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Ndaawitv Saauv I^saa^laa^en Caux Yu^ndaa Mienh

(Beiv mangc 1 Zunh Doic Douh 21:1-27)

 1Ziouv aengx qiex! jiez haic I^saa^laa^en Mienh ziouc coqv Ndaawitv hoic ninh mbuo. Ninh mbuox Ndaawitv, “Mingh saauv I^saa^laa^en caux Yu^ndaa Mienh maah!”
  2Ndaawitv ziouc gorngv mbuox Yo^aapc aengx caux ninh yiem nyei domh baeng-bieiv, “Mingh gormx fingx-fingx I^saa^laa^en Mienh, yiem Ndaan taux Mbe^e^qe^mbaa, saauv mienh weic bun yie hiuv duqv baeqc fingx nyei soux mouc.”
  3Mv baac Yo^aapc gorngv mbuox hungh diex, “Tov Ziouv, meih nyei Tin-Hungh, bun baeqc fingx jaa hiaangx gauh camv ih zanc maaih nyei yietc baeqv gouv, bun yie nyei ziouv, hungh diex, nyei m'zing duqv buatc. Mv baac yie nyei ziouv hungh diex weic haaix diuc zoux naaiv deix sic?”
  4Mv baac Yo^aapc caux domh baeng-bieiv ngaengc maiv duqv hungh diex nyei waac. Yo^aapc caux jun-baeng nyei domh baeng-bieiv ziouc yiem hungh nyei nza'hmien cuotv mingh saauv I^saa^laa^en Mienh nyei baeqc fingx.
  5Ninh mbuo jiex liuz Jor^ndaen Ndaaih ziouc liepc ciangv yiem Aa^lo^e Zingh, dongh yiem horngz gu'nyuoz nyei naamh bung zingh. Ninh mbuo aengx hungx jienv Gaatc aengx jiex mingh taux Yaase. 6Ninh mbuo daaih taux Gi^le^aatc aengx mingh taux Daatim Hotc^qi.⚓ Ninh mbuo aengx mingh taux Ndan^yaa^an,⚓ wingc mingh taux Sai^ndorn. 7Ninh mbuo aengx taux weih wuonv nyei zingh, Tailaqv, aengx mingh taux Hiwai Mienh caux Kaa^naa^an Mienh nyei norm-norm zingh. Nqa'haav laai ninh mbuo taux Yu^ndaa nyei ⟨Negepc Deic,⟩ Mbe^e^qe^mbaa wuov norm dorngx.
  8Ninh mbuo mingh gormx deic-bung liuz, ziouc nzuonx Ye^lu^saa^lem. Ninh mbuo longc nduoh hlaax caux nyic ziepc hnoi.
  9Yo^aapc ziouc mingh mbuox Ndaawitv ninh saauv baeqc fingx nyei soux mouc. Yiem I^saa^laa^en haih longc nzuqc ndaauv yaac zoux henv nyei baeng maaih betv ziepc waanc dauh. Yu^ndaa maaih hmz ziepc waanc.

Ziouv Dingc Ndaawitv Nyei Zuiz

(Beiv mangc 1 Zunh Doic Douh 21:7-17)

 10Ndaawitv saauv liuz mienh, ninh haiz hnyouv maiv longx. Ninh ziouc gorngv mbuox Ziouv, “Yie hnangv naaiv nor zoux yie baamz zuiz hlo haic. Mv baac Ziouv aac, tov meih guangc yie, meih nyei bou nyei zuiz, weic zuqc yie zoux naaiv deix sic za'gengh hngongx haic.”
  11Da'nyeic ndorm Ndaawitv jiez sin daaih, Ndaawitv nyei douc waac mienh, Gaatc, duqv zipv Ziouv nyei waac mi'aqv. 12Ninh gorngv, “Mingh mbuox Ndaawitv, ‘Ziouv hnangv naaiv gorngv. Yie maaih buo nyungc bun meih ginv. Meih ginv haaix nyungc, yie ziouc zoux wuov nyungc bun meih.’+”
  13Gaatc ziouc mingh lorz Ndaawitv, mbuox ninh, “Ziouv hnangv naaiv nor gorngv, ‘Meih oix bun meih nyei deic-bung zuqc buo⚓ hnyangx nyei domh ngorc fai? Fai oix zuqc meih nyei win-wangv zunc biaux buo hlaax nyieqc? Fai meih nyei deic-bung oix zuqc maaih buo hnoi nyei domh wuon-baengc?’ Ih zanc hnamv mangc gaax, yie oix zuqc hnangv haaix nor dau paaiv yie daaih wuov dauh?’+”
  14Ndaawitv gorngv mbuox Gaatc, “Yie gengh haiz aqc haic. Yie tov yiem Ziouv nyei buoz weic zuqc ninh za'gengh korv-lienh haic mienh, mv baac tov maiv dungx bun yie zuqc yiem baamh mienh nyei buoz-ndiev.”
  15Hnangv naaic, yiem lungh ndorm taux dingc daaih nyei ziangh hoc, Ziouv bun I^saa^laa^en Mienh butv domh wuon-baengc. Yiem Ndaan taux Mbe^e^qe^mbaa maaih siec waanc dauh I^saa^laa^en Mienh daic. 16Fin-mienh sung buoz oix mietc Ye^lu^saa^lem wuov zanc, Ziouv ziouc goiv za'eix mi'aqv. Ninh gorngv mbuox mietc mienh wuov dauh fin-mienh, “Gaux aqv. Hluotv meih nyei buoz maah!” Wuov zanc Ziouv nyei fin-mienh souv jienv yiem Ye^mbutc Mienh, Aa^laau^naa, nyei mborqv mbiauh ciangv.
  17Ndaawitv buatc daix mienh wuov dauh fin-mienh ninh gorngv mbuox Ziouv, “Se dongh yie baamz zuiz. Se dongh yie zoux dorngc. Naaiv deix ba'gi yungh maiv zoux haaix nyungc. Tov bun meih nyei buoz zuqc yie caux yie nyei hmuangv doic hnangv.”

Ndaawitv Ceix Ziec-Dorngh

(Beiv mangc 1 Zunh Doic Douh 21:18-22:1)

 18Dongh wuov hnoi Gaatc mingh lorz Ndaawitv yaac gorngv mbuox ninh, “Meih oix zuqc mingh Ye^mbutc Mienh, Aa^laau^naa, nyei mborqv mbiauh ciangv weic Ziouv ceix norm ziec-dorngh.” 19Ndaawitv ziouc ei jienv Ziouv longc Gaatc hatc nyei waac mingh aqv. 20Aa^laau^naa mangc buatc hungh diex caux ninh nyei jien hungx jienv ninh daaih, ninh cuotv mingh yiem hungh diex nyei nza'hmien mbaapv njiec, hmien taux ndau.
  21Aa^laau^naa gorngv, “Yie nyei ziouv, hungh diex, weic haaix diuc daaih lorz yie, meih nyei bou?”
 Ndaawitv dau, “Yie daaih maaiz meih nyei mborqv mbiauh ciangv weic Ziouv ceix norm ziec-dorngh bun baeqc fingx butv nyei domh wuon-baengc haih dingh.”
  22Aa^laau^naa gorngv mbuox Ndaawitv, “Yie nyei ziouv, hungh diex, buatc haaix nyungc a'hneiv longc, gunv zorqv daaih longc ziec. Mangc maah! Naaiv maaih ngongh weic zoux buov ziec nyei ga'naaiv. Aengx maaih ngongh nyei ndiangx-gaaz caux mborqv mbiauh nyei ga'naaiv weic zoux zaangh. 23O hungh diex aah! Naaiv yietc zungv yie, Aa^laau^naa, fungx bun meih aqv.” Aa^laau^naa aengx jaa waac gorngv, “Tov Ziouv, meih nyei Tin-Hungh, horpc hnyouv hungh diex.”
  24Mv baac hungh diex gorngv mbuox Aa^laau^naa, “Maiv zeiz lorqc. Yie oix ziux jaax-zinh tengx meih maaiz. Yie maiv oix longc baeqc baeqc duqv daaih nyei ga'naaiv fongc horc buov ziec bun Ziouv, yie nyei Tin-Hungh.”
 Ndaawitv ziouc longc ziepc hmz lungz⚓ nyaanh maaiz mborqv mbiauh ciangv caux ngongh. 25Ndaawitv yiem wuov weic Ziouv ceix norm ziec-dorngh, aengx fongc horc buov ziec caux ziec weic jiu tong nyei ga'naaiv. Weic naaiv, Ziouv muangx weic wuov norm deic-bung tov nyei waac. Yiem I^saa^laa^en butv nyei domh wuon-baengc ziouc dingh mi'aqv.

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David Enrolls the Fighting Men

 1Again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
 2So the king said to Joab and the army commanders⚓ with him, “Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and enroll the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.”
 3But 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?”
 4The king’s word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.
 5After crossing the Jordan, they camped near Aroer, south of the town in the gorge, and then went through Gad and on to Jazer. 6They went to Gilead and the region of Tahtim Hodshi, and on to Dan Jaan and around toward Sidon. 7Then they went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba in the Negev of Judah.
 8After they had gone through the entire land, they came back to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
 9Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.
 10David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.”
 11Before David got up the next morning, the word of the Lord had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer: 12“Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’ ”
 13So Gad went to David and said to him, “Shall there come on you three⚓ years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
 14David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”
 15So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. 16When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
 17When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd,⚓ have done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Let your hand fall on me and my family.”

David Builds an Altar

 18On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19So David went up, as the Lord had commanded through Gad. 20When Araunah looked and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
 21Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?”
 “To buy your threshing floor,” David answered, “so I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped.”
 22Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take whatever he wishes and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. 23Your Majesty, Araunah⚓ gives all this to the king.” Araunah also said to him, “May the Lord your God accept you.”
 24But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
 So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels⚓ of silver for them. 25David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered his prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.