2 Kings 23
1 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Afei, ɔhene no frɛɛ Yuda ne Yerusalem mpanyimfo nyinaa.
2 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.
Na ɔhene no ne Yuda ne Yerusalem manfo ne asɔfo ne adiyifo a efi akumaa so kosi ɔkɛse so, foro kɔɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu. Ɛhɔ na ɔhene no kenkan Apam Nhoma a wɔahu wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ no nyinaa kyerɛɛ wɔn.
3 And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.
Ɔhene no tenaa beae bi a ɛkyerɛ ne tumi wɔ afadum no ho, hyɛɛ apam no mu den bio wɔ Awurade anim. Ɔhyɛɛ bɔ se, ofi ne koma ne ne kra nyinaa mu bedi Awurade mmara nsɛm, ahyɛde ne mmara nyinaa so. Ɔfaa saa ɔkwan yi so sii apam no mu nhyehyɛe ahorow a na wɔakyerɛw wɔ nhoma no mu no nyinaa so dua, maa nnipa no nyinaa hyɛɛ bɔ sɛ wobedi so.
4 Then the king gave orders to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and to the priests of the second order, and to the keepers of the door, to take out of the house of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal and for the Asherah and for all the stars of heaven; and he had them burned outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and took the dust of them to Beth-el.
Afei, ɔhene hyɛɛ ɔsɔfopanyin Hilkia ne asɔfo akunini ne asɔredan sohwɛfo no nyinaa sɛ, wonyiyi asɔredan no mu nneɛma a na wɔde som Baal ne Asera ne wim atumfo no nyinaa mfi hɔ. Ɔhene no ma wɔhyew ne nyinaa wɔ Kidron bon a ɛwɔ Yerusalem mfikyiri no mu, soaa ne nsõ de kɔɔ Bet-El.
5 And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to the sun and the moon and the twelve signs and all the stars of heaven.
Ɔpam abosom akɔmfo a Yuda ahemfo a wodii kan no yii wɔn no nyinaa, efisɛ na wɔhyew nnuhuam wɔ Yuda abosomfi nyinaa mu a mpo, na ɛreyɛ akodu Yerusalem kurom. Wɔhyew nnuhuam maa Baal ne owia, ɔsram ne nsoromma ne wim atumfo.
6 And he took the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem to the stream Kidron, burning it by the stream and crushing it to dust, and he put the dust on the place where the bodies of the common people were put to rest.
Ɔhene no tuu Asera dua no fii Awurade asɔredan mu, de kɔɔ Yerusalem mfikyiri wɔ Kidron bon mu hɔ kɔhyew no. Afei, ɔyam dua no muhumuhu, kɔtow ne mfutuma no guu amusiei.
7 And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.
Odwiriw nsɔree so nguamanfo adan a na ɛwɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu no, faako a na mmea no nwen nkatahotam, de kata Asera dua no ho no nyinaa gui.
8 And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the high places where the priests had been burning offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he had the high places of the evil spirits pulled down which were by the doorway of Joshua, the ruler of the town, on the left side of the way into the town.
Yosia san de Awurade asɔfo no a na wɔtete Yuda nkurow afoforo so no nyinaa baa Yerusalem. Efi Geba kosi Beer-Seba, ɔsɛee ɛhɔ abosonnan no nyinaa. Saa beae no na na wɔhyew nnuhuam no. Obubuu abosonnan a ɛwɔ Yosua a na ɔyɛ Yerusalem amrado no pon ano no. Sɛ obi rewura kuropɔn no mu a obehu saa pon no wɔ kuropɔn pon no benkum so.
9 Still the priests of the high places never came up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; but they took their food of unleavened bread among their brothers.
Asɔfo a na wɔsom wɔ abosonnan no mu no, na wɔmma wɔn kwan mma wɔnsom wɔ Awurade afɔremuka a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no so, nanso na wɔma wɔne asɔfo a aka no di brodo a mmɔkaw nni mu no.
10 And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son or his daughter go through the fire to Molech.
Afei, ɔhene no sɛee Tofet afɔremuka a na ɛwɔ Ben-Hinom bon no mu no nti, na obiara ntumi mfa ne babarima anaa ne babea mmɔ afɔre wɔ ogya mu wɔ so sɛ afɔrebɔde a wɔde ma Molek bio.
11 And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.
Otutuu apɔnkɔ sɛso a wɔagu a esisi Awurade Asɔredan kwan no ano a Yuda ahemfo too din maa owia no nyinaa fii hɔ. Na ne nyinaa wowɔ adiwo a ɛbɛn piamni bi a wɔfrɛ no Natan-Malek dan ho. Yosia hyew nteaseɛnam a na wɔato din ama owia no.
12 And the altars on the roof of the high room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord, were pulled down and crushed to bits, and the dust of them was put into the stream Kidron.
Yosia bubuu afɔremuka a Yuda ahemfo sisii wɔ ahemfi no atifi wɔ Ahas dan apampam no nyinaa. Ɔhene no bubuu afɔremuka a Manase sisii wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no adiwo abien hɔ no nyinaa gui. Odwiriw no pasapasa, too ne afabo no petee Kidron bon no mu.
13 And the high places before Jerusalem, on the south side of the mountain of destruction, which Solomon, king of Israel, had made for Ashtoreth, the disgusting god of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, and for Milcom, the disgusting god of the children of Ammon, the king made unclean.
Ɔhene no san guu abosonnan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem apuei fam no ne nea ɛwɔ Ɔsɛe Bepɔw no anafo fam no. Saa beae no na Israelhene Salomo sisii abosonnan maa Astoret, a ɛyɛ Sidonfo bosom bɔne, ne Kemos, Moabfo bosom bɔne, ne Molek, Amonfo bosom bɔne.
14 The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had been were made full of the bones of the dead.
Yosia dwiriw afadum kronkron no nyinaa gui, bubuu Asera nnua no. Ɔde nnipa nnompe guguu ne nyinaa so.
15 And the altar at Beth-el, and the high place put up by Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil, that altar and that high place were pulled down; and the high place was burned and crushed to dust and the Asherah was burned.
Ɔhene no san bubuu afɔremuka a ɛwɔ Bet-El abosonnan a Nebat babarima Yeroboam yɛe bere a odii Israel anim, de wɔn kɔɔ bɔne mu no. Yosia yam abo no, ma ɛdan mfutuma, hyew Asera dua no.
16 Then Josiah, turning round, saw on the mountain the places of the dead, and he sent and had the bones taken out of their places and burned on the altar, so making it unclean, as the Lord had said by the man of God when Jeroboam was in his place by the altar on that feast-day. And he, turning his eyes to the resting-place of the man of God who had given word of these things, said:
Bere a Yosia retoto nʼani no, ohuu nna pii wɔ koko no nkyɛn mu. Ɔhyɛɛ sɛ wontu nnompe no, na ɔhyew ne nyinaa wɔ afɔremuka a ɛwɔ Bet-El no so, de guu afɔremuka no ho fi. Eyi sii sɛnea Awurade nam Onyankopɔn nipa so hyɛe, bere a Yeroboam kogyinaa afɔremuka no ho wɔ afahyɛ da no. Afei Yosia dan ne ho hwɛɛ Onyankopɔn nipa a ɔhyɛɛ eyinom nyinaa ho nkɔm no da.
17 What is that headstone I see over there? And the men of the town said to him, It is the resting-place of the man of God who came from Judah and gave word of all these things which you have done to the altar of Beth-el.
Yosia bisae se, “Nkaedum bɛn na mihu no?” Na nnipa a wɔwɔ kurow no mu no ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no a ofi Yuda a ɔhyɛɛ nkɔm faa dwuma a woadi mprempren wɔ afɔremuka a ɛwɔ Bet-El ho no ɔboda.”
18 So he said, Let him be; let not his bones be moved. So they let his bones be with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
Yosia buae se, “Momma ɛnwɔ hɔ. Obiara mmfa ne nsa nka ne nnompe no.” Ɛno nti, wɔanhyew ɔne odiyifo akwakoraa a ofi Samaria no nnompe.
19 Then Josiah took away all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had put up, moving the Lord to wrath, and he did with them as he had done in Beth-el.
Na Yosia bubuu abosonnan no a ɛwɔ Samaria no, sɛnea ɔyɛɛ wɔ Bet-El no. Israel ahemfo ahorow bi na wosisi de hyɛɛ Awurade abufuw.
20 And all the priests of the high places there he put to death on the altars, burning the bones of the dead on them; and then he went back to Jerusalem.
Okunkum nsɔree so akɔmfo no wɔ wɔn ankasa afɔremuka so, na ɔhyew nnipa nnompe wɔ afɔremuka ahorow no so, de guu ho fi. Akyiri no, ɔsan kɔɔ Yerusalem.
21 And the king gave orders to all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it says in this book of the law.
Ɔhene Yosia hyɛɛ nnipa no nyinaa se, “Ɛsɛ sɛ mudi Twam Afahyɛ ma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, sɛnea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Apam Nhoma no mu no.”
22 Truly, such a Passover had not been kept in all the days of the judges of Israel or of the kings of Israel or the kings of Judah;
Efi bere a atemmufo dii Israel so mfe bebree a atwa mu wɔ Israel ne Yuda ahemfo so no, wonnii Twam Afahyɛ no bi saa da.
23 In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
Bere a ɔhene Yosia dii mfe dunwɔtwe wɔ akongua so no na wodii saa Twam Afahyɛ yi wɔ Yerusalem maa Awurade.
24 And all those who had control of spirits, and the wonder-workers, and the images, and the false gods, and all the disgusting things which were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah put away, so that he might give effect to the words of the agreement recorded in the book which Hilkiah the priest made discovery of in the house of the Lord.
Yosia tɔree samanfrɛfo ne adunsifo ne afi mu anyame ne ahonisom biara ase wɔ Yerusalem ne Yuda asase so baabiara. Ɔyɛɛ saa de dii mmara a wɔakyerɛw wɔ nhoma mmobɔwee a ɔsɔfo Hilkia kohuu wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu no so.
25 Never before had there been a king like him, turning to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his power, as the law of Moses says; and after him there was no king like him.
Ɔhene biara mmae a ɔte sɛ Yosia a ɔde ne koma, ne kra ne nʼahoɔden ama Awurade na ɔnam so adi Mose mmara nyinaa so. Na ɔhene biara nso mmae a ɔte sɛ ɔno.
26 But still the heat of the Lord's wrath was not turned back from Judah, because of all Manasseh had done in moving him to wrath.
Nanso eyi nyinaa akyi no, Awurade abufuw no dɛw tiaa Yuda, esiane bɔne akɛse a Ɔhene Manase yɛe no. Ɛno nti, wanyi nʼabufuwhyew no amfi wɔn so.
27 And the Lord said, I will send Judah away from before my face, as I have sent Israel; I will have nothing more to do with this town, which I had made mine, even Jerusalem, and the holy house of which I said, My name will be there.
Awurade kae se, “Mɛsɛe Yuda, sɛnea mesɛee Israel no. Mɛpam nnipa no afi mʼanim, na mapo me kuropɔn Yerusalem ne Asɔredan a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhyɛ me din anuonyam wɔ mu no.”
28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Yosia ahenni ho asɛm nkae ne dwuma a odii nyinaa no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
29 In his days, Pharaoh-necoh, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went out against him; and he put him to death at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
Bere a Yosia di hene no, Misraimhene Farao Neko kɔɔ Asubɔnten Eufrate ho kɔboaa Asiriahene. Ɔhene Yosia de nʼakofo tuu sa, kɔko tiaa no, nanso bere a wohyiaa wɔ Megido no, ɔhene Neko kum no.
30 And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.
Yosia asraafo mu mpanyimfo no de nʼamu no too teaseɛnam mu fii Megido, baa Yerusalem besiee no wɔ nʼankasa ɔboda mu. Na nnipa no sraa ne babarima Yehoahas ngo, sii no hene.
31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for three months; his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Bere a Yehoahas dii hene no, na wadi mfe aduonu abiɛsa, na odii ade wɔ Yerusalem asram abiɛsa. Na ne na yɛ Yeremia a ofi Libna no babea a na ne din de Hamutal.
32 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done.
Ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so, sɛnea nʼagyanom yɛe no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
33 And Pharaoh-necoh put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not be king in Jerusalem; and took from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Farao Neko de Yehoahas too afiase wɔ Ribla wɔ Hamat asase so, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔrentumi nni hene wɔ Yerusalem. Afei, ɔhyɛɛ sɛ Yuda ntua tow dwetɛ tɔn abiɛsa ne fa ne sikakɔkɔɔ kilogram aduasa anan sɛ sonkahiri.
34 Then Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim, the son of Josiah, king in place of Josiah his father, changing his name to Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz he took away to Egypt, where he was till his death.
Farao Neko de Eliakim a ɔyɛ Yosia babarima dii ade ma osii nʼagya anan mu. Ɔsesaa Eliakim din frɛɛ no Yehoiakim. Wɔde Yehoahas kɔɔ Misraim sɛ odeduani, na owui wɔ hɔ.
35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, taxing the land by his orders to get the money; the people of the land had to give silver and gold, everyone as he was taxed, to make the payment to Pharaoh-necoh.
Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Yehoiakim benya dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ tow a Farao Neko regye no nti, otwitwaa tow maa Yudafo tuae. Obiara tuaa sɛnea nʼahonya te.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years; his mother's name was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
Bere a Yehoiakim dii ade no, na wadi mfirihyia aduonu anum, na odii ade wɔ Yerusalem mfe dubaako. Na ne na din de Sebuda a ɔyɛ Pedaia a ofi Ruma babea.
37 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done.
Ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so, sɛnea nʼagyanom yɛe no.
