2 Chronicles 15
1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
Na Onyankopɔn honhom baa Oded babarima Asaria so,
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.
na ɔpue kɔhyiaa ɔhene Asa a ɔfiri akono reba no. Ɔteaam guu Asa so sɛ, “Tie me, Asa, Yudafoɔ ne Benyaminfoɔ nyinaa montie. Mmerɛ dodoɔ a mo ne Awurade te no, ɔno nso ne mo bɛtena. Ɛberɛ biara a mobɛhwehwɛ noɔ no, mobɛhunu no. Nanso sɛ mogya no a, ɔno nso bɛgya mo.
3 Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
Teteete no, na Israel nni nokorɛ Onyankopɔn, na wɔnni ɔsɔfoɔ a ɔbɛkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn, na wɔnni Onyankopɔn mmara nso.
4 but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.
Nanso, ɛberɛ biara a mobɛkɔ ahohiahia mu na mobɛkɔ Awurade Israel Onyankopɔn nkyɛn, na moahwehwɛ no no, mohunu no.
5 And in those times there [was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.
Saa esum berɛ no mu, na akwantuo yɛ hu. Na ɔhaw wɔ ɔman no afanan nyinaa.
6 And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.
Akodie baa Ɔman ne ɔman ntam, kuropɔn ne kuropɔn ntam, ɛfiri sɛ Awurade maa ɔhaw ahodoɔ bebree baa mo so.
7 But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.
Na afei, mo Yuda mmarima, mo ho nyɛ den, monnya akokoɔduru, na mobɛnya mo adwumayɛ so akatua.”
8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
Ɛberɛ a Asa tee saa asɛm yi firii odiyifoɔ Oded babarima Asaria nkyɛn no, ɔnyaa akokoɔduru, yiyii ahoni a ɛwɔ Yuda asase so ne Benyamin nyinaa ne nkuro a wako afa a ɛwowɔ Efraim bepɔ nsase so no. Ɔsiesiee Awurade afɔrebukyia a na ɛsi Awurade Asɔredan ntwonoo anim no.
9 And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
Afei, Asa frɛfrɛɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda ne Benyamin nyinaa. Ɔfrɛɛ nnipa a wɔfiri Efraim, Manase ne Simeon a wɔabɛtena wɔn mu no nso. Bebree tutu kɔtenaa Yuda wɔ Ɔhene Asa berɛ so, ɛfiri sɛ wɔhunuu sɛ Awurade ne Onyankopɔn ka ne ho.
10 And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
Ɛrekɔ bosome a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa awieeɛ no mu a na Asa adi adeɛ mfeɛ dunum no, nnipa no boaa wɔn ho ano wɔ Yerusalem.
11 And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
Saa ɛda no, wɔde mmoa a wɔkyekyeree wɔn ɔko mu no bi bɔɔ Awurade afɔdeɛ. Na mmoa no dodoɔ yɛ anantwie ahanson a nnwan ne mpɔnkye nso dodoɔ yɛ mpem nson.
12 And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
Afei, wɔfiri wɔn akoma ne wɔn kra nyinaa mu yɛɛ apam sɛ wɔbɛhwehwɛ Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn.
13 and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Wɔpenee so sɛ, obiara a ɔbɛpo Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn no, wɔbɛkum no, sɛ ɔnnyiniiɛ anaa wanyini, sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa.
14 And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Wɔhyɛnee ntotorobɛnto ne mmɛn dendeenden, de dii Awurade nokorɛdie ntam no ho adanseɛ.
15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.
Wɔn nyinaa ani gyee saa apam yi ho, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔfiri wɔn akoma nyinaa mu na ɛyɛeɛ. Wɔpere hwehwɛɛ Onyankopɔn, na wɔhunuu no. Na Awurade maa wɔn ahomegyeɛ firii wɔn atamfoɔ a wɔwɔ afanan nyinaa nsam.
16 And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.
Mpo ɔhene Asa tuu ne nanabaa Maaka firii ahemaadwa no so, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔsii Asera afɔrebukyia a ɛyɛ atantanneɛ. Ɔtwaa dua no, bubuu mu, hyee no wɔ Kidron bɔnhwa mu.
17 But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.
Ɛwom sɛ wɔantutu abosonsom asɔreeɛ no nyinaa amfiri Israel deɛ, nanso Asa de ne ho nyinaa maa Awurade ne nkwa nna nyinaa.
18 And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
Ɔde dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ne nneɛma ahodoɔ a ɔne nʼagya de maa Awurade no baa Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no mu.
19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Enti, ɔko ansi bio kɔsii Asa adedie afe a ɛtɔ so aduasa enum no so.
