2 Chronicles 24
1 Joash was seven when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
Yoas dii ɔhene no, na wadi mfeɛ nson, na ɔdii adeɛ Yerusalem mfirinhyia aduanan. Na ne maame din de Sibia a ɔfiri Beer-Seba.
2 Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
Yoas yɛɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani, ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada nkwa nna nyinaa.
3 Jehoiada arranged for him to marry two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
Yehoiada maa Yoas ɔyerenom baanu a ɔne wɔn wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa.
4 Some time later, Joash decided to repair the Lord's Temple.
Akyire no, Yoas yɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔbɛsiesie Awurade Asɔredan no.
5 He summoned the priests and Levites and told them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the yearly dues from everyone in Israel to repair the Temple of your God. Do it right away.” But the Levites did not go right away.
Enti, ɔfrɛfrɛɛ asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monkɔ Yuda nkuro nyinaa so ntɛm, na monkɔgyegye afirinhyiatoɔ, sɛdeɛ yɛbɛtumi asiesie mo Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no. Monntwentwɛn koraa.” Nanso, Lewifoɔ no ankɔ prɛko pɛ.
6 So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you ordered the Levites to collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax that Moses, the Lord's servant, and the assembly of Israel imposed to maintain the Tent of the Law?”
Na ɔhene no frɛɛ ɔsɔfopanin Yehoiada bisaa no sɛ, “Adɛn enti na wommisaa Lewifoɔ no deɛ enti a wɔnkɔɔ Yuda nkuro so ne Yerusalem nkɔgyegyee Asɔredan ho toɔ no? Mose, Awurade ɔsomfoɔ, gyegyee ɔman Israel saa toɔ yi, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛtumi asiesie Apam Ntomadan no.”
7 (The supporters of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into God's Temple and had stolen the holy objects of the Lord's Temple and used them to worship the Baals.)
Mfeɛ pii mu no, otirimuɔdenfoɔ Atalia akyidifoɔ bɔ wuraa Onyankopɔn Asɔredan mu, na nneɛma a wɔahyira so wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu no nyinaa, wɔfa de somm Baal ahoni.
8 The king ordered a collection chest to be made and placed outside the entrance to the Lord's Temple.
Enti, afei, Yoas hyɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ adaka bi mfa nsi ɛkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan no akyi.
9 A decree was proclaimed throughout Judea and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, the Lord's servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.
Enti, wɔde too Yudafoɔ ne Yerusalemfoɔ anim sɛ, wɔmfa ɛtoɔ a Mose, Onyankopɔn ɔsomfoɔ gyegyee Israelfoɔ wɔ ɛserɛ so no mmrɛ Awurade.
10 All the leaders and all the people were glad to do so and brought their taxes. They dropped them in the chest until it was full.
Ntuanofoɔ no ne ɔmanfoɔ no penee so, enti wɔde anigyeɛ de wɔn sika bɛhyɛɛ adaka no ma.
11 Every so often the Levites took the chest to the king's officials. When they saw that it contained a large amount of money, the king's secretary and the chief officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest. Then they would carry it back to its place. They did this every day and collected a great deal of money.
Ɛberɛ biara a adaka no bɛyɛ ma no, Lewifoɔ no soa de kɔma ɔhene mpanimfoɔ. Na asɛnniiɛ twerɛfoɔ ne ɔsɔfopanin ananmusini bi akan sika no, na wɔasane de adaka no akɔsi Asɔredan no ɛpono ano bio. Wɔyɛɛ saa daa, na wɔnyaa sika bebree.
12 Then the king and Jehoiada would allocate the money of those supervising the work on the Lord's Temple to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the Lord's Temple and craftsmen in iron and bronze to repair the Lord's Temple.
Ɔhene no ne Yehoiada de sika no maa adansie sohwɛfoɔ, ma wɔfaa adansifoɔ ne nnua dwumfoɔ, ma wɔsiesiee Awurade Asɔredan no. Afei, wɔfaa nnadeɛ adwumfoɔ maa wɔde nnadeɛ ne kɔbere mfrafraeɛ yɛɛ Awurade Asɔredan no ho nneɛma.
13 The men doing the repairs worked hard and made good progress. They restored God's Temple to its original condition and strengthened it.
Na mmarima a wɔhwɛ ɛdan no nsiesie so no yɛɛ adwumaden ma adwuma no kɔɔ so sɛdeɛ ɛfata. Wɔsii Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no wɔ ne tebea dada no sɛso na wɔhyɛɛ mu den.
14 When they finished, they returned the money that was left to the king and Jehoiada, and with it utensils were made for the Lord's Temple, both for the worship services and for the burnt offerings, also bowls for incense and vessels of gold and silver. Burnt offerings were regularly offered in the Lord's Temple regularly throughout Jehoiada's lifetime.
Wɔwiee nsiesie no, wɔde sika no nkaeɛ brɛɛ ɔhene no ne Yehoiada. Wɔde yɛɛ nneɛma ahodoɔ a wɔde bi som, de bi bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ a nkwankoraa ne atam ahodoɔ a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ ayɛ nso ka ho. Na wɔde kɔguu Awurade asɔredan no mu. Ɛberɛ a na ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada te ase no, na wɔtaa bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ.
15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130, having lived a full life.
Yehoiada nyinii yie, ɔwuiɛ no na wadi mfirinhyia ɔha ne aduasa.
16 He was buried with the kings in the City of David, for all the good he had done in Israel for God and his Temple.
Wɔsiee no ahemfo asieeɛ wɔ Dawid kurom, ɛfiri sɛ, na wayɛ adwuma pa wɔ Israel, ama Onyankopɔn ne nʼAsɔredan no.
17 But after the death of Jehoiada, the leaders of Judah came to swear their loyalty to the king, and he listened to their advice.
Yehoiada owuo akyi no, Yuda ntuanofoɔ bɛkotoo ɔhene Yoas anim, srɛɛ no sɛ ɔntie wɔn afotuo.
18 They abandoned the Temple of the Lord, the God of their forefathers, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Judah and Jerusalem were punished because of their sin.
Wɔyɛɛ wɔn adwene sɛ wɔbɛgya Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no, na wɔasom Asera afɔrebukyia no ne ahoni no mmom. Na Onyankopɔn abufuo baa Yuda ne Yerusalem so wɔ wɔn bɔne enti.
19 The Lord sent prophets to bring the people back to him and to warn them; but they refused to listen.
Awurade somaa adiyifoɔ sɛ wɔnkɔfa wɔn mmrɛ no, nanso nnipa no ampene.
20 Then the Spirit of God came to Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and told them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you break the Lord's commandments so that you cannot be successful? Since you have abandoned the Lord, he has abandoned you.’”
Afei, Onyankopɔn Honhom baa ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada babarima Sakaria so. Ɔgyinaa nnipa no anim kaa sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn seɛ nie: Adɛn enti na monni Awurade ahyɛdeɛ so? Morennya nkɔsoɔ ɛfiri sɛ, moagya Awurade ama ɔno nso agya mo!”
21 Then the leaders hatched a plot to kill Zechariah, and on the orders of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's Temple.
Na ntuanofoɔ no yɛɛ apam wɔ Sakaria ho sɛ wɔbɛkum no. Na ɔhene Yoas ankasa hyɛ ma wɔsii no aboɔ, kumm no wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no adihɔ hɔ.
22 King Joash showed he had forgotten all about the loyalty and love shown to him by Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, by killing his son. As he died, Zechariah cried out, “May the Lord see what you've done and pay you back!”
Na ɔhene Yoas ankae adɔeɛ a nʼagya Yehoiada de yɛɛ no no, na ɔkumm ne babarima. Sakaria rewuo no, nsɛm a ɔka twaa toɔ ne sɛ, “Awurade nhunu deɛ wɔreyɛ na ɔmma wɔmmu ho akonta!”
23 At the end of the year, the Aramean army came to attack Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the people's leaders, and sent all their plunder back to the king of Damascus.
Afe no ahyɛaseɛ no, Aram akodɔm bɔɔ nsra baa Yoas so. Wɔkaa Yuda ne Yerusalem hyɛeɛ, kunkumm ntuanofoɔ a wɔwɔ ɔman no mu nyinaa. Na wɔfaa asadeɛ a wɔnyaeɛ nyinaa, de kɔmaa wɔn ɔhene wɔ Damasko.
24 Even though the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the Lord gave them the victory over a very large army, because Judah had abandoned the Lord, the God of their forefathers. In this way they punished Joash.
Ɛwom sɛ Aram dɔm a wɔkɔto hyɛɛ wɔn so no sua deɛ, nanso, Awurade boaa wɔn maa wɔdii Yuda akodɔm kɛseɛ no so nkonim. Yudafoɔ gyaa Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn, ɛno enti Awurade buu atɛn tiaa Yoas.
25 When the Arameans departed, they left Joash badly wounded. But then his own officers plotted against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the cemetery of the kings.
Aramfoɔ twee wɔn ho na wɔgyaa Yoas a na wapira yie no hɔ. Nanso, ɔno ankasa mpanimfoɔ dwenee ho sɛ, ɛsiane sɛ ɔkumm ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada babarima enti, wɔbɛkum no. Wɔkumm no wɔ ɛberɛ a ɔda mpa so. Na wɔsiee no Dawid kurom a wɔankɔsie no wɔ adehyeɛ amusieeɛ.
26 Those who plotted against him were Zabad, son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.
Na awudifoɔ no yɛ Yosabat a ɔyɛ Amonni baa Simeat babarima, ne Somer a ɔyɛ Moabni baa Simrit babarima.
27 The story of the sons of Joash, as well as the many prophecies about him and about the restoration of God's Temple, are recorded in the Commentary on the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah took over as king.
Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm a ɛfa Yoas mmammarima, ne ho nkɔmhyɛ, ne Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no nsiesie wɔ Ahene nwoma nkyerɛmu no mu. Yoas wuiɛ no, ne babarima Amasia dii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
