

He koeʻuhi ʻi heʻene tuʻu hake ʻa Tevita ʻi he pongipongi, naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ki he palōfita ko Kata, ko e tangata kikite ʻo Tevita, ʻo pehē,

12 Go and speak unto David—Thus, saith Yahweh, Three things, do I offer thee, —choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

“ʻAlu ʻo fakahā kia Tevita, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, ʻOku ou tuku ke ke fili ki he meʻa ʻe tolu: fili kiate koe ha taha mei ai, koeʻuhi ke u fai ia kiate koe.”

13 So Gad came in unto David, and told him, —and said to him: Shall there come unto thee seven years of famine in thy land? Or, for three months, wilt thou flee before thine enemies while, they, pursue thee? Or shall there be, for three days, pestilence in thy land? Now, consider and see, what, answer, I shall return to him that sent me.

Ko ia naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Kata kia Tevita, ʻo ne tala ki ai, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻE hoko ha honge kiate koe ʻi ho fonua ʻi he taʻu ʻe fitu? Pe te ke fie hola ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu mei he ʻao ʻo ho ngaahi fili, ka nau tulia koe? Pe[te ke fili ]ke ai ha mahaki fakaʻauha ʻi ho fonua ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu? Fakakaukau eni ki ai, pea vakai pe ko e hā ha lea te u toe lea ʻaki kiate ia naʻa ne fekauʻi au.”

14 And David said unto Gad—I am in a great strait, —let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Yahweh, for, manifold, are, his compassions, but, into the hand of man, let me not fall.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia Kata, “Kuo ʻefihiaʻi lahi ʻaupito au: tuku eni ketau hinga atu ki he nima ʻo Sihova: he ʻoku lahi ʻa ʻene ʻaloʻofa: kaeʻoua naʻaku tō atu ki he nima ʻoe tangata.”

15 So Yahweh sent forth a pestilence throughout Israel, from the morning even unto the time appointed, —and there died of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-sheba, seventy thousand men.

Ko ia naʻe ʻomi ai ʻe Sihova ʻae mahaki fakaʻauha ki ʻIsileli mei he pongipongi ʻo aʻu atu ki he feituʻu ʻaho ʻaia naʻe tuʻutuʻuni: pea naʻe pekia ʻi he kakai mei Tani ʻo aʻu atu ki Peasipa, ʻae kakai tangata ʻe toko fitu mano.

16 But, when the messenger stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it, then relented Yahweh as to the evil, and he said to the messenger who was destroying the people—Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Pea ʻi heʻene mafao atu ʻe he ʻāngelo ʻa hono nima ki Selūsalema ke fakaʻauha ia, naʻe liliu ʻa Sihova mei he fakahoko ʻae kovi, pea ne folofola ki he ʻāngelo ʻaia naʻe tāmateʻi ʻae kakai, “Kuo lahi; ke taʻofi eni ho nima.” Pea naʻe feʻunga ʻae ʻāngelo ʻo Sihova mo e hahaʻanga uite ʻo ʻAlauna ko e tangata Sepusi.

17 Then said David unto Yahweh, when he saw the messenger who was smiting the people, yea he said—Lo! I, have sinned, and, I, have done perversely, but what have, these sheep, done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against the house of my father!

Pea naʻe lea ʻa Tevita kia Sihova, ʻi heʻene mamata ki he ʻāngelo ʻaia naʻe taaʻi ʻae kakai, ʻo ne pehē, “Vakai, kuo u fai angahala, pea kuo u fai ʻae kovi lahi: ka ko e fanga sipi na ko e hā kuo nau fai? ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tuku ho nima ke mafao mai kiate au, pea ki he fale ʻo ʻeku tamai.”

18 And Gad came unto David, on that day, —and said unto him—Go up, rear thou unto Yahweh an altar, in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Kata ʻi he ʻaho ko ia kia Tevita ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻAlu hake, pea ke fokotuʻu ha feilaulauʻanga kia Sihova ʻi he hahaʻanga uite ʻo ʻAlauna ko e tangata Sepusi.”

19 So David went up, according to the word of Gad, as Yahweh had commanded.

Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Tevita, ʻo hangē ko e tala ʻa Kata, pea hangē ko ia naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova.

20 And Araunah looked out, and saw the king, and his servants, passing over unto him—so Araunah went forth, and did homage unto the king, with his face to the ground.

Pea naʻe sio ʻa ʻAlauna, ʻo ne mamata ki heʻene haʻu kiate ia ʻae tuʻi pea mo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki: pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa ʻAlauna, pea naʻa ne punou hifo ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi ki hono mata ki he kelekele.

21 Then said Araunah, Wherefore, hath my lord the king come unto his servant? And David said—To buy of thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar unto Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from off the people.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAlauna, “Ko e hā kuo haʻu ai ʻa hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki?” Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe Tevita, “Koeʻuhi ke u fakatau meiate koe ʻae hahaʻanga uite, ke fokotuʻu ai ha feilaulauʻanga kia Sihova, ke ngata ai ʻae mahaki fakaʻauha mei he kakai.”

22 Then said Araunah unto David, Let my lord the king accept it and cause to ascend what is good in his own eyes, —see! the oxen for the ascending-sacrifice, and the threshing-sledges and ox-yokes for wood.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAlauna kia Tevita, “Tuku ke toʻo ʻe hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi mo ne feilaulau ʻaki ha meʻa ʻoku lelei kiate ia: vakai, ʻoku ʻi heni ʻae fanga pulu ki he feilaulau tutu, mo e nāunau ʻoe haha uite, mo e nāunau ʻoe fanga pulu ke fefie ʻaki.”

23 The whole, did Araunah give, as a king to a king. And Araunah said unto the king, Yahweh thy God, accept thee!

Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē naʻe fai fakaʻeiʻeiki ai ʻa ʻAlauna ʻo ne foaki ia ki he tuʻi. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAlauna ki he tuʻi, “Ke ʻofeina koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.”

24 But the king said unto Araunah—Nay! but I will, buy, it of thee, for a price, and will not cause to ascend unto Yahweh my God, offerings that have cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor, and the oxen, for fifty shekels of silver;

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia ʻAlauna, “ʻE ʻikai pehē; ka te u fakatau moʻoni ia meiate koe ʻaki ha totongi: pea ʻe ʻikai foki te u ʻatu ha feilaulau tutu kia Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua, ʻi ha meʻa kuo u maʻu taʻetotongi.” Pea ko ia naʻe fakatau ai ʻe Tevita ʻae hahaʻanga uite, pea mo e fanga pulu, ʻaki ʻae sikeli siliva ʻe nimangofulu.

25 and David built there an altar unto Yahweh, and caused to go up ascending-sacrifices and peace-offerings, —then was Yahweh entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi ai ʻe Tevita ha feilaulauʻanga kia Sihova, pea ne ʻatu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu mo e ngaahi feilaulau fakamelino. Pea pehē, naʻe fakakolekolea ʻa Sihova koeʻuhi ko e fonua, pea naʻe taʻofi ʻae mahaki fakaʻauha mei ʻIsileli.