Dixitque David ad Deum: Nonne ego sum, qui jussi ut numeraretur populus? ego, qui peccavi? ego, qui malum feci? iste grex, quid commeruit? Domine Deus meus, vertatur, obsecro, manus tua in me, et in domum patris mei: populus autem tuus non percutiatur.
And David said to God: Am not I he that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I that have done the evil: but as for this flock, what hath it deserved? O Lord my God, let thy hand be turned, I beseech thee, upon me, and upon my father's house: and let not thy people be destroyed.
Et Davide dic ad Deo: nonne me es, qui iube ut numera populo? Me, qui pecca? Me, qui fac malo? Isto grege, quid commere? Domino Deo meo, verte, obsecra, manus tuo in me, et in domo de patre meo: populo autem tuo non percute.