Di Accuser Push David Make E Count Israel
Di Accuser push David make e count im fighting men; Joab object but dem overrule am. Seventy thousand people die for plague before David see our Papa angel and beg say di sheep no do anything. E buy di threshing floor for full price, e refuse to offer wetin no cost am anything.
21 1Now di Accuser rise up against Israel come push David make e count Israel. a a v1 Di Accuser na di name wey FHB dey call Satan, di spiritual enemy wey dey fight God im people. 2David tell Joab and di commanders of di army say, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba reach Dan, come report give me, so I go fit sabi how many dem be.”
3Joab talk say, “Make our Papa add to im people times hundred! My oga king, all dis people no be my oga servants? Why my oga dey ask for dis kind thing? Why you wan bring guilt come Israel head?”
4But di king word overpower Joab own, so Joab comot, waka go round all Israel, come back reach Jerusalem. 5Joab give David di number wey dem count: All Israel get one million, 100,000 men wey dey carry sword, Judah get 470,000 men wey dey carry sword. 6E no count Levi and Benjamin, because di king command vex Joab well well.
7Dis thing bad well well for our Papa eye, so e strike Israel. 8Then David talk give our Papa say, “I don sin well well as I do dis thing. Now, abeg, take away your servant guilt, because I do foolish thing well well.”
9And our Papa talk give Gad, di man wey dey see vision for David:
10Go tell David say, “Your Papa talk say: I hold three things for your head—pick one of dem, and I go do am to you.”
11Gad come meet David come tell am say, “Na wetin our Papa talk be dis: ‘Pick for yourself, 12either three years of hunger, or three months wey your enemies go dey chase you comot as their sword catch you, or three days of di sword of our Papa: plague for di land, di angel of our Papa dey destroy for everywhere for all Israel border.’ Now decide wetin answer I go carry go back give di person wey send me.”
13David tell Gad say, “I dey inside big trouble. Make I fall inside our Papa hand, because im tender mercy wey dey pain belle plenty well well—but no be inside man hand.”
14So our Papa send plague come Israel, and 70,000 men of Israel die.
15And our Papa send angel make e go destroy Jerusalem; but as di angel dey destroy am, our Papa see come change im mind about di trouble, come tell di angel say, “E don do! Hold your hand.” Di angel of our Papa stand near di threshing floor of Ornan di Jebusite.
16David look up come see di angel of our Papa dey stand between earth and heaven, im sword don comot for im hand, e stretch am over Jerusalem. Then David and di elders, wey wear sackcloth, fall face down for ground. 17David talk give our Papa say, “No be me talk say make dem count di people? Na me be di person wey sin come do big evil. But dis sheep—wetin dem do? O my Papa, make your hand dey against me and my papa house, no be against your people with plague.” b b v17 David, di shepherd-king, beg say make di punishment fall on am instead of im people—e dey point go front to Jesus, di Good Shepherd wey go gladly carry im people judgment for imself.
Dem Build Altar; Our Papa Answer With Fire
18Di angel of our Papa tell Gad make David go up go build altar for our Papa for di threshing floor of Ornan di Jebusite. 19So David go up as Gad tell am, wey e don talk for di name of our Papa.
20Ornan turn come see di angel; im four sons wey dey with am hide. E bin dey thresh wheat. 21As David come meet Ornan, Ornan look come see David, comot for di threshing floor, come bow give David, im face touch ground.
22David tell Ornan say, “Give me dis threshing-floor place so I go fit build altar for our Papa on top am; give am to me for full price, so di plague go stop for di people.”
23Ornan tell David say, “Take am. Make my oga di king do wetin e see say e good. Look, I give di oxen for burnt offerings, di threshing sledges for firewood, and di wheat for di grain offering—I give am all.”
24But King David tell Ornan say, “No, I go sure buy am for full price. I no go take wetin be your own give our Papa, or offer burnt offerings wey no cost me anything.”
25So David pay Ornan around fifteen pounds of gold for di place. 26David build altar for there for our Papa, offer burnt offerings and peace offerings, come call on our Papa, wey answer am with fire from heaven on top di altar of burnt offering.
27Then our Papa command di angel, and e put im sword back inside im sheath.
28For dat time, when David see say our Papa don answer am for di threshing floor of Ornan di Jebusite, e offer sacrifice for there. 29Moses bin don make di tabernacle of our Papa for di wilderness; am, together with di altar of burnt offering, dey stand for dat time for di high place of Gibeon. 30David no fit go there go seek our Papa, because e dey fear di sword of di angel of our Papa.
