2 Kings 7
1 Elisha replied, “Listen to the message from the Lord. This is what the Lord says: Around this time tomorrow a seah of the best flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”
Elisa buaa sɛ, “Tie saa asɛm yi firi Awurade nkyɛn! Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie: Ɛbɛduru ɔkyena sɛsɛɛ, wɔbɛtɔn asikyiresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu lita nsia agye dwetɛ gram dubaako wɔ Samaria edwa biara so. Na atokoɔ nso, wɔbɛtɔn lita edu agye dwetɛ gram dumienu pɛ.”
2 The officer who was the king's assistant said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord opened windows in heaven what you say couldn't happen!” Elisha replied, “You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't get to eat any of it.”
Ɔpanin a ɔboa ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no sɛ, “Sɛ Awurade bue ɔsoro mfɛnsere mpo a, ɛremma saa da!” Na Elisa kaa sɛ, “Wobɛhunu sɛ ɛbɛba mu saa, nanso worentumi nni emu biara bi.”
3 There happened to be four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why are we sitting around here until we die?
Afei, mmarima akwatafoɔ baanan bi bɛtenatenaa kuro no apono ano. Wɔbisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Adɛn enti na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛtena ha twɛn ara wuwuo?
4 If we say, ‘Let's go into the city,’ we'll die because of the famine there; but if we go on sitting here, we'll die too. So come on, let's go to the camp of the Arameans and surrender to them. If they let us live, we'll live; if they kill us, we'll die.”
Sɛ yɛtena ha a, ɛkɔm bɛde yɛn dodo; saa ara nso na sɛ yɛsane kɔ kuro no mu nso a, ɛkɔm bɛwe yɛn ara ne no. Enti ɛbɛyɛ sɛ yɛbɛkɔ, na yɛde yɛn ho bɛma Aramfoɔ akodɔm no. Na sɛ wɔma yɛtena ase a, na ne yie mu ne no. Na sɛ wɔkunkum yɛn nso a, na ɛno ara ne no.”
5 So they set off when it was getting dark and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they arrived at the edge of the camp, nobody was there!
Enti, saa anwummerɛ no, wɔsiim kɔɔ Aramfoɔ nsraban no mu, nanso na obiara nni hɔ.
6 For the Lord had made the Arameans hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a large army approaching, so they said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come and attack us.”
Na Awurade ama akodɔm no nyinaa atɛ nteaseɛnam a ɛrekɔ mmirikaden no nan ase ne apɔnkɔ no ne akodɔm kɛseɛ a wɔrebɛn wɔn no nan ase. Wɔteateaam sɛ, “Israelhene afa Hetifoɔ ne Misraimfoɔ sɛ wɔmmɛto nhyɛ yɛn so.”
7 So they jumped up and ran away into the night, leaving behind their tents, their horses, and their donkeys. In fact the camp was left just as it was when they ran for their lives.
Enti, wɔbɔɔ huboa, na wɔdwanee anadwo no, gyaa wɔn ntomadan, apɔnkɔ, mfunumu ne wɔn biribiara, de peree wɔn nkwa.
8 When the lepers got to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent and ate and drank. Then they took the silver, gold, and clothes, and hid them. After that they went back to another tent, took some things from there, and hid them.
Ɛberɛ a akwatafoɔ no duruu sraban no ano no, wɔn nyinaa wurawuraa ntomadan no mu mmaako mmaako didiiɛ, nom nsã, tasee dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne ntadeɛ de kɔsieeɛ.
9 Then they said to each other, “It's not right what we're doing. This is a day of good news, and if we keep quiet about it and wait until it gets light, we're sure to be punished. So let's go right away and let them know at the king's palace.”
Akyire yi, wɔkeka kyerɛkyerɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Deɛ yɛreyɛ yi nyɛ. Yei yɛ asɛm papa a yɛmmɔɔ obiara amaneɛ. Na sɛ yɛtwɛn kɔsi adekyeeɛ a, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara, asotwe bi bɛda yɛn so. Mommra ma yɛnsane nkɔbɔ nnipa a wɔwɔ ahemfie no amaneɛ.”
10 They went and called to the gatekeepers of the city, “We went over to the Aramean camp and no one was there, not a sound of anybody! There were just horses and donkeys tied up, and the tents just as they were.”
Enti, wɔsane wɔn akyi, baa kuro no mu, bɛbɔɔ apono anohwɛfoɔ no asɛm a asi no ho amaneɛ sɛ wɔakɔ Aramfoɔ sraban mu, na na obiara nni hɔ. Na wɔasesa apɔnkɔ ne mfunumu no nwoma, na ntomadan no deɛ, na ne nyinaa wɔ hɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ, nanso na onipa baako koraa nni hɔ.
11 The gatekeepers shouted out the news, and reports reached the royal palace.
Apono anohwɛfoɔ no teateaam, kaa asɛm no maa nnipa a wɔwɔ ahemfie hɔ no teeɛ.
12 The king got up in the night and said to his officers, “Let me tell you the trick the Arameans are trying to play on us. They know we're starving, so they have left the camp and hidden in the field, thinking, ‘When they leave the city, we'll take them alive and be able to enter the city.’”
Ɔdasuom, ɔhene no sɔre firii ne mpa so, ka kyerɛɛ ne mpanimfoɔ sɛ, “Menim asɛm a asi. Aramfoɔ nim sɛ ɛkɔm rekum yɛn enti, wɔatu afiri wɔn sraban mu, akɔtetɛ wiram baabi. Wɔrehwehwɛ sɛ yɛbɛfiri kuro no mu, na wɔakyekye yɛn anikann, na wɔafa kuro no.”
13 One of his officers suggested, “Have some men take five of the remaining horses in the city. What happens to them will be the same as that of all the Israelites left here, All the Israelites here are doomed. Let's send them to find out what's going on.”
Mpanimfoɔ no mu baako kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ sɛ yɛbɛsoma akwansrafoɔ, na wɔakɔhwehwɛ mu. Momma wɔmfa apɔnkɔ a wɔaka no mu enum. Sɛ asɛm bi to wɔn koraa a, ɛrenyɛ adehwereɛ kɛseɛ biara sɛ wɔbɛtena ha ne yɛn a yɛaka no bɛwuwu.”
14 So they got two chariots ready with their horses, and the king sent them out to the Aramean camp, telling them “Go and take a look.”
Enti, wɔsiesiee nteaseɛnam mmienu ne apɔnkɔ, na ɔhene no somaa akwansrafoɔ kɔhwɛɛ asɛm a ato Aramfoɔ akodɔm no.
15 They went after them as far as the Jordan, and the whole way was full of clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown aside as they ran away. The messengers returned and reported to the king.
Wɔkɔeɛ ara kɔduruu Asubɔnten Yordan, dii ntadeɛ ne ahyehyɛdeɛ a Aramfoɔ ato agu no akyi, ɛberɛ a na wɔde anikrakra redwane no. Akwansrafoɔ no sane bɛbɔɔ ɔhene no amaneɛ.
16 Then the people went out and looted the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of the best flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, just as the Lord had predicted.
Enti, Samariafoɔ bɔɔ twi, kɔfoo Aramfoɔ sraban no. Ɛno enti, na ɛyɛ nokorɛ sɛ wɔtɔn asikyiresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu lita nsia saa da no de gye dwetɛ gram dubaako, atokoɔ lita edu nso, na wɔtɔn de gye dwetɛ gram dumienu, sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ ho bɔ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
17 The king had put the officer who was his assistant in charge of the gate. In their rush the people trampled him in the gateway and he died, just as the man of God had said when the king visited him.
Ɔhene no yii ne panin, ma ɔhwɛɛ ɛpono no mu ahyɛnfirie so, nanso nnipadɔm no twi faa ne so ma ɔwuiɛ. Enti, biribiara baa mu pɛpɛɛpɛ, sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no hyɛɛ ho nkɔm ɛberɛ a ɔhene no baa ne fie no.
18 What the man of God had told the king also came true when he said, “Around this time tomorrow a seah of the best flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”
Onyankopɔn onipa no ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Ɛbɛduru ɔkyena sɛsɛɛ, wɔbɛtɔn asikyiresiam muhumuhu lita asia agye dwetɛ gram dubaako wɔ Samaria edwa biara so. Na atokoɔ nso, wɔbɛtɔn lita edu agye dwetɛ gram dumienu.”
19 Also the officer who was the king's assistant had said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord opened windows in heaven what you say couldn't happen!” Elisha had replied, “You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't get to eat any of it.”
Ɔhene no panin no buaa sɛ, “Sɛ Awurade bue ɔsoro mfɛnsere mpo a, ɛremma saa da!” Na Onyankopɔn onipa no kaa sɛ, “Wobɛhunu sɛ ɛbɛba mu saa, nanso worenni emu biara bi.”
20 This is what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway and he died.
Ɛno ara na ɛbaa mu, nnipa twi faa ne so, kumm no wɔ ɛpono no ano no.
