2 Samuel 24:1-25
24 Yehowa mi mi fu Israel ekohu benɛ nɔ ko wo David* yi mi ngɛ a he ke: “Yaa nɛ o ya kane Israel kɛ Yuda” a.
2 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, matsɛ ɔ de Yoab nɛ ji tabo ɔ nya dalɔ ɔ nɛ e kɛ lɛ ngɛ ɔ ke: “I kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o ya kpa Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ tsuo a mi, kɛ je Dan kɛ ya si Beersheba, nɛ o ngma ni ɔmɛ a biɛ konɛ ma le a yibɔ.”
3 Se Yoab de matsɛ ɔ ke: “Yehowa o Mawu ɔ nɛ́ ha nɛ ni ɔmɛ nɛ́ a bɔ he si 100, nɛ́ ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ ɔ nɛ na kɛ e hɛngmɛ, se mɛni he je nɛ ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ ɔ suɔ nɛ e pee nɔ́ ko kaa kikɛ ɔ?”
4 Se matsɛ ɔ munyu ɔ ye Yoab kɛ tabo ɔ nya dali ɔmɛ a munyu ɔ nɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yoab kɛ tabo ɔ nya dali ɔmɛ je matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi kɛ ho nɛ́ a ya ngma Israel bi ɔmɛ a biɛ.
5 A po Yordan Pa a, nɛ a ya to si ngɛ Aroer, ngɛ ma a nɛ ngɛ dɔgba a* kpɛti tutuutu ɔ hiɔ nɔ,* nɛ a kɛ a hɛ mi tsɔɔ Gad bi ɔmɛ a zugba a, nɛ a tsa nɔ kɛ ho Yazer ya.
6 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a je lejɛ ɔ kɛ ho Gilead kɛ Tatim Hodshi zugba a nɔ ya, nɛ a tsa nɔ kɛ ho Dan Yaan ya, nɛ a ya lɔgɔ si kɛ ho Sidon ya.
7 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a je kɛ ho Tiro ma a nɛ a fia gbogbo kɛ bɔle lɛ ɔ, kɛ Hiv bi ɔmɛ kɛ Kanaan bi ɔmɛ a ma amɛ tsuo a mi ya, nɛ a ya gbe nya ngɛ Negeb nɛ ngɛ Yuda ngɛ Beersheba.
8 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a ya kpa zugba a nɔ tsuo, nɛ a ba su Yerusalem ngɛ nyɔhiɔ nɛɛ kɛ ligbi 20 se.
9 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yoab ngɔ nihi nɛ a ya ngma a biɛ ɔ a yibɔ kɛ ha matsɛ ɔ. Ngɛ Israel ɔ, a ná tatsɛmɛ nɛ a miaa kɛ klaate 800,000, nɛ ngɛ Yuda a, a ná nyumuhi 500,000.
10 Benɛ David kane ni ɔmɛ se ɔ, e he nile* bu lɛ fɔ. Kɛkɛ nɛ David de Yehowa ke: “I pee yayami agbo kaa i pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Yehowa, i kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o ngɔ o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ tɔmi ɔ kɛ ke lɛ, ejakaa i je kuasia wawɛɛ nitsɛ.”
11 Benɛ David te si mɔtu ɔ, Yehowa kɛ sɛ gbi ha gbalɔ Gad, David ní nalɔ ɔ ke:
12 “Yaa nɛ o ya de David ke, ‘Nɔ́ nɛ Yehowa ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “I ngɔ níhi etɛ kɛ ngɛ o hɛ mi fɔe. Moo hla kake nɛ ma ha nɛ e ba o nɔ.”’”
13 Kɛkɛ nɛ Gad ba David ngɔ nɛ e ba bi lɛ ke: “Anɛ hwɔ nɛ ba o zugba a nɔ jeha kpaago lo? Aloo o he nyɛli nɛ a hi o se fiee nɛ o hi fo tue ngɛ a nya nyɔhiɔ etɛ? Aloo gbenɔ hiɔ nɛ sãã nɔ nɛ ba o zugba a nɔ ligbi etɛ? Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, mo susu he saminya, nɛ o tsɔɔ mi nɔ́ nɛ ma ya de Nɔ nɛ tsɔ mi ɔ.”
14 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, David de Gad ke: “Sane nɛ ɔ he wa ha mi wawɛɛ nitsɛ. I kpa mo pɛɛ, ha nɛ waa nɔ Yehowa dɛ mi, ejakaa e mɔbɔ nami hiɛ babauu; se ko ha nɛ ma nɔ adesa dɛ mi.”
15 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa ngɔ gbenɔ hiɔ nɛ sãã nɔ kɛ ba Israel nɔ kɛ je mɔtu kɛ ya si be nɛ a to ɔ, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, kɛ je Dan kɛ ya si Beersheba a, nimli 70,000 gbo.
16 Benɛ bɔfo ɔ kpa e nine mi kɛ tsɔɔ Yerusalem konɛ e kpata ma a hɛ mi ɔ, Yehowa pia e he* ngɛ haomi nɛ ba a he je, nɛ e de bɔfo ɔ nɛ e ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a hɛ mi kpatae ɔ ke: “E hiɛ! Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, moo ba o nine si.” Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Yehowa bɔfo ɔ ngɛ Arauna, Yebus no ɔ ngma fiaami he ɔ kasa nya haa.
17 Benɛ David na bɔfo ɔ nɛ ngɛ ni ɔmɛ gbee ɔ, e de Yehowa ke: “Imi lɛ i pee yayami, nɛ imi lɛ i tɔ̃; se jijɔ nɛ ɔmɛ lɛɛ, mɛni a pee? I kpa mo pɛɛ, ha nɛ o nine nɛ te si kɛ wo i kɛ ye tsɛ we ɔ.”
18 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Gad ba David ngɔ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ nɛ e ba de lɛ ke: “Kuɔɔ kɛ ya nɛ o ya ma afɔle sami la tɛ kɛ ha Yehowa ngɛ Arauna, Yebus no ɔ ngma fiaami he ɔ.”
19 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, David kuɔ kɛ ho ngɛ Gad munyu ɔ nya kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa fã lɛ ɔ.
20 Benɛ Arauna ma e yi si nɛ e na matsɛ ɔ kɛ e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ nɛ a ma e ngɔ ɔ, oya nɔuu nɛ Arauna je kpo nɛ e ya kplã si ha matsɛ ɔ, nɛ e kɛ e hɛ mi bu zugba.
21 Arauna bi lɛ ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ ɔ ba e sɔmɔlɔ ɔ ngɔ ɔ?” David he nɔ ke: “I ba nɛ́ ma ba he o ngma fiaami he ɔ konɛ ma ma afɔle sami la tɛ ha Yehowa ngɛ nɔ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ haomi nɛ ba ni ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ se nɛ po.”
22 Se Arauna de David ke: “Ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ ɔ nɛ e ngɔ, konɛ e ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ e susu kaa e hi* ɔ kɛ sã afɔle. Nahi nɛ o kɛ ma nyɛ maa sã sami afɔle, kɛ ngma fiaami tsohi, kɛ na kuɛpã tsohi nɛ o kɛ ma nyɛ maa pee lɛ́ ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ.
23 I* kɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ matsɛ ɔ hae.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Arauna de matsɛ ɔ ke: “Yehowa o Mawu ɔ nɛ ná o he bua jɔmi.”
24 Se matsɛ ɔ de Arauna ke: “Ohoo, e sa nɛ o jua ha mi nɛ ma wo mo hiɔ. I kɛ níhi nɛ i ná yaka be sami afɔlehi sãe ha Yehowa ye Mawu ɔ.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, David ngɔ sika hiɔ shekel* 50 kɛ he ngma fiaami he ɔ kɛ na amɛ.
25 Nɛ David ma afɔle sami la tɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ ha Yehowa, nɛ e sã sami afɔlehi kɛ tue mi jɔmi afɔlehi. Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa bu David pɛɛ kpami kɛ ha ma a tue, nɛ haomi nɛ ba Israel nɔ ɔ se po.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “benɛ a wo David.”
^ Aloo “dɔ ɔ.”
^ Aloo “woyi je.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “tsui.”
^ Aloo “ye aywilɛho.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “nɔ́ nɛ hi ngɛ e hɛ mi.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “Arauna.”
^ Shekel kake peeɔ gram 11.4 (oz t 0.367). Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B14.
