And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.
And Dauid seide to þe Lord, Wheþer Y am not þat comaundide þat þe puple schulde be noumbrid? Y it am þat synnede, Y it am þat dide yuel; what disseruid this floc? My Lord God, Y biseche, thin hond be turned in to me, and in to þe hows of my fadir; but thi puple be not smytun.