< 2 Kings 14 >

1 Amaziah, son of Joash, became king of Judah in the second year of the reign of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
Bere a Yoas babarima Amasia fii ase dii ade wɔ Yuda no, na ɔhene Yehoas adi ade wɔ Israel mfe abien.
2 He was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
Amasia dii ade no, na wadi mfe aduonu anum, na odii ade wɔ Yerusalem mfe aduonu akron. Na wɔfrɛ ne na se Yehoadin a ofi Yerusalem.
3 He did what was right in the Lord's sight, but not in the same way as his forefather David had. He did everything just as his father Joash had done.
Ɔyɛɛ nea ɛteɛ wɔ Awurade ani so, nanso anto nea nʼagya Dawid yɛe. Ɔhwɛɛ nʼagya Yoas nhwɛso so.
4 But the high places were not removed. The people still were sacrificing and presenting burn offerings in those places.
Nanso, wansɛe abosonnan a na nnipa kɔbɔ afɔre, kɔhyew nnuhuam wɔ hɔ no.
5 Once he was secure on the throne he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.
Bere a Amasia tim wɔ nʼahenni mu yiye no, okunkum mmarima a wokum nʼagya a na ɔyɛ ɔhene no.
6 But he did not execute the murderers' children, following the Lord's command in the law of Moses that “Fathers must not be put to death for their children's sins, and children must not be put to death for their father's sins. Everyone is to die for their own sin.”
Nanso wɔn a wokunkum wɔn no mma de, wankum wɔn, sɛnea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mose Mmara Nhoma no mu no, ne sɛnea Awurade ahyɛ no sɛ: Wonnkunkum agyanom, wɔn mma bɔne nti; na wonnkunkum mma, agyanom bɔne nti. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn mu biara wu wɔ ne bɔne ho.
7 Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He attacked and captured Sela and renamed it Joktheel, which is what it is called to this very day.
Amasia na okunkum Edomfo mpem du wɔ Nkyene Bon no mu no. Ɔno ara nso na odii Sela so nkonim, na ɔtoo hɔ din Yokteel, din a wɔde frɛ hɔ de besi nnɛ no.
8 Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel, Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, telling him, “Let's fight, face to face!”
Da bi, Amasia ka sii Israelhene a ɔyɛ Yehoahas babarima ne Yehu nena anim se, “Behyia me ma yɛnko.”
9 Jehoash, king of Israel, replied to Amaziah, king of Judah: “In Lebanon a thistle sent a message to a cedar, saying, ‘Give your daughter as a wife to my son.’ But a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thistle.
Na Israelhene Yoas buaa Yudahene Amasia se, “Nsɔe a ɛwɔ Lebanon mmepɔw so somaa abɔfo kɔɔ dutan sida nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Fa wo babea ma me babarima aware.’ Ɛhɔ ara na aboa bi fi wuram betiatiaa nsɔe no so sɛee no.
10 You may indeed have defeated Edom. Now you've become arrogant. Stay home and enjoy your victory! Why provoke trouble that will bring you down, and Judah with you?”
Nokware, woadi Edom so nkonim, ama woayɛ ahantan. Ma wʼani nsɔ wo nkonimdi no, na tena wo fi. Adɛn nti na wopere wo ho kɔ ɔhaw a ɛde amanehunu bɛba wo ne Yudafo nyinaa so yi?”
11 But Amaziah refused to listen, so Jehoash, king of Israel, came to attack him. He and Amaziah, king of Judah, met face to face at Beth Shemesh in Judah.
Na Amasia antie nti, Israelhene Yoas boaboaa nʼakofo ano ne no kɔkoe. Asraafo dɔm abien no hyiaa mu koe wɔ Bet-Semes a ɛwɔ Yuda.
12 The army of Judah was defeated by Israel, and ran away home.
Israel asraafo dii Yuda so nkonim, maa Yuda asraafo no bɔ hwetee, guan kɔɔ wɔn kurom.
13 Jehoash, king of Israel, captured Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash attacked Jerusalem and knocked down the city wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, about four hundred cubits in length.
Israelhene Yoas kyeree Yudahene, Yoas babarima Ahasia babarima Amasia wɔ Bet-Semes. Na Yoas bɔɔ nsra kɔɔ Yerusalem. Afei ɔhyɛɛ nʼakofo no ma wodwiriw Yerusalem fasu no, fi Efraim Pon no de kosii Twɔtwɔw so Pon no, a ne tenten bɛyɛ sɛ anammɔn ahansia no.
14 He removed all the gold and silver, and all the items found in the Lord's Temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and also some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.
Ɔfaa sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ ne nnwinne nyinaa fii Awurade asɔredan mu ne ahemfi adekoradan mu hɔ. Ɔfaa nnipa no nnommum, na ɔsan kɔɔ Samaria.
15 The rest of what happened in Jehoash's reign, all he did, and his great achievements and his war with Amaziah, king of Judah, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Yoas ahenni mu nsɛm nkae ne nea ne tumi kosii ne ako a ɔne Yudahene Amasia dii no nyinaa, wɔankyerɛw angu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
16 Jehoash died and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam succeeded him as king.
Bere a Yoas wui no, wosiee no wɔ ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Samaria. Na ne babarima Yeroboam a ɔto so abien na odii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
17 Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen more years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
Israelhene Yoas, Yehoahas babarima wu akyi no, Yudahene Amasia tenaa ase mfe dunum.
18 The rest of the events that happened in Amaziah's reign are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
Amasia ahenni mu nsɛm nkae no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
19 A conspiracy against Amaziah took place in Jerusalem, and he ran away to Lachish. But men were sent after him and they murdered him there.
Wɔpam Amasia ti so wɔ Yerusalem nti, oguan kɔɔ Lakis. Nanso, nʼatamfo no somaa awudifo, ma wotiw no, kokum no wɔ hɔ.
20 They brought him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his forefathers in the City of David.
Wɔsan de no too ɔpɔnkɔ so, baa Yerusalem, na wosiee no wɔ ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurom.
21 Then all the people of Judah made Amaziah's son Azariah king to replace his father. Azariah was sixteen years old.
Yudafo sii Amasia babarima Asaria a na wadi mfe dunsia no hene.
22 Azariah recaptured Elath for Judah and rebuilt it after his father's death.
Nʼagya wu akyi no, Asaria san kyekyeree Elat kurow, dan maa Yuda.
23 Jeroboam, son of Jehoash, became king of Israel in the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah. He reigned in Samaria for forty-one years.
Yudahene Yoas babarima Amasia adedi mfe dunum mu no, Israelhene Yoas babarima Yeroboam a ɔto so abien bedii hene wɔ Israel. Odii ade wɔ Samaria mfirihyia aduanan baako.
24 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight and did not end all the sins that Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had made Israel commit.
Ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Na wantwe ne ho amfi abosonsom a Nebat babarima Yeroboam maa Israelfo kɔɔ mu no ho.
25 He restored the border of Israel to where it had been, from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had said through his servant Jonah, son of Amittai, the prophet, who came from Gath-hepher.
Yeroboam a ɔto so abien gyigyee Israel nsase a ɛda Lebo Hamat ne Nkyene Po no ntam no sɛnea Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn nam Amitai babarima Yona, odiyifo a ofi Gat-Hefer so, hyɛɛ ho bɔ no.
26 The Lord had seen how badly the Israelites were suffering, both slave and free. No one was there to help Israel.
Awurade huu sɛnea obiara a ɔwɔ Israel no reteetee, na wonni obiara a ɔbɛboa wɔn nso.
27 However, since the Lord had said that he would not wipe out Israel, he saved them through Jeroboam, son of Jehoash.
Esiane sɛ Awurade nkaa se ɔbɛpepa Israel din koraa no nti, ɔnam Yoas babarima Yeroboam nso so gyee wɔn nkwa.
28 The rest of what happened in Jeroboam's reign, all he did, his great achievements and the battles he fought, and how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Yeroboam a ɔto so abien ahenni mu nsɛm nkae ne dwuma a odii nyinaa, nea ne tumi ano kosii, nʼakodi ne nsase a ogyigye maa Israel a Damasko ne Hamat a na ɛwɔ Yuda nsam no nyinaa ka ho no, wɔankyerɛw angu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
29 Jeroboam died and was buried with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah succeeded him as king.
Bere a Yeroboam wui no, wosiee no ne mpanyimfo a na wɔyɛ Israel ahemfo no nkyɛn. Na ne babarima Sakaria na odii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.

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