2 Kings 8
1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
Na Elisa aka akyerɛ ɔbaa a ɔnyanee ne ba no sɛ, “Wo ne wo fiefoɔ ntu nkɔ baabi foforɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade ahyɛ sɛ ɛkɔm mmra Israel mfeɛ nson.”
2 So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
Enti, ɔbaa no yɛɛ sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no hyɛeɛ no. Ɔfaa ne fiefoɔ kɔtenaa Filistifoɔ asase so mfeɛ nson.
3 At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
Ɛkɔm no twaa mu no, ɔsane baa Israel asase so, kɔhunuu ɔhene no sɛ ɔregye ne fie ne nʼasase.
4 Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
Ɔbaa mu no, na ɔhene no ne Gehasi a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no ɔsomfoɔ rekasa. Na ɔhene no rebisa sɛ: Ka nneɛma akɛseɛ a Elisa ayɛ no bi kyerɛ me.
5 And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
Saa ɛberɛ no ara na na Gehasi reka nyane a Elisa nyanee abarimaa bi no ho asɛm akyerɛ no. Ɛberɛ korɔ no ara mu, abarimaa no maame kɔɔ ɔhene no anim, kɔsrɛɛ ɔhene no fa nʼabisadeɛ no ho. Gehasi teaam sɛ, “Hwɛ, me wura! Ɔbaa no nie na ne babarima no nso nie—ɔno na Elisa nyanee no no!”
6 When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
Ɔhene no bisaa ɔbaa no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ nokorɛ anaa?” Ɔbaa no buaa sɛ ɛyɛ ampa. Enti, ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ ne mpanimfoɔ no mu baako sɛ ɔnhwɛ na biribiara a wahwere no, wɔmfa mma no. Nʼafudeɛ a wɔtwaeɛ a na ɔnni hɔ nyinaa, wɔde maa no.
7 Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
Na Elisa kɔɔ Damasko a ɛyɛ Aram kuropɔn no mu a na ɔhene Ben-Hadad yare da no. Obi ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Onyankopɔn onipa no aba hɔ,”
8 So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
ɛberɛ a ɔhene no tee saa asɛm no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Hasael sɛ, “Fa akyɛdeɛ kɔma Onyankopɔn onipa no. Na ka kyerɛ no, na ɔmmisa Awurade sɛ, ‘Me ho bɛtɔ me bio anaa?’”
9 So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
Na Hasael hyehyɛɛ nyoma aduanan so nnepa a ɛfiri Damasko, sɛ akyɛdeɛ a ɔde rekɔma Elisa. Ɔkɔɔ ne nkyɛn ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Wo ɔsomfoɔ Ben-Hadad a ɔyɛ Aramhene asoma me wo nkyɛn sɛ, memmɛbisa sɛ ne ho bɛyɛ no den anaa.”
10 Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
Na Elisa ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔka kyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Wo ho bɛyɛ wo den.’ Nanso, Awurade ada no adi akyerɛ me sɛ, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara, ɔbɛwu.”
11 Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
Elisa hwɛɛ Hasael anim, kɔsii sɛ Hasael yɛɛ basaa. Na Onyankopɔn onipa no hyɛɛ aseɛ suiɛ.
12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
Hasael bisaa no sɛ, “Me wura, ɛyɛ ɛdeɛn asɛm? Elisa buaa sɛ, Menim nneɛma a ɛyɛ hu a wobɛyɛ Israelfoɔ. Wobɛhye wɔn nkuro a wɔabobɔ ho ban, akunkum wɔn mmeranteɛ, de wɔn mma nketewa adweradwera fam, apaapae apemfoɔ yafunu!”
13 “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
Na Hasael buaa sɛ, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na me a mensɛ hwee yi, bɛtumi adi dwuma kɛseɛ a ɛte sɛɛ yi?” Nanso, Elisa buaa sɛ, “Awurade akyerɛ me sɛ, wo na wobɛyɛ Aramhene.”
14 So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
Ɛberɛ a Hasael sane kɔeɛ no, ɔhene no bisaa no sɛ, “Asɛm bɛn na Elisa ka kyerɛɛ wo?” Hasael buaa sɛ, “Ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara, wo ho bɛyɛ wo den.”
15 But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
Nanso, adeɛ kyeeɛ no, Hasael faa nnasoɔ, de nuu nsuo mu, de kataa ɔhene no anim, kɔsii sɛ ɔwuiɛ. Na Hasael sii nʼanan mu sɛ Aramhene.
16 In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
Ɔhene Yehosafat babarima Yehoram bɛdii Yuda so ɛberɛ a ɔhene Yoram adi adeɛ wɔ Israel mfeɛ enum so. Na Yoram yɛ Ahab babarima.
17 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
Ɛberɛ a Yehoram dii ɔhene no, na wadi mfeɛ aduasa mmienu. Ɔdii adeɛ wɔ Yerusalem mfirinhyia nwɔtwe.
18 And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Nanso, Yehoram yɛɛ sɛdeɛ Israel ahemfo yɛeɛ. Na ɔyɛ otirimuɔdenfoɔ te sɛ ɔhene Ahab, ɛfiri sɛ, na waware Ahab mmammaa no mu baako. Enti Yehoram yɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so.
19 Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
Nanso, na Awurade mpɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Yuda, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔne Dawid ayɛ apam, ahyɛ bɔ sɛ, nʼasefoɔ na wɔbɛkɔ so adi ɔman no so afebɔɔ.
20 In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
Yehoram berɛ so na Edomfoɔ sɔre tiaa Yuda, na wɔsii wɔn ankasa wɔn ɔhene.
21 So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
Enti, Yehoram faa ne nteaseɛnam nyinaa, kɔto hyɛɛ Sair kuro so. Edomfoɔ twaa ɔne ne nteaseɛnamkafoɔ ho hyiaeɛ, nanso ɔfaa anadwo sum no mu dwaneeɛ. Yehoram akodɔm nso gyaa no hɔ dwaneeɛ.
22 So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
Edom ate Yuda so atua de bɛsi ɛnnɛ. Saa ɛberɛ no ara mu na Libna kuro nso sɔre tiaeɛ.
23 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoram, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Nsɛm a ɛsisii wɔ Yehoram ahennie mu ne deɛ ɔyɛeɛ nyinaa, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
24 And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Ɛberɛ a Yehoram wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ ne mpanimfoɔ nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne babarima Ahasia na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
25 In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
Yehoram babarima Ahasia hyɛɛ aseɛ dii ɔhene Yuda wɔ ɔhene Yoram adedie wɔ Israel ne mfeɛ dumienu mu no mu. Na Ahab babarima ne ɔhene Yoram no.
26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
Ɛberɛ a Ahasia dii adeɛ no, na wadi mfeɛ aduonu mmienu, na ɔdii adeɛ wɔ Yerusalem afe. Ne maame ne Atalia a ɔyɛ Israelhene Omri nana.
27 And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
Ahasia dii amumuyɛsɛm, dii bɔne a ɔhene Ahab fiefoɔ yɛeɛ no anammɔn akyi. Ɔyɛɛ amumuyɛsɛm wɔ Awurade ani so ɛfiri sɛ, wɔbɔɔ ne din bataa awadeɛ a ɔkɔwaree Ahab efieni no ho.
28 Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
Ahasia de ne ho kɔbɔɔ Israelhene Yoram ho wɔ ne ko a ɔko tiaa Aramhene Hasael wɔ Ramot-Gilead no.
29 So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
Ɛberɛ a wɔpiraa ɔhene Yoram wɔ ɔko no mu no, ɔsane baa Yesreel sɛ ɔrebɛsa nʼapirakuro no. Ɛberɛ a Yoram wɔ hɔ no, Yudahene Ahasia kɔsraa no.
