1Ciafangin Bawipa khai Israel mite lakah thinraw leh thio manin, David khiah amahte rim tuhin so ai, “Feh in Israel le Judah pumsiar tu.”ti in David ruai i. 2Ciamanin David in amah thawn ai umtu raalkapte uktu Joab hnenah, “Israel hin veksen hnenah, Dan ai panin Beersheba tian feh tulai, mi pumsiar tu. Minung zaizah um ling i nuam i.”ti in ruai i. 3Ciafangin Joab in kumpibawipa hnenah, “Bawipa na Pathian in na minungte khiah a let zakhat in khaang ruai in i bawipa kumpibawipa mit in lo hmu tuh seh. Ikhalselai zaimanin i bawipa kumpibawipa he khiah bawn na nuam i?”ti in sawn i. 4Ikhalselai kumpibawipa in Joab le a raalbawite thu khiah neh i. Ciamanin Joab le a raalbawite khai mi pumsiar tuhin kumpibawipa hnenin suak i.
5Anite khai Jordan khiah tan ai Jazer lam Kad rawn lai ai Aroer khua kiahhan lamah caam i. 6Ciata in Kilead le Tahtim Hodshi ram lamah hleng i. Dan Jaan le Sidon ah hleng i. 7Ciafangin Tyre ai raal relhhmun le Hiv le Khanaan khuate veksen hnenah hleng i. Ciata in hlanglam Judah ramah Beersheba tian kawi i. 8Israel ram veksen songah vak ben fangin, hla kua le ni 20 fangin Jerusalem ah hleng i. 9Ciafangin Joab in kumpibawi hnenah mi pumsiar hnak khiah pe i. Israel ah raalkap 800,000 um ai Judah ramah 500,000 um i.
10David in mi pumsiar ben fangin a sualhnak khiah hmu i. Ciamanin David in Bawipa hnenah, “He i bawnhnak lakah i sual ngai i. Ikhalselai tunin Aw Bawipa, na hnenum sualhnak khiah lang sah tu. Ziangmanti fangin i voi ze manin bawn ngah ing.”ti in ngen i. 11David khai a thangha tho fangin, David tlahsantu profet Kad hnenah Bawipa thu khiah, 12“Feh tulai, David khiah, ‘Bawipa in, “Thil pa thum na pe tuh ing. Na bawt sah tuhin nangmah ca in pakhat ril tu.”ti in na ruai i.’ti in rel tu.’ti in ruai i. 13Ciamanin Kad khai David hnenah hleng ai amah hnenah, “Na ramah rian kum thum tlung maw, na raalte in na hnawh manin hla thum tian tlan maw na ramah urhnak ni thum song um tuh, na daih i? Cia khiah ruat tulai i hlat tu paa than leh tuhin i rel tu.”ti in rel i. 14Ciafangin David in Kad hnenah, “Thin i rimsu roh i. Bawipa kut songah i tlok tu seh. Ziangmanti fangin a ngaihharhnak khiah lian ngai i. Ikhalselai minung kut songah i tlok ma she.”ti in sawn i.
15Ciamanin Bawipa in zing ai panin a tekciahnak camcu tian urhnak hleng ruai ai, Dan ai panin Beersheba tian minung 7000 thi i. 16Vancung mi in a kut khiah Jerusalem hnawmcan tuhin daang fangin, Bawipa khai minungte thi manin lungsia ai, mite rektu vancung mi hnenah, “Tawk zo hang. Na kut khiah kham tu.”ti in ruai i. Ciafangin vancung mi khai Jebus mi Araunah rongcil hmun hiang ah um i. 17Ciafangin David in mite rektu vancung mi khiah hmu fangin, Bawipa hnenah, “I sual zo i. A pha lo bik in bawn ngah ing. Ikhalselai he tute in zai bawn i? Ninghio in na kut khiah kaimah vumah le i paa inn songkhat vumah i tu seh.”ti in ngen i.
18Cia nia ah Kad khai David hnenah hleng ai, amah hnenah, “Jebus mi Araunah rongcil hmunah Bawipa hnenah awlta sa tu.”ti in ruai i. 19Ciamanin David khai Kad relhnak thu bangin, Bawipa ruaihnak bangin feh i. 20Araunah khai sik fangin kumpibawipa le a hnenumte a hnenah kawi khiah hmu i. Ciamanin Araunah khai suak ai kumpibawipa hmai ah laipua ah bok ai, 21Araunah in, “Zaimanin i bawipa kumpibawipa khiah a hnenum hnenah kawi i pa?”ti in zawt i. David in, “Mite hnenin he urhnak khiah lawm ruai tuhin Bawipa hnenah awlta sahmun tuhin na rongcilhmun khiah lai tuhin kawi ing.”ti in rel i. 22Ciafangin Araunah in David hnenah, “I bawipa kumpibawipa in a daihhnak zahin lang tu selai hlu tu seh. Cen mei ai tai tuhin a hlu khai kawlpaw um i. Cen thing ca ah kawlpaw leng te khai um i. 23Hete khiah, Aw kumpibawipa, a veksenin Araunah in kumpibawipa hnenah na pe ing.”ti in ti i. Ciafangin Araunah in kumpibawipa hnenah, “Bawipa na Pathian in lo na saang sah tu seh.”ti in ti i. 24Ciafangin kumpibawipa in Araunah hnenah, “A man thawn na lai tuh rori ing. Cen a man pe lo in zai khai Bawipa i Pathian hnenah mei in tai in hlu tuh lo ing.”ti in sawn i. Ciaman in David in rongcil hmun le kawlpaw khiah shekel 50 in lai i. 25Ciafangin David in ciata ah Bawipa hnenah awlta khiah sa ai mei thawn taihnak le remhnak a hlu khiah hlu i. Ciamanin Bawipa in Israel ram ca in sawngenhnak khiah ngai ai,Israel ramin urhnak khiah lawm ruai i.
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