2 Samuel 24

Ka Taua e Rāwiri ngā Iwi o Īharaira

1 Nā, ka mura anō te riri o Ihowā ki a Īharaira, ā, ka whakatūtehu ia i a Rāwiri ki te hē mō rātou, ki te mea, "Tīkina, taua a Īharaira rāua ko Hūrā."

2 Nā, ko te kīanga a te kīngi ki a Ioapa ki te rangatira ope, i reira ia i a ia, "Tēnā, hāereerea ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira mai o Rāna ā tae noa ki Peerehepa, ka tatau i te iwi, kia mōhio ai ahau ki te tōpūtanga o te iwi."

3 Anō rā ko Ioapa ki te kīngi, "Mā Ihowā, mā tōu Atua e mea te iwi kia tātaki rau noa atu i tō rātou tokomaha i a rātou nei, ā, kia kite hoki ngā kanohi o tōku ariki, o te kīngi; otiia he aha tōku ariki, te kīngi i āhuareka ai ki tēnei mea?"

4 He ahakoa rā, ū tonu te kupu a te kīngi ki a Ioapa rātou ko ngā rangatira ope. Nā, haere atu ana a Ioapa rātou ko ngā rangatira ope i te aroaro o te kīngi ki te tatau i te iwi, i a Īharaira.

5 Nā, ka whiti rātou i Horano, ka noho ki Aroere, ki te taha ki matau o te pā i waenganui o te awaawa o Kara, ā tae noa ki Iatere. 6 Kātahi ka tae rātou ki Kireara, ki te whenua o Tahatimihorohi, ā, ka tae ki Ranaiāna, ā, āwhio haere ana ki Hairona; 7 ā, ka tae ki te pā kaha ki Tāira, ki ngā pā katoa o ngā Hiwi, o ngā Kanaani; ā, puta ana rātou ki te tonga o Hūrā, ki Peerehepa.

8 Nā, ka oti te whenua katoa te hāereere e rātou, ka tae rātou ki Hiruhārama i te paunga o ngā marama e iwa, o ngā rā e rua tekau.

9 Nā, ka hōmai e Ioapa te tōpūtanga o te iwi i taua ki te kīngi; ā, e waru rau mano ngā mārohirohi i roto i a Īharaira, he hunga mau hoari; ā, e rima rau mano ngā tāngata o Hūrā.

Te Whakawātanga ki te Hara a Rāwiri

10 Nā, ka patu te ngākau o Rāwiri i a ia i muri i tāna tauanga i te iwi. Ā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Ihowā, "Nui atu tōku hara i tāku i mea nei; nā, tēnā, kia whakarērea noatia iho, e Ihowā, te hē o tāu pononga; nui atu hoki te kūware o tāku i mea ai."

11 Nā, i te marangatanga ake o Rāwiri i te ata, ka puta te kupu a Ihowā ki a Kara poropiti, ki tā Rāwiri matakite, i mea ia, 12 "Haere, mea atu ki a Rāwiri, ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: ‘E toru ngā mea ka whakaaria e ahau ki a koe; whiriwhiria e koe tētahi o aua mea, ā, ka meatia e ahau ki a koe.’ "

13 Heoi, ka tae a Kara ki a Rāwiri, ā, ka kōrero ki a ia, ka mea, "Kia tae atu rānei ki a koe ētahi tau matekai e whitu ki tōu whenua? Kia toru rānei ngā marama e rere ai koe i te aroaro o ōu hoariri, me tā rātou whai anō i a koe? Kia toru rānei ngā rā o te mate urutā ki tōu whenua? Nā, whakaaroa e koe kia kitea ai tāku kupu e whakahoki ai ki tōku kaitono mai."

14 Anō rā ko Rāwiri ki a Kara, "He noa iho ōku whakaaro. Nā, kia taka tātou āianei ki roto ki te ringa o Ihowā, he nui hoki āna mahi tohu; ā, kaua ahau e taka ki te ringa o te tangata."

15 Heoi, whakapāngia ana e Ihowā he mate urutā ki a Īharaira, o te ata iho anō ā taea noatia te wā i whakaritea; ā, mate ake o te iwi, o Rāna ā tae noa ki Peerehepa, e whitu tekau mano tāngata. 16 Ā, nō te toronga atu o te ringa o te anahera ki Hiruhārama whakangaro ai, ka puta kē tō Ihowā whakaaro mō te kino, ā, ka mea ia ki te anahera e whakangaro ana i te iwi, "Kua nui tēnei! Kati tōu ringa." Ā, i te patunga wīti a Arauna Iepuhi, te anahera a Ihowā.

17 I kōrero hoki a Rāwiri ki a Ihowā i tōna kitenga i te anahera i patua ai te iwi, i mea, "Inā, kua hara ahau, kua mahi i te mahi hē; ko ēnei hipi ia, i aha rātou? Tēnā, kia pā tōu ringa ki ahau, ki te whare anō o tōku pāpā."

Te Āta o Rāwiri i runga i te Patunga Wīti

18 Nā, ka haere a Kara ki a Rāwiri i taua rā, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Haere ki runga, whakaarahia he āta ki a Ihowā ki te patunga wīti a Arauna Iepuhi." 19 Nā, whakatika ana a Rāwiri, pērā ana me te kupu a Kara, me tā Ihowā i whakahau ai. 20 Ā, ka titiro atu a Arauna, ka kite i te kīngi rātou ko āna tāngata e haere mai ana ki a ia; nā, ka puta atu a Arauna, piko ana ki te kīngi, ahu ana tōna mata ki te whenua.

21 Nā, ka mea a Arauna, "He aha tōku ariki, te kīngi, i haere mai ai ki tāna pononga?"

Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri, "Ki te hoko i tāu patunga wīti, kia hangā ai he āta ki a Ihowā, kia mutu ai te whiunga o te iwi."

22 Nā, ka mea a Arauna ki a Rāwiri, "Me tango e tōku ariki, e te kīngi, me whakaeke te mea e pai ana ki tāna titiro. Nanā, ngā kau hei tahunga tinana, me ngā patu wīti, me ngā mea o ngā kau hei wahie!" 23 Ko ēnei katoa, e te kīngi, e hoatu ana e Arauna ki te kīngi. I mea anō a Arauna ki te kīngi, "Kia manako a Ihowā, tōu Atua ki a koe."

24 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Arauna, "Kāhore, engari me āta hoko e ahau tōu wāhi ki te utu, e kore hoki e whakaherea e ahau he tahunga tinana ki a Ihowā, ki tōku Atua, kāhore i utua e ahau."

Heoi, hokona ana e Rāwiri taua patunga wīti me ngā kau ki te hiriwa, e rima tekau hekere. 25 Ā, hangā ana e Rāwiri he āta ki reira mā Ihowā, whakaekea ana e ia ētahi tahunga tinana me ētahi whakahere mō te pai. Heoi, ka mārie a Ihowā ki te whenua, ā, ka mutu te mate urutā ki a Īharaira.

1 And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. 2 And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 4 Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 5 And they 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 unto Jazer: 6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon, 7 and 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 Beer-sheba. 8 So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

10 And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 11 And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, 12 Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

15 So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 17 And David spake unto Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded. 20 And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood: 23 all this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.