1 Kings 16
1 And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
Na Awurade asɛm baa Hanani babarima Yehu so tiaa Baasa sɛ,
2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins;
“Mepagyaa wo firii mfuturo mu, de wo tuaa me nkurɔfoɔ Israel ano. Nanso, wofaa Yeroboam kwan bɔne no so, maa me nkurɔfoɔ Israel yɛɛ bɔne, maa wɔn bɔne a wɔyɛeɛ no hyɛɛ me abufuo.
3 behold, I will take away Baasha and his house, and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Enti, merebɛsɛe Baasa ne ne fie, na mɛyɛ wo fie te sɛ Nebat babarima Yeroboam deɛ.
4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat.
Wɔn a wɔbɛwuwu wɔ kuro no mu a wɔyɛ Yeroboam dea no deɛ, nkraman bɛwe wɔn ɛnam. Na ewiem nnomaa na wɔbɛsosɔ wɔn a wɔbɛwuwu wiram no.”
5 And the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Na Baasa adedie ne ɛho nsɛm nkaeɛ, deɛ ɔyɛeɛ ne ne mpontuo no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
6 And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Baasa wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Tirsa. Na ne babarima Ela dii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
7 And also through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani the word of Jehovah came against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he had smitten him.
Na Awurade asɛm nam Hanani babarima odiyifoɔ Yehu so baa Baasa ne ne fiefoɔ so, ɛsiane bɔne dodoɔ a na wayɛ wɔ Awurade ani so no enti. Saa nneyɛeɛ no hyɛɛ Awurade abufuo. Na ɔyɛɛ sɛdeɛ ɔyɛɛ Yeroboam fie no ara pɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Baasa nso sɛee Yeroboam fie.
8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
Baasa babarima Ela hyɛɛ aseɛ dii Israel so wɔ Tirsa a saa ɛberɛ no, na ɔhene Asa adi adeɛ wɔ Yuda mfeɛ aduonu nsia. Ɔdii ɔhene wɔ Israel mfeɛ mmienu.
9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him; and he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was the steward of his house in Tirzah;
Na Simri, a na ɔyɛ safohene wɔ adehyeɛ nteaseɛnam no mu fa so, bɔɔ ne tirim pɔ sɛ ɔbɛkum Ela. Ɛda bi, Ela boroo nsã wɔ Arsa a na ɔyɛ ahemfie sohwɛfoɔ no fie wɔ Tirsa.
10 and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned in his stead.
Simri kɔɔ hɔ de adeɛ kɔbɔɔ no ma ɔhwee fam wuiɛ. Saa asɛm yi sii ɔhene Asa adedie wɔ Yuda no afe a ɛtɔ so aduonu nson mu. Enti, Simri bɛyɛɛ ɔhene a ɔdi so.
11 And it came to pass when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not a male, neither of his kinsmen nor of his friends.
Ɛhɔ ara, Simri kunkumm Baasa adehyeɛ abusua no mu nnipa nyinaa a wannya abarimaa baako koraa. Mpo, ɔkunkumm ne ntɛtɛbusuafoɔ ne ne nnamfonom.
12 And Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet,
Simri sɛee Baasa ahennie nnidisoɔ no, sɛdeɛ Awurade nam odiyifoɔ Yehu so ahyɛ no.
13 for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and wherewith they made Israel to sin, provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
Yeinom siiɛ ɛsiane Baasa ne ne babarima Ela bɔne ne wɔn bɔne dodoɔ a wɔdii Israel anim ma wɔyɛeɛ no enti. Wɔde wɔn abosom huhuo hyɛɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, abufuo.
14 And the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Ela ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ ne dwuma a ɔdiiɛ nyinaa no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines.
Simri tenaa Tirsa dii adeɛ Israel, ɛberɛ a na ɔhene Asa adi adeɛ wɔ Yuda mfeɛ aduonu nson mu, nanso ɔdii adeɛ nnanson pɛ. Ɛberɛ a Israel akodɔm a na wɔrekɔto ahyɛ Filistifoɔ kuro Gibeton so no
16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired, and has also smitten the king; and all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
tee sɛ Simri akum ɔhene no, wɔyii ɔsahene Omri de no dii adeɛ sɛ wɔn ɔhene foforɔ.
17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
Enti, Omri dii Israel akodɔm anim, firi Gibeton kɔtuaa Tirsa a ɛyɛ Israel ahenkuro no.
18 And it came to pass when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king's house, and burned the king's house over him with fire;
Ɛberɛ a Simri hunuu sɛ wɔafa kuro no, ɔkɔɔ ɔhene no abankɛsewa mu wɔ ne fie, na ɔhyee hɔ ne ne ho fraeɛ, ma ɔwuu egyadɛreɛ no mu.
19 and he died for his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel to sin.
Na ɔno nso ayɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii Yeroboam anammɔn akyi, toaa bɔne a Yeroboam dii Israel anim yɛeɛ no so.
20 And the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his conspiracy which he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Simri adedie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ ne ne pɔ bɔne a ɔbɔeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
Na afei, na Israelfoɔ no mu akyɛ mmienu. Na nnipa no mu fa pɛ sɛ wɔma Ginat babarima Tibni di wɔn so ɔhene, ɛnna ɛfa a aka no nso gyinaa Omri akyi.
22 But the people that followed Omri overcame the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath; and Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
Nanso, Omri akyidifoɔ no bu faa Ginat babarima Tibni akyidifoɔ no so. Enti, wɔkumm Tibni, ma Omri dii ɔhene.
23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, — twelve years; he reigned six years in Tirzah.
Omri hyɛɛ aseɛ dii ɔhene wɔ Israel ɛberɛ a ɔhene Asa adi adeɛ wɔ Yuda mfeɛ aduasa baako mu. Ne nyinaa mu, ɔdii adeɛ mfeɛ dumienu a ɔde emu nsia tenaa Tirsa.
24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and built on the hill, and called the name of the city that he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
Na Omri tɔɔ bepɔ bi a seesei wɔfrɛ no Samaria, firii Semer a na ɛyɛ ne dea no nkyɛn, dwetɛ kilogram aduosia nnwɔtwe. Ɔkyekyeree kuro wɔ so, na ɔtoo kuro no edin Samaria, de hyɛɛ Semer animuonyam.
25 And Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, and did worse than all that were before him.
Nanso, Omri yɛɛ bɔne Awurade ani so, na mpo, ne bɔne no so sene ahemfo a wɔdi nʼanim no deɛ.
26 And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
Ɔdii Yeroboam anammɔn akyi, kɔɔ so somm abosom, sɛdeɛ Yeroboam dii Israel anim, ma wɔyɛɛ no. Ɔde yei hyɛɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, abufuo.
27 And the rest of the acts of Omri, what he did, and his might which he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Omri adedie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ no ne deɛ ne tumi ano kɔsi ne ne dwuma a ɔdiiɛ no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
28 And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
Omri wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no Samaria. Na ne babarima Ahab na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
29 And Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
Omri ba Ahab hyɛɛ aseɛ dii Israel so ɔhene ɛberɛ a na ɔhene Asa adi adeɛ Yuda mfeɛ aduasa nwɔtwe mu. Ɔdii adeɛ Samaria mfeɛ aduonu mmienu.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him.
Nanso Omri ba Ahab yɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Mpo, na ne bɔne no so sene ahemfo a wɔdi nʼanim no nyinaa mu biara deɛ.
31 And it came to pass, as if it was a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshipped him.
Na ɔyɛɛ deɛ Yeroboam yɛɛ wɔ bɔneyɛ mu no bi. Wamma no anso hɔ ara. Ɔwaree Isebel a na ɔyɛ Sidonfoɔhene Etbaal babaa, na ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ somm Baal, sɔree no.
32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
Deɛ ɛdi ɛkan no, ɔsii abosomfie ne afɔrebukyia maa Baal wɔ Samaria.
33 And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did more to provoke Jehovah the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
Afei, ɔsii Asera afɔrebukyia. Ɔkɔɔ so yɛɛ pii de hyɛɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn abufuo sene ahemfo a wɔadi nʼanim wɔ Israel no nyinaa.
34 In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates in Segub his youngest, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke through Joshua the son of Nun.
Nʼahennie so na ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Hiel a ɔfiri Bet-El sane kyekyeree Yeriko. Ɔtoo fapem no, nʼabakan Abiram wuiɛ. Na ɔtintim abɔntenpono de wieeɛ no nso, ne kaakyire Segub nso wuiɛ. Yei nyinaa sisiiɛ, sɛdeɛ asɛm a ɛfiri Awurade nkyɛn fa Yeriko ho a Nun babarima Yosua kaeɛ no teɛ.
