2 ሳሙኤል 24:2
ንጉሱ ለዮአብ መሪ ሰራዊት እንተ ዘለዎ፦ ሕጂ ካብ ዳን ክሳብ ቤርሴባ ድማ ኩሉ ነስታት እስራኤል ተራመዱ ሕዝቡን ቍጽረሉ፤ ቍጽር ሕዝቡ ክረክብ እፈልጥ።
ንጉሱ ለዮአብ መሪ ሰራዊት እንተ ዘለዎ፦ ሕጂ ካብ ዳን ክሳብ ቤርሴባ ድማ ኩሉ ነስታት እስራኤል ተራመዱ ሕዝቡን ቍጽረሉ፤ ቍጽር ሕዝቡ ክረክብ እፈልጥ።
ንጉሡም ከእርሱ ጋር የነበረውን የሠራዊቱን አለቃ ዮአብ እንዲህ አለው፦ “አሁን ከዳን ጀምሮ እስከ ቤርሳቤህ ድረስ በእስራኤል የሚገኙትን ነገዶች ሁሉ ተጓዝ፤ ሕዝቡን ቍጠሩ እንዳውቅ የሕዝቡን ቍጥር።”
ንጉስ ከኣ ንዮኣብ፡ ነቲ ምስእሪ ዝነበረ ሓለቓ ሰራዊት፡ ቊጽሪ ህዝቢ ምእንቲ ኽፈልጥሲ፡ ናብ ኲሎም ነገዳት እስራኤል ካብ ዳን ክሳዕ ብኤርሸባዕ ዜርካ ነቲ ህዝቢ ቚጸሮ፡ በሎ።
So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army who was with him, "Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and enroll the people, so that I may know how many there are."
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
For the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.
And the kynge sayde vnto Ioab ye chefe captayne of his hoost: Go aboute in all the trybes of Israel, from Dan vnto Berseba, and nombre the people, that I maye knowe how many they be.
For the King said to Ioab the captaine of the hoste, which was with him, Goe speedily now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba, and nomber ye the people, that I may knowe the nomber of the people.
For the king sayde to Ioab the captaine of the hoast which was with him: Go thou abrode now throughout al the tribes of Israel, euen from Dan to Beerseba, and number ye the people, that I may knowe the number of them.
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
The king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that `is' with him, `Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people -- and I have known the number of the people.'
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.
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.
And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.
The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, "Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people."
The king told Joab, the general in command of his army,“Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.”
እዚኦም ጥቅሳት ብAI ዝተሓዘ ስምናዊ ተመሳሳሊነት ብመርሓ ኣብ ፍርሓትን ኣብ ኣእምሮን ዝመስሉ ተረኺቡ እዮም። እቶም ውጽኢታት እንተገናእ ዘይመርቱ ግንኙነታት ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ።
1እንደገና ቁጣ እግዚኣብሔር ላዕለ እስራኤል ተነድየ፤ ዳዊትን ላዕለዮም ንምናይ ኣለዎ፦ ሂዱ እስራኤልን ይሁዳን ቍጽርሉ።
3ዮአብ ንንጉስ እንተ ዘይብሉ ኣለዎ፦ እግዚኣብሔር ኣምላኽኻ ሕዝቡ መቶ ዕጥፍ ይጨምር እንተ ከሎ፣ ዓይናት ጌታይ ንጉስ ይረኣዩ ይእቲ፤ ግን ስለ ምንታይ ጌታይ ንጉስ ብዚ ነገር ተደስቲ ትርከብ?
4ነገር ግን ቃል ንጉስ ላዕለ ዮአብን ላዕለ መራሕቲ ሰራዊትን ኣስተኻኽሎ ነበረ። ዮአብን መራሕቲ ሰራዊትን ካብ መንበር ንጉስ ወጻኡ ሕዝብ እስራኤል ንምቍጽር።
1ዳዊት ብተኽብድ ዝነበሩ ሕዝቡ ቈጸረዎ፣ እና ላዕለዋ ኣለቃት ሽሕን ምዓትን ኣቀመጠ።
2ዳዊት ሶስተ ክፋል ሕዝብ ብትእዛዝ ዮዓብ ኣላኸፈ፣ ሶስተ ክፋል ደጊም ብእጅ ኣቢሳይ ወዲ ጼሩያ ሓወይ ዮዓብ ኣላኸፈ፣ እንዳ ሶስተ ክፋል ብእጅ ኢታይ ናይ ጋት ሰብ ኣላኸፈ። ንጉሱ ሕዝቡ ኣለ፣ «ደጊም እኔ ከመ እንተኾይንኩም እምበር እወጻ» ብሎ።
7ናብ መደገፊ መከላኻሊ ጢሮስ ደረሱ፣ ኩሉ ከተማታት ኤዊያንን ከነዓናውያንን ኣለፉ፤ ደጊም ናብ ደቡብ ይሁዳ እስከም ቤርሴባ ወጺኡ።
8ኩሉ ምድር እንተ ዝርዝሩ ኣብ መወዳእታ ተስዓቢ ወርሒን ሃያ መዓልቲን ናብ ኢየሩሳሌም መለሱ።
9ዮአብ ቍጽር ሕዝቡ ንንጉስ ኣሳለፈዎ። ኣብ እስራኤል ስምንት መቶ ሺሕ ሓያላት ሰብ ሰይፍ ዝነሳዮም ነበሩ፤ ኣብ ይሁዳ ደጊም ሓምስት መቶ ሺሕ ሰብ ነበሩ።
10ዳዊት ሕዝቡ ካብ ኣንፈር እንተ ቁጸረ ድሕሪ ዚ ልቡ ተነቀፈ። ዳዊት እግዚኣብሔርን ኣለዎ፦ ብዝገበርኩ ነገር እዚ ብጣዕሚ ክሕደት ጌግእልኩ፤ ሕጂ በጃኻ እግዚኣብሔር ክሕደተይን ዓመጺን ካብ ባሪያኻ ኣርኣዩኒ፤ ሕማቕ ነገር ገብርኩ።
15እንዳ እግዚኣብሔር ካብ ጠዋር ክሳብ ዝተመረጸ ጊዜ እስከም ድማ በሽታ ተላለፈ እስራኤል ላዕለ። ካብ ዳን ክሳብ ቤርሴባ ሰባ ሺሕ ወንድ ሞቱ።
2ስለዚ ዳዊት እግዚኣብሔር ሓተተ እንዳ ኣለ፦ ‘ክሕዝ እወ እዞም ፍልስጥኤማን ክንቅስን እንግር?’ እግዚኣብሔር ንዳዊት መለሰዎ፦ ‘ሂው፣ ፍልስጥኤማን ንቅስን፣ ቄይላ ንሕልው.’