2 Samuel
24:1 Na AWURADE abufuo san sɔɔ Israel so bio, na ɔtu
Dawid tia wɔn sɛ: Monkɔ nkɔkan Israel ne Yuda.
24:2 Na ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ asraafoɔ sahene Yoab a ɔka ne ho sɛ:
Afei monkɔ Israel mmusuakuo nyinaa mu, firi Dan kɔsi Beer-Seba, na
monkan ɔman no, na mahu ɔman no dodoɔ.
24:3 Na Yoab ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene sɛ: Afei AWURADE wo Nyankopɔn mfa nka ɔman no ho.
dodow a wɔte biara, mmɔho ɔha, na ɛyɛ me wura ani
ɔhene betumi ahu, nanso adɛn nti na me wura ɔhene ani gye eyi ho
adeɛ?
24:4 Nanso ɔhene asɛm no dii nkonim wɔ Yoab ne
asraafo mpanyimfo. Na Yoab ne asafohene no firii adi
firi ɔhene anim, sɛ wɔbɛkan Israelfoɔ.
24:5 Na wɔtwaa Yordan, na wɔkɔbɔɔ nsra wɔ Aroer, wɔ nifa so
kuro a ɛda Gad asubɔnten no mfimfini ne Yaser.
24:6 Afei wɔduruu Gilead ne Tatimhodsi asase so; na wɔbaa hɔ
de kɔ Danjaan, na ɛrekɔ Sidon, .
24:7 Na wɔduruu Tiro abankɛseɛ no mu ne nkuro a ɛwɔ nkuropɔn nyinaa mu
Hiwifoɔ ne Kanaanfoɔ no, wɔfirii adi kɔɔ Yuda anafoɔ fam.
mpo koduu Beer-Seba.
24:8 Enti bere a wɔfaa asase no nyinaa so no, wɔbaa Yerusalem wɔ
asram akron ne nnafua aduonu awiei.
24:9 Na Yoab de ɔman dodoɔ no nyinaa maa ɔhene
na mmarima akokodurufo mpem ahanwɔtwe wɔ Israel a wɔtwe
sekan; na Yuda mmarima no si mmarima mpem ahanu.
24:10 Na Dawid akoma kaa no bere a ɔkan ɔman no akyi. Ne
Dawid ka kyerɛɛ AWURADE sɛ: Mayɛ bɔne kɛseɛ wɔ nea mayɛ no mu
afei, mesrɛ wo, AWURADE, yi w’akoa amumuyɛ fi hɔ; ma
Mayɛ nkwaseasɛm paa.
24:11 Na Dawid sɔre anɔpa no, AWURADE asɛm baa
odiyifo Gad, Dawid ɔdehufo, na ɔkae sɛ:
24:12 Kɔ na ka kyerɛ Dawid sɛ: Sɛ AWURADE seɛ nie: Mede nneɛma mmiɛnsa rema wo;
paw wɔn mu biako na mayɛ ama wo.
24:13 Enti Gad baa Dawid nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Mfeɛ nson
ɔkɔm aba wo nkyɛn w’asase so? anaasɛ wobɛdwane asram abiɛsa
w’atamfo anim, bere a wɔtaa w’akyi no? anaasɛ sɛ abiɛsa na ɛwɔ hɔ
nna pii ɔyaredɔm wɔ w’asase so? afei tu fo, na hwɛ mmuae a mɛma
san kɔ nea ɔsomaa me no nkyɛn.
24:14 Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Gad sɛ: Mewɔ ahohiahia kɛseɛ mu
AWURADE nsa; ɛfiri sɛ n’adɔeɛ dɔɔso, na mma menhwe ase
de hyɛ onipa nsam.
24:15 Enti AWURADE de ɔyaredɔm baa Israel so firii anɔpa kɔsi
bere a wɔahyɛ ato hɔ, na ɔman no wuwui fi Dan de besi Beer-Seba
mmarima mpem aduɔson.
24:16 Na ɔbɔfoɔ no tenee ne nsa guu Yerusalem sɛ ɔrebɛsɛe no.
AWURADE nuu ne ho wɔ bɔne no ho, na ɔka kyerɛɛ ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔsɛee no no
nkurɔfoɔ no, Ɛdɔɔso: tena wo nsa seesei. Na AWURADE bɔfoɔ
na ɛwɔ Yebusini Arauna apurow ho.
24:17 Na Dawid kasa kyerɛɛ AWURADE berɛ a ɔhunuu ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔbɔɔ no
nkurɔfoɔ kaa sɛ: Hwɛ, mayɛ bɔne, na mayɛ amumuyɛ
nguan, dɛn na wɔayɛ? mesrɛ wo, ma wo nsa nsɔre ntia me, .
na ɛtia m’agya fie.
24:18 Na Gad baa Dawid nkyɛn da no, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Foro kɔsi afɔrebukyia
de kɔma AWURADE wɔ Yebusini Arauna apuporowbea hɔ.
24:19 Na Dawid, sɛdeɛ Gad asɛm no teɛ no, foro kɔɔ sɛ AWURADE
ahyɛde.
24:20 Na Arauna hwɛɛ no, na ɔhunuu ɔhene ne ne nkoa sɛ wɔreba
no: na Arauna firii adi, na ɔkotow ɔhene anim wɔ n’anim
wɔ fam so.
24:21 Na Arauna kaa sɛ: Adɛn nti na me wura ɔhene aba n’akoa nkyɛn? Ne
Dawid kaa sɛ: Sɛ mɛtɔ apuporow afiri wo hɔ na asi afɔrebukyia ama wo
AWURADE, na ɔyaredɔm no asiw ɔman no so.
24:22 Na Arauna ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ: Ma me wura ɔhene nnye mfa mmɔ afɔdeɛ
no te sɛ nea eye ma no: hwɛ, anantwinini a wɔde bɔ ɔhyew afɔre wɔ ha, na
afiri a wɔde yi awieɛ ne nnwinnadeɛ foforɔ a anantwi de yɛ nnua.
24:23 Yeinom nyinaa ara na Arauna, sɛ ɔhene, de maa ɔhene. Na Arauna nso
ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene sɛ: AWURADE wo Nyankopɔn nnye wo ntom.
24:24 Na ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ Arauna sɛ: Dabi; nanso akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ mɛtɔ afi wo hɔ wɔ
bo: na meremmɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ mma AWURADE me Nyankopɔn ne
nea ɛmma mehwere hwee. Enti Dawid tɔɔ apuporow dan no na
anantwi no gye dwetɛ nnwetɛbena aduonum.
24:25 Na Dawid sii afɔrebukyia maa AWURADE wɔ hɔ, na ɔbɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ
afɔrebɔ ne asomdwoe afɔrebɔ. Enti wɔsrɛɛ AWURADE wɔ asase no ho, .
na ɔyaredɔm no gyaee Israel.