2 Kings 18
1 Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, became king of Judah in the third year of the reign of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel.
Ahas babarima Hesekia fii ase dii hene wɔ Yuda no, na Ela babarima Hosea adi hene wɔ Israel mfe abiɛsa.
2 He was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abi, daughter of Zechariah.
Odii hene no na wadi mfirihyia aduonu anum, na odii hene wɔ Yerusalem mfirihyia aduonu akron. Na ne na yɛ Sakaria babea a wɔfrɛ no Abi.
3 He did what was right in the Lord's sight, following all that his forefather David had done.
Ɔyɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, sɛnea nʼagya Dawid yɛe pɛpɛɛpɛ.
4 He removed the high places, smashed the stone idols, and cut down the Asherah poles. He ground to pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, because up to then the Israelites had been sacrificing offerings to it. It was called Nehushtan.
Otutuu abosonnan, bubuu afadum kronkron no, kaa Asera nnua no guu fam. Obubuu kɔbere mfrafrae ɔwɔ a Mose ayɛ no, efisɛ na nnipa no hyew nnuhuam ma no de som. Na wɔfrɛ ɔwɔ no a wɔde kɔbere mfrafrae ayɛ no Nehustan.
5 Hezekiah put his trust in the Lord, the God of Israel. Among the kings of Judah there was no one like him, neither before him nor after him.
Hesekia de ne ho too Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn so. Nʼakyi ne nʼanim no, na ɔhene biara nni hɔ a ɔte sɛ ɔno wɔ Yuda asase so.
6 He stayed faithful to the Lord and did not give up following him. He kept the commandments that the Lord had given Moses.
Biribiara mu, odii Awurade nokware, na ɔde ntoboase dii ahyɛde a Awurade de maa Mose no nyinaa so.
7 The Lord was with him; he was successful in everything he did. He defied the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.
Ne saa nti, na Awurade ka ne ho, na Hesekia kɔɔ so wɔ biribiara a ɔyɛe mu. Ɔyɛɛ dɔm tiaa Asiriahene, na wantua sonkahiri amma no.
8 He defeated the Philistines all the way to Gaza and the surrounding area, from watchtower to fortified town.
Afei, okodii Filistifo so nkonim, de kosii Gasa ne nʼahye so, fi ne nkuraa, de kosii wɔn kuropɔn a wɔato ɔfasu atwa ho no.
9 In the fourth year of Hezekiah's reign, equivalent to the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, attacked Samaria, besieging it.
Hesekia ahenni no mfe anan so a na ɔhene Hosea nso wɔ nʼahenni wɔ Israel mfe ason mu no, Asiriahene Salmaneser kotuaa Israel ano, fii ase kaa Samaria kuropɔn hyɛe.
10 The Assyrians conquered it after three years. This was during the sixth year of Hezekiah, equivalent to the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel.
Mfe abiɛsa akyi a, na ɔhene Hesekia adi ade mfe asia a, na ɛyɛ ɔhene Hosea nso adedi wɔ Israel mfe akron mu no, Samaria bɔe.
11 The king of Assyria deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the towns of the Medes.
Saa bere no, Asiriahene twaa Israelfo no asu kɔɔ Asiria, de wɔn hyehyɛɛ aman so wɔ Halah wɔ Asubɔnten Habor a ɛwɔ Gosan konkɔn so ne nkurow akɛse a ɛwɔ Media mu.
12 This happened because they refused to listen to the Lord their God and broke his agreement—all that Moses, the Lord's servant, had commanded. They refused to listen and did not obey.
Efisɛ wɔantie Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn no. Wobuu nʼapam no so, mmara a Awurade nam Mose so hyehyɛ maa wɔn no.
13 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked and conquered all the fortified towns of Judah in the fourteenth year of the reign of Hezekiah.
Ɔhene Hesekia adedi mfe dunan so, Asiriahene Sanaherib bɛtow hyɛɛ Yuda nkurow a na wɔabɔ ho ban no so, dii wɔn so nkonim.
14 So Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent a message to the king of Assyria who was at Lachish, saying, “I've made a terrible mistake! Please retreat and leave me alone, and I'll pay you whatever you want!” The king of Assyria demanded Hezekiah, king of Judah, pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Na Hesekia de saa nkra yi kɔmaa Asiriahene wɔ Lakis se, “Mayɛ mfomso. Sɛ wubefi ha akɔ nko ara de a, sonkahiri biara a wubegye me no, metua.” Na Asiriahene bisaa mpata a ɛboro dwetɛ tɔn dubaako ne sikakɔkɔɔ nso bɛyɛ tɔn baako.
15 Hezekiah paid him using all the silver from the Lord's Temple and the treasuries of the royal palace.
Enti ɔhene Hesekia de dwetɛ a wɔakora no wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu ne nea ɛwɔ ahemfi adekorae hɔ nyinaa mae.
16 He even stripped the gold he had used to overlay the doors and doorposts of the Lord's Temple and gave everything to the king of Assyria.
Mpo, Hesekia waawae sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde aduradura asɔredan no apon ho, de ne nyinaa maa Asiriahene.
17 Even so, the king of Assyria sent his commander in chief, his head officer, and his army general, along with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They approached Jerusalem and made camp beside the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to where laundry is washed.
Eyinom nyinaa akyi no, Asiriahene somaa ne sahene, nʼasraafodɔmhene ne nʼananmusini fii Lakis ne asraafodɔm a wɔn mu yɛ duru, kɔɔ Hesekia so wɔ Yerusalem. Asiriafo no gyinaa nsukwan bi a ɛma atifi ɔtare nsu a ɛbɛn ɔkwan a ɛde kɔ faako a wɔpa ntama ani no ho.
18 They called for the king. Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the palace manager, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the record-keeper, went out to speak with them.
Wɔfrɛɛ Hesekia, nanso ɔsomaa ne mpanyimfo yi sɛ wonkohyia wɔn: Hilkia babarima Eliakim a ɔhwɛ ahemfi hɔ so, ɔkyerɛwfo Sebna ne Asaf babarima Yoa a ɔyɛ ahemfi abakɔsɛm kyerɛwfo.
19 The Assyrian army general said to them, “Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What are you trusting in that gives you such confidence?
Na ɔsahene no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Monka nkyerɛ Hesekia se, “‘Asɛm a otumfo, Asiriahene ka ni: Dɛn na wode wo ho to so a ɛma wugye wo ho di saa?
20 You say you have a strategy and are ready for war, but these are empty words. Who are you relying on, now that you have rebelled against me?
Woka se wowɔ akodi ho nyansa ne nʼahoɔden, nanso woka nsɛm hunu. Hena na ɔtaa wʼakyi a enti wotew mʼanim atua?
21 Now look! You're trusting in Egypt, a walking stick that's like a broken reed that will cut the hand of anyone leaning on it. That's what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is like to everyone who trusts in him.
Hwɛ wʼani da Misraim so, demmire a emu abu a ɛte sɛ pema a wutweri a ɛbɛwɔ wo nsa mu apira wo no! Saa na Misraimhene Farao te ma wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to ne so no nyinaa.
22 If you tell me, ‘We're trusting in the Lord our God,’ well didn't Hezekiah remove his high places and his altars, telling Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You have to worship at this altar in Jerusalem’?
Ebia wobɛka se, “Yɛde yɛn ho to Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn so!” Ɛnyɛ ɔno na ɔhene Hesekia atutu nʼabosonnan ne afɔremuka nyinaa, ahyɛ Yudafo sɛ wɔnsom wɔ afɔremuka a ɛwɔ Yerusalem ha nko ara so no?
23 Why don't you accept a challenge from my master, the king of Assyria? He says, I'll give you two thousand horses, if you can find enough riders for them!
“‘Mɛka asɛm bi akyerɛ wo! Me wura Asiriahene ne wo bɛyɛ nhyehyɛe bi. Sɛ wubenya apɔnkɔsotefo mpenu, afi wo asraafo mu a, ɔbɛma wɔn apɔnkɔ mpenu ama wɔatenatena wɔn so.
24 How could you defeat even a single officer in charge of the weakest of my master's men when you're trusting in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Na wʼasraafo ketewa sɛɛ yi, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woaso dae, sɛ wubetumi ne me wura asraafo no mu fa bi a wɔyɛ mmerɛw no mpo adi asi. Minim sɛ wode wo ho ato Misraim nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔsotefo mmoa so.
25 More than that—would I have come to attack this pace without the Lord's encouragement? It was the Lord himself who told me, ‘Go and attack this land and destroy it.’”
Bio, wugye di sɛ, maba sɛ merebɛtow ahyɛ asase yi so asɛe no kwa a Awurade nsa nni mu? Awurade ankasa ka kyerɛɛ me se menkɔko ntia saa asase yi na mensɛe no.’”
26 Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, together with Shebnah and Joah, said to the army general, “Please speak to us, your servants, in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew while the people on the wall are listening.”
Afei, Hilkia babarima Eliakim ne Sebna ne Yoa ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no ananmusini no se, “Kasa wɔ Arameike mu kyerɛ yɛn, na saa kasa no na yɛte ase yiye. Nka Hebri nkyerɛ yɛn, efisɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ fasu no so no bɛte.”
27 But the army general replied, “Did my master only send me to say these things to your master and to you, and not to the people sitting on the wall? They too, just like you, are going to have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine!”
Na Senaherib nanmusini no buae se, “Me wura pɛ sɛ obiara a ɔwɔ Yerusalem te saa asɛm yi, na ɛnyɛ mo nko. Ɔpɛ sɛ wɔte sɛ, sɛ moamma mo nsa so a, wobetua kuropɔn yi. Ɔkɔm ne osukɔm werɛmfo bɛde nkurɔfo no ara kosi sɛ, wobedi wɔn ara agyanan, anom wɔn dwonsɔ.”
28 Then the army general shouted out in Hebrew, “Listen to this from the great king, the king of Assyria!
Afei, ɔsɔre gyinae, maa ne nne so kasaa wɔ Hebri mu, kyerɛɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ ɔfasu no so se, “Muntie nkra a efi Asiria ɔhene kɛse no nkyɛn!
29 This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah trick you! He can't save you from me!
Sɛnea ɔhene se ni: Mommma ɔhene Hesekia nnaadaa mo. Ɔrentumi nnye mo mfi me tumi ase.
30 Don't believe Hezekiah when he tells you to trust in the Lord, saying, ‘I'm certain the Lord will save us. This city will never fall into the hands of the king of Assyria.’
Mommma Hesekia mfa saa asɛm a ɔkae se, ‘Awurade begye yɛn! Wɔremfa saa kurow yi mma Asiriahene’ no mma mo tirim nyɛ mo dɛ.
31 Don't listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king says: Make a peace treaty with me and surrender to me. That way everyone will eat from their own vine and their own fig tree, and drink water from their own well!
“Munntie Hesekia. Nea Asiriahene ka ni: Mo ne me nyɛ asomdwoe nhyehyɛe na mommra me nkyɛn. Na afei, mɛma mo mu biara adi ɔno ankasa bobe ne borɔdɔma na woanom nsu afi ɔno ankasa abura mu.
32 I will come and take you to a land that's like your own, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Then you will live and not die. But don't listen to Hezekiah, for he's tricking you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’
Na mɛyɛ nhyehyɛe de mo akɔ asase foforo bi a ɛte sɛ eyi so. Ɛyɛ ɔman a atoko, nsa, brodo, bobe nturo, ngonnua ne ɛwo abu so hɔ. Ɛyɛ asase a nneɛma pa abu so hɔ. Mompere nkwa, na munyi owu akwa! “Mommma Hesekia nnaadaa mo nka se, ‘Awurade begye yɛn!’
33 Have any of the gods of any nation ever saved their land from the power of the king of Assyria?
Anyame a wɔwɔ aman so no atumi agye wɔn nkurɔfo afi Asiriahene nsam da?
34 Where were the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where were the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Were they able to save Samaria from me?
Asɛm bɛn na ɛtoo Hamat ne Arpad anyame no? Na Sefarwaim, Hena ne Iwa anyame nso, wɔwɔ he? Wotumi gyee Samaria fii me tumi ase ana?
35 Which one of all the gods of these countries has saved their land from me? How then could the Lord save Jerusalem from me?”
Ɔman bɛn so anyame na watumi agye ne nkurɔfo afi me tumi ase? Mommɔ baako pɛ din. Na afei, dɛn na ɛma mo dwene sɛ Awurade betumi agye Yerusalem?”
36 But the people remained silent and didn't say anything, for Hezekiah had given the order, “Don't answer him.”
Na nnipa no yɛɛ komm a wɔamma mmuae biara, efisɛ na Hesekia aka akyerɛ wɔn se wɔnnkasa.
37 Then Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the palace manager, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the record-keeper, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him what the Assyrian army general had said.
Afei Hilkia babarima Eliakim a na ɔhwɛ ahemfi no ntotoe so, Sebna a na ɔyɛ ɔkyerɛwfo ne Asaf babarima Yoa a ɔno nso yɛ ɔkyerɛwfo kɔɔ Hesekia nkyɛn a wɔasunsuane wɔn ntade mu, kɔkaa nea ɔsahene no aka akyerɛ no no.
