2 Kings 5
1 Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.
Na Aramhene bu Naaman a ɔyɛ akodɔm sahene no yie. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛnam ne so na Awurade maa Aram dii nkonim akɛseɛ bebree. Ɛwom sɛ na Naaman yɛ ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ deɛ, nanso na ɔyare kwata.
2 Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife.
Afei, na Aram akofoɔ adi Israel asase so, na abaawa ketewa bi ka wɔn a wɔkyeree wɔn nnommum no ho. Wɔde saa abaayewa no maa Naaman yere sɛ nʼabaawa.
3 And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.
Ɛda bi, abaawa no ka kyerɛɛ nʼawuraa sɛ, “Sɛ me wura kɔhunu odiyifoɔ no wɔ Samaria a, anka mɛpɛ. Anka ɔbɛsa no yadeɛ ama kwata no afiri ne honam ani.”
4 And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.
Enti, Naaman kaa asɛm a abaawa a ɔfiri Israel no ka kyerɛɛ no no kyerɛɛ ɔhene.
5 So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔ, na kɔsra odiyifoɔ no. Mɛtwerɛ krataa aka wo ho, na wode akɔma Israelhene.” Enti, Naaman hyɛɛ nʼakwantuo no ase. Ɔfaa dwetɛ akyɛdeɛ kilogram ahasa aduanan, sikakɔkɔɔ kilogram aduosia nkron ne ntadeɛ mmɔho edu.
6 And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.
Krataa a ɔde rekɔma Israelhene no mu asɛm ne sɛ, “Menam krataa yi so reda me ɔsomfoɔ Naaman adi, akyerɛ wo. Mepɛ sɛ wosa no yadeɛ ma ne kwata no firi ne honam ani.”
7 But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?
Ɛberɛ a Israelhene kenkan krataa no, ɔde ahometeɛ sunsuanee nʼatadeɛ mu, kaa sɛ, “Saa ɔbarima yi asoma ɔkwatani aba me nkyɛn, sɛ mensa no yadeɛ! Meyɛ Onyankopɔn a metumi kum, sane ma nkwa? Ɔrepɛ ɛkwan bi afa so, anya nnyinasoɔ bi, na wabɛto ahyɛ yɛn so bio.”
8 Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.
Ɛberɛ a Elisa, Onyankopɔn onipa, tee ɔhene no nsɛnkaeɛ no, ɔtoo nkra kɔmaa no sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woasunsuane wo ntadeɛ mu saa? Soma Naaman na ɔmmra me nkyɛn na ɔbɛhunu sɛ, odiyifoɔ papa bi wɔ Israel.”
9 So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.
Enti, Naaman faa nʼapɔnkɔ ne ne nteaseɛnam, kɔtwɛn wɔ Elisa fie ɛpono ano.
10 And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.
Na Elisa somaa ɔbɔfoɔ kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔhohoro wo ho mprɛnson wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan mu, na wo honam bɛba mu, ama wo kwata no akɔ.”
11 But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.
Na Naaman bo fuiɛ, na ɔsii ɛkwan so. Ɔkaa sɛ, “Na menim sɛ, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara no, ɔbɛba abɛhyia me! Na menim sɛ ebia, ɔde ne nsa bɛfa kwata no so, na wabɔ Awurade a, ɔyɛ ne Onyankopɔn no din, nam so asa me yadeɛ.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.
Nsubɔntene Abana ne Parpar a ɛwɔ Damasko nsene nsubɔntene a ɛwɔ Israel nyinaa? Adɛn enti na menkɔhohoro me ho wɔ mu, na mennya ayaresa?” Enti, Naaman danee ne ho de abufuo sii mu.
13 Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?
Nanso, ne mpanimfoɔ bɔɔ mmɔden kasa kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Owura, sɛ odiyifoɔ no kaa sɛ yɛ adwuma kɛseɛ bi a, anka worenyɛ anaa? Ɛno enti, tie asɛm a waka sɛ kɔhohoro wo ho kɛkɛ, na wo ho bɛtɔ wo no, na di so.”
14 Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.
Enti, Naaman kɔɔ Asubɔnten Yordan mu, kɔdɔɔ asukɔ mprɛnson, sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no hyɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no. Ne honam ani daa hɔ te sɛ abɔfra, maa ne kwata no nyinaa kɔeɛ.
15 Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.
Naaman ne ne dɔm no sane kɔeɛ, kɔhwehwɛɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no akyiri kwan. Wɔkɔgyinaa nʼanim, maa Naaman kaa sɛ, “Afei na mahunu sɛ Onyankopɔn nni ewiase ha baabiara sɛ Israel nko ara. Afei, mesrɛ wo sɛ, gye mʼakyɛdeɛ yi.”
16 But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
Nanso, Elisa buaa sɛ, “Mmerɛ dodoɔ a Awurade a mesom no te ase yi, merennye akyɛdeɛ biara.” Ɛwom sɛ Naaman hyɛɛ no biara sɛ ɔnnye akyɛdeɛ no, nanso Elisa annye.
17 Then Naaman said, If you will not, then let there be given to your servant as much earth as two beasts are able to take on their backs; because from now on, your servant will make no offering or burned offering to other gods, but only to the Lord.
Afei, Naaman kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, ɛnneɛ, ma me ɛkwan na memfa ɛha dɔteɛ atifi mmienu nsoa me mfunumpɔnkɔ mmienu, na memfa nka me ho nkɔ me kurom. Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ, Awurade akyi no, meremmɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ anaa afɔdeɛ biara mma onyame bi bio.
18 But may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this one thing: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon for worship there, supported on my arm, and my head is bent in the house of Rimmon; when his head is bent in the house of Rimmon, may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this thing.
Na mesrɛ sɛ, Awurade mfa saa bɔne yi nkyɛ me. Sɛ me wura ɔhene rekɔ Rimon abosomfie akɔsom, na mesosɔ ne mu a, me nso mɛkoto enti, Awurade mfa nkyɛ me.”
19 And he said to him, Go in peace. And he went from him some distance.
Elisa kaa sɛ, “Kɔ asomdwoeɛ mu.” Enti, Naaman sane sii ɛkwan so.
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.
Nanso, Elisa ɔsomfoɔ Gehasi kaa wɔ ne tirim sɛ, “Anka ɛnsɛ sɛ me wura ma Aramni yi kɔ a wannye akyɛdeɛ yi. Mmerɛ dodoɔ a Awurade te ase yi, mɛti no, na makɔgye biribi afiri ne nkyɛn.”
21 So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well?
Enti, Gehasi tii no. Ɛberɛ a Naaman hunuu no sɛ ɔde mmirika reba ne so no, ɔsi firii ne teaseɛnam mu kɔhyiaa no. Naaman bisaa no sɛ, “Wobaa no asomdwoeɛ mu anaa?”
22 And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them?
Gehasi buaa sɛ, “Aane, nanso me wura asoma me sɛ memmɛka nkyerɛ wo sɛ, mmabunu baanu bi a wɔyɛ adiyifoɔ a wɔfiri Efraim kuro a ɛda bepɔ so no mu abɛduru seesei ara. Ɔse ɔrepɛ dwetɛ kilogram aduasa ɛnan ne ntadeɛ nsakyeramu mmienu de ama wɔn.”
23 And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.
Naaman kaa sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ asɛm a ɛyɛ den, gye dwetɛ kilogram aduasa ɛnan yi.” Ɔmaa no ntadeɛ nsakyeramu mmienu, kyekyeree sika no wɔ nkotokuo mmienu mu, yii asomfoɔ baanu soaa akyɛdeɛ no, maa Gehasi.
24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.
Nanso, wɔduruu bepɔ no so no, Gehasi gyee akyɛdeɛ no firii asomfoɔ no nkyɛn, ma wɔsane wɔn akyi kɔeɛ. Afei, ɔde akyɛdeɛ no kɔsiee efie no mu.
25 Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.
Ɛberɛ a ɔkɔɔ ne wura Elisa nkyɛn no, ɔbisaa no sɛ, “Gehasi, wokɔɔ he?” Ɔbuaa sɛ, “Menkɔɔ baabiara.”
26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?
Nanso, Elisa bisaa no sɛ, “Woanhunu sɛ ɛberɛ a Naaman si firii ne teaseɛnam mu bɛhyiaa wo no, na mewɔ hɔ honhom mu? Saa ɛberɛ yi na ɛsɛ sɛ wogye sika ne ntadeɛ ne ngo dua mfuo ne bobe mfuo ne nnwan ne anantwie ne asomfoɔ?
27 Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.
Deɛ woayɛ yi enti, wo ne wo mma ne wo mma mma bɛyare Naaman kwata no bi afebɔɔ.” Ɛberɛ a Gehasi firii dan no mu no, na kwata ayɛ no a ne ho ahoa ayɛ sɛ sukyerɛmma.
