1 Kings 15
1 Then, in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam reigned over Judah.
Yeroboam dii adeɛ wɔ Israel ne mfeɛ dunwɔtwe soɔ no, Abiyam hyɛɛ nʼadedie ase sɛ ɔhene wɔ Yuda.
2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Ɔdii ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem mfeɛ mmiɛnsa. Na ne maame din de Maaka a ɔyɛ Absalom babaa.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him. Neither was his heart perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.
Nʼagya bɔne a ɔyɛeɛ nyinaa no, ɔyɛɛ bi. Na nʼakoma nni Awurade ne Onyankopɔn mu, sɛdeɛ ne nana Dawid yɛeɛ no.
4 But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave to him a lamp in Jerusalem, so that he might raise up his son after him, and so that he might establish Jerusalem.
Nanso, ɛsiane Dawid enti, Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn maa nʼasefoɔ kwan ma wɔkɔɔ so dii adeɛ, na ɔmaa Abiyam ɔbabarima a ɔbɛdi nʼadeɛ wɔ Yerusalem.
5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and he had not declined from all of the things that he had instructed to him, during all the days of his life, except the matter of Uriah, the Hittite.
Na Dawid ayɛ deɛ ɛyɛ wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii Awurade ahyɛdeɛ so ne nkwa nna nyinaa, agye Hetini Uria no ho asɛm no nko ara.
6 Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam during the entire time of his life.
Abiyam nkwa nna mu nyinaa, na akokoakoko da ɔno ne Yeroboam ntam.
7 And the rest of the words of Abijam, and all that he did, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And there was fighting between Abijam and Jeroboam.
Nsɛm a aka a ɛsisii wɔ Abiyam ahennie mu ne deɛ ɔyɛeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ wɔ Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu. Ɔko daa Abia ne Yeroboam ntam ɛberɛ biara.
8 And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa, his son, reigned in his place.
Na Abiyam wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Asa dii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
9 Then, in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, the king of Israel, Asa reigned as king of Judah.
Yeroboam dii ɔhene wɔ Israel ne mfeɛ aduonu so no, Asa bɛdii ɔhene wɔ Yuda.
10 And he reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Ɔdii ɔhene Yerusalem mfeɛ aduanan baako. Na wɔfrɛ ne nanabaa Maaka a na ɔyɛ Absalom babaa.
11 And Asa did what was right before the sight of the Lord, just as his father David did.
Asa yɛɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani, sɛdeɛ ne nana Dawid yɛeɛ no.
12 And he took away the effeminate from the land. And he purged all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.
Ɔpamoo asɔreeɛ so nnwamanfoɔ nyinaa firii asase no so, na ɔyiyii ahoni a nʼagyanom yɛeɛ no nyinaa.
13 Moreover, he also removed his mother, Maacah, from being the leader in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in his sacred grove which she had consecrated. And he destroyed his grotto. And he shattered the very indecent idol, and he burned it at the torrent Kidron.
Na mpo, ɔtuu ne nanabaa Maaka firii ahemaadwa no so, ɛfiri sɛ, na wayɛ Asera ahoni dua a na ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ. Asa twaa dua no na ɔhyee no wɔ Kidron bɔnhwa mu.
14 But the high places, he did not take away. Yet truly, the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord during all his days.
Ɛwom sɛ wɔansɛe abosonnan no nyinaa koraa deɛ, nanso, Asa kɔɔ so de nʼakoma hyɛɛ Awurade mu nʼasetena nyinaa mu.
15 And he brought the things that his father had sanctified and vowed back to the house of the Lord: the silver, and the gold, and the vessels.
Ɔde dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne nneɛma a ɔno ne nʼagya too edin de maa Awurade Asɔredan no baeɛ.
16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, during all their days.
Na akokoakoko wɔ Yudahene Asa ne Israelhene Baasa ntam.
17 And Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he built up Ramah, so that no one would be able to exit or enter from the side of Asa, the king of Judah.
Israelhene Baasa kɔko tiaa Yuda, na ɔmaa Rama banbɔ sɛdeɛ obi ntumi nni ahyɛnfirie wɔ Yudahene Asa asase so.
18 And so, Asa took all the silver and the gold which had remained in the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and he gave it into the hands of his servants. And he sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:
Asa tasee dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ no a ɛkaa wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no akoradan mu ne deɛ na ɛwɔ ahemfie no akoradan no mu. Ɔde hyɛɛ ne mpanimfoɔ no mu bi nsa, na ɔsomaa wɔn ma wɔkɔɔ Hesion babarima Tabrimon babarima Siriahene Ben-Hadad a na ɔdi ɔhene wɔ Damasko no nkyɛn, na ɔde saa nsɛm yi kaa ho.
19 “There is a pact between me and you, and between my father and your father. For this reason, I have sent to you gifts of silver and of gold. And I ask you to go and break your pact with Baasha, the king of Israel, so that he may withdraw from me.”
“Ma yɛnyɛ apam a na ɛda wʼagya ne mʼagya ntam no foforɔ. Tie, mede akyɛdeɛ a ɛyɛ dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ resoma de abrɛ wo. Afei, twa wo ne Israelhene Baasa apam no mu, sɛdeɛ ɔremfa ne nsa nka me.”
20 Benhadad, acquiescing to king Asa, sent the leaders of his army against the cities of Israel. And they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel, the house of Maacah, and all of Chinneroth, that is, all the land of Naphtali.
Ben-Hadad penee ɔhene Asa abisadeɛ no so, na ɔsomaa nʼakodɔm, ma wɔkɔto hyɛɛ Israel so. Wɔdii nkuro Iyon, Dan, Abel-Bet-Maaka ne Kineret a Naftali nsase nyinaa ka ho no so.
21 And when Baasha had heard this, he ceased from fortifying Ramah, and he returned to Tirzah.
Na Israelhene Baasa tee asɛm a asi no, ɔgyaee nʼadwuma a na ɔreyɛ de abɔ Rama ho ban no, kɔɔ Tirsa kɔtenaa hɔ.
22 Then king Asa sent an announcement to all of Judah, saying, “Let no one be excused.” And they took away the stones from Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had fortified it. And from these things, king Asa built up Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.
Afei, ɔhene Asa soma kɔɔ Yuda mmaa nyinaa, kɔkaa sɛ ɔhwehwɛ sɛ obiara biara bɛboa asoa ɛdansie aboɔ ne nnua a na Baasa de reyɛ banbɔdwuma wɔ Rama no afiri hɔ. Asa de saa banbɔ nneɛma no kyekyeree kuro Geba a ɛwɔ Benyamin ne Mispa kuro no.
23 Now all the rest of the words of Asa, and his entire strength, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? Yet truly, in the time of his old age, he was afflicted in his feet.
Asa ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ ne deɛ ne tumi kɔduruiɛ no, ne nkuro a ɔkyekyereɛ no nyinaa din no, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu. Ne nkɔkoraabɔ mu no, ɔyaree ne nan.
24 And he slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David, his father. And Jehoshaphat, his son, reigned in his place.
Ɛberɛ a Asa wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no nʼagyanom nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Yehosafat bɛdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
25 Yet truly, Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel, in the second year of Asa, the king of Judah. And he reigned over Israel for two years.
Yeroboam babarima Nadab hyɛɛ aseɛ dii adeɛ wɔ Israel ɛberɛ a na ɔhene Asa adi adeɛ wɔ Yuda mfeɛ mmienu mu. Ɔdii adeɛ Israel mfeɛ mmienu.
26 And he did what is evil in the sight of the Lord. And he walked in the ways of his father and in his sins, by which he caused Israel to sin.
Na ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii nʼagya anammɔn akyi, toaa so yɛɛ bɔne, somm abosom sɛdeɛ na Yeroboam adi Israel anim ama wɔayɛ no.
27 Then Baasha, the son of Ahijah, from the house of Issachar, set an ambush against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, which is a city of the Philistines. For indeed, Nadab and all of Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
Na Ahiya babarima Baasa a ɔfiri Isakar abusuakuo mu no pam Nadab tiri so, kumm no ɛberɛ a na ɔne Israel akodɔm akyere sraban, retua Filistifoɔ kuro Gibeton no.
28 And so Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa, the king of Judah, and he reigned in his place.
Baasa kumm Nadab wɔ ɔhene Asa adedie wɔ Yuda mfeɛ mmiɛnsa mu no so, na ɔbɛyɛɛ Israelhene a ɔdi hɔ.
29 And when he had reigned, he struck down the entire house of Jeroboam. He did not leave behind even one soul from his offspring, until he had wiped him away, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the hand of Ahijah, the Shilonite,
Ntɛm ara, ɔkunkumm ɔhene Yeroboam asefoɔ nyinaa a adehyeɛ abusua no mu baako koraa anka, sɛdeɛ Awurade nam odiyifoɔ Ahiya a ɔfiri Silo ahyɛ bɔ afa Yeroboam ho no.
30 because of the sin of Jeroboam, which he had committed, and by which he had caused Israel to sin, and because of the offense by which he had provoked the Lord, the God of Israel.
Saa asɛm yi siiɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Yeroboam di a ɔdii Israel anim ma wɔyɛɛ bɔne no, ɛhyɛɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, abufuo.
31 But the rest of the words of Nadab, and all that he did, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
Nadab ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ ne dwuma a ɔdiiɛ nyinaa no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma mu.
32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, during all their days.
Na akokoakoko wɔ Asa ne Israelhene Baasa ntam.
33 In the third year of Asa, the king of Judah, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, reigned over all of Israel, at Tirzah, for twenty-four years.
Ahiya ba Baasa hyɛɛ aseɛ dii Israel so wɔ ɔhene Asa adedie wɔ Yuda no mfeɛ mmiɛnsa mu. Baasa dii adeɛ Tirsa mfeɛ aduonu ɛnan.
34 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sins, by which he caused Israel to sin.
Na ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii Yeroboam anammɔn akyi, somm abosom, sɛdeɛ Yeroboam dii Israel anim yɛeɛ no.
