2 Kings 4
1 And one of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets cryed vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant mine husband is dead, and thou knowest, that thy seruant did feare the Lord: and the creditour is come to take my two sonnes to bee his bondmen.
Da bi, Elisa mfɛfo adiyifo no mu baako kunafo baa ne nkyɛn, besu kyerɛɛ no se, “Me kunu a na ɔsom wo no awu. Na wunim sɛnea na osuro Awurade. Nanso mprempren obi a mede no ka aba rehunahuna se, ɔbɛfa me mmabarima baanu sɛ nkoa.”
2 Then Elisha saide vnto her, What shall I do for thee? tell mee, what hast thou at home? And she sayd, Thine handmayd hath nothing at home, saue a pitcher of oyle.
Elisa bisaa no se, “Dɛn na metumi ayɛ de aboa wo? Kyerɛ me nneɛma a wowɔ wɔ fie.” Obuae se, “Minni hwee sɛ ngo ahina baako.”
3 And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare not.
Elisa ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ “Kɔfɛm nhina dodow biara a wubenya afi wo nnamfonom ne wo mfɛfo nkyɛn.
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee and vpon thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels, and set aside those that are full.
Afei, fa wo mmabarima no kɔ wo fi, na to pon mu. Hwie ngo no fi wʼahina no mu, gugu nhina no mu. Nea ɛbɛyɛ ma biara, yi si nkyɛn.”
5 So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes. And they brought to her, and she powred out.
Enti ɔyɛɛ saa. Ne mmabarima no de nhina bebree brɛɛ no, ma ɔhyehyɛɛ no amaama.
6 And when the vessels were full, shee sayde vnto her sonne, Bring mee yet a vessel. And hee said vnto her, There is no moe vessels. And the oyle ceased.
Ankyɛ na emu biara yɛɛ ma tɛnn. Ɔka kyerɛɛ ne mmabarima no mu baako se, “Brɛ me ahina foforo.” Ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ebi nni hɔ bio.” Na afei ngo no a ɔrehwie no sae.
7 Then shee came and tolde the man of God. And he saide, Goe, and sell the oyle, and pay them that thou art in debt vnto, and liue thou and thy children of the rest.
Bere a ɔkaa asɛm a asi no kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no, ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Afei, tɔn ngo no, na fa tua wʼaka, na sika no bi bɛka ama wode ahwɛ wo ho ne wo mmabarima no.”
8 And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.
Da koro bi, Elisa kɔɔ Sunem kurow mu. Na ɔbea ɔdefo bi te kurow no mu. Ɔtoo nsa frɛɛ Elisa sɛ ommedidi. Efi saa bere no, bere biara a obetwa mu wɔ hɔ no, ɔfa hɔ kodidi.
9 And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God that passeth by vs continually.
Ɔka kyerɛɛ ne kunu se, “Migye di sɛ saa ɔbarima yi a ɔtaa ba ha yi yɛ Onyankopɔn nipa kronkron.
10 Let vs make him a litle chamber, I pray thee, with walles, and let vs set him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candlesticke, that hee may turne in thither when hee commeth to vs.
Ma yensiesie ɔdan bi mma no wɔ soro hɔ na yɛmfa mpa, ɔpon, akongua ne kanea nsi mu mma no. Na bere biara a ɔbɛba ha no, wanya baabi asoɛ.”
11 And on a day, hee came thither and turned into the chamber, and lay therein,
Da bi, Elisa san baa Sunem. Ɔkɔɔ ne soro dan no mu kɔsoɛe.
12 And sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Call this Shunammite: and when hee called her, she stood before him.
Ɔka kyerɛɛ ne somfo Gehasi se, “Ka kyerɛ ɔbea no se, mepɛ sɛ meka asɛm bi kyerɛ no.” Ɔbea no bae no,
13 Then he sayd vnto him, Say vnto her now, Beholde, thou hast had all this great care for vs, what shall we doe for thee? Is there any thing to bee spoken for thee to the King or to the captaine of the hoste? And shee answered, I dwell among mine owne people.
Elisa ka kyerɛɛ Gehasi se, “Ka kyerɛ no se, yɛn ani asɔ ne som pa a wasom yɛn no. Na bisa no nea yɛn so yebetumi ayɛ ama no. Ɔpɛ sɛ midi ne ho adanse kyerɛ ɔhene anaa asraafo sahene no?” Obuae se, “Dabi, efisɛ mʼabusuafo hwɛ me yiye.”
14 Againe he sayde, What is then to be done for her? Then Gehazi answered, In deede she hath no sonne, and her husband is olde.
Akyiri no, Elisa bisaa Gehasi se, “Dɛn na wugye di sɛ yebetumi ayɛ ama no?” Ɔtow maa no se, “Onni babarima na ne kunu nso abɔ akwakoraa.”
15 Then said he, Cal her. And hee called her, and shee stoode in the doore.
Elisa ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Frɛ no bra bio.” Ɔbea no bae no, Elisa ka kyerɛɛ no wɔ ɔpon no ano se,
16 And he said, At this time appointed, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a sonne. And she sayd, Oh my Lord, thou man of God, doe not lye vnto thine handmayd.
“Afe sesɛɛ saa bere yi ara mu, na ɔbabarima da wo srɛ so.” Ɔteɛɛ mu se, “Dabi, me wura, mesrɛ wo, ntwa me nkontompo saa. Onyankopɔn nipa.”
17 So the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne at that same season, according to the time of life, that Elisha had sayd vnto her.
Na ampa ara, bere tiaa bi akyi no, ɔbea no nyinsɛnee. Na afe saa bere no ara, ɔwoo ɔbabarima sɛnea Elisa kae no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
18 And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers.
Ne ba no nyin no, da bi, ɔkɔsraa nʼagya a na ɔne nʼapaafo reyɛ adwuma.
19 And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.
Prɛko pɛ, ɔkae se, “Me ti pae me! Me ti pae me!” Nʼagya ka kyerɛɛ nʼapaafo no mu baako se, “Fa no kɔ fie kɔma ne na.”
20 And hee tooke him and brought him to his mother, and hee sate on her knees till noone, and dyed.
Ɔpaani no de no kɔɔ fie. Ne na gyee no too ne srɛ so. Nanso, eduu owigyinae mu no, owui.
21 Then shee went vp, and layed him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the doore vpon him, and went out.
Ɔpagyaw no de no kɔtoo Onyankopɔn nipa no mpa so. Ɔtoo pon no mu gyaw no hɔ kɔe.
22 Then she called to her husband, and sayd, Send with me, I pray thee, one of the yong men and one of the asses: for I will haste to the man of God, and come againe.
Ɔsomaa ɔbɔfo kɔbɔɔ ne kunu amanneɛ se, “Soma apaafo no baako na ɔmfa afurum mmra, sɛnea metumi akodu Onyankopɔn nipa no hɔ ntɛm, asan aba.”
23 And he sayd, Wherefore wilt thou goe to him to day? it is neither newe moone nor Sabbath day. And she answered, All shalbe well.
Obisae se, “Adɛn nti na wopɛ sɛ wokɔ nnɛ yi ara? Ɛnyɛ Ɔsram Foforo Afahyɛ, na ɛnyɛ homeda nso.” Nanso ɔkae se, “Ɛwɔ mu saa.”
24 Then she sadled an asse, and sayde to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward: staye not for me to get vp, except I bid thee.
Enti ɔhyehyɛɛ afurum no, ka kyerɛɛ ɔpaani no se, “Ka wo ho. Ɛnyɛ me nti na wobɛtɔ wo bo ase, na mmom, kɔ ara, gye sɛ maka sɛ tɔ wo bo ase.”
25 So she went, and came vnto the man of God to mount Carmel. And when the man of God sawe her ouer against him, he sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Beholde, the Shunammite.
Ɔrebedu Onyankopɔn nipa no nkyɛn wɔ bepɔw Karmel so no, Elisa huu no wɔ akyirikyiri. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Gehasi se, “Hwɛ, ɔbea a ofi Sunem no reba.
26 Runne nowe, I say, to meete her, and say vnto her, Art thou in health? is thine husband in health? and is the child in health? And she answered, We are in health.
Tu mmirika kohyia no, na bisa no se, ‘Wo ne wo kunu ne wo ba ho ye ana?’” Ɔbea no buae Gehasi se, “Yɛn nyinaa ho ye.”
27 And when shee came to the man of God vnto the moutaine, she caught him by his feete: and Gehazi went to her, to thrust her away: but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told it mee.
Nanso ɔbaa Onyankopɔn nipa no nkyɛn wɔ bepɔw no so no, ɔhwee ne nan ase, soo nʼanammɔn mu. Gehasi sum no, nanso Onyankopɔn nipa no kaa se, “Gyaa no. Biribi reteetee no, na Awurade nso nkyerɛɛ me dekode no.”
28 Then she said, Did I desire a sonne of my lord? did I not say, Deceiue me not?
Na ɔbea no kae se, “Wo ara me wura, wo na wokae se, menya ɔbabarima. Na manka ankyerɛ wo sɛ mma memfa mʼani nto so?”
29 Then he sayd to Gehazi, Gird thy loynes, and take my staffe in thine hand, and goe thy way: if thou meete any, salute him not: and if any salute thee, answere him not: and laye my staffe vpon the face of the childe.
Na Elisa ka kyerɛɛ Gehasi se, “Boa wo ho, na mensoma wo, fa me pema no, na kɔ. Nkasa obiara ho wɔ ɔkwan so. Kɔ na fa pema no kɔto abofra no anim.”
30 And the mother of the childe sayde, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. Therefore he arose, and followed her.
Na abarimaa no na kae se, “Mmere dodow a Awurade te ase, na wo nso wote ase yi, merenkɔ fie gye sɛ woka me ho.” Enti Elisa san ne no kɔe.
31 But Gehazi was gone before them, and had layed the staffe vpon the face of the childe, but he neither spake nor heard: wherefore hee returned to meete him, and told him, saying, The childe is not waken.
Gehasi yɛɛ ntɛm dii kan, de pema no kɔtoo abofra no anim, nanso biribiara ansi. Nkwa ho nsɛnkyerɛnne biara amma. Ɔsan nʼakyi kohyiaa Elisa, bɔɔ no amanneɛ se, “Abofra no nnyanee ɛ.”
32 Then came Elisha into the house, and beholde, the childe was dead, and layed vpon his bedde.
Bere a Elisa duu hɔ no, ampa na abofra no awu da odiyifo no mpa so.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the doore vpon them twayne, and prayed vnto the Lord.
Ɔno nko kɔɔ hɔ, too ne ho pon mu, bɔɔ Awurade mpae.
34 After he went vp, and lay vpon the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes vpon his eies, and his hands vpon his handes, and stretched himselfe vpon him, and the flesh of the child waxed warme.
Afei, obutuw abofra no so, de nʼano tuaa abofra no ano, de nʼani fam abofra no ani, de ne nsa susoo abofra no nsa. Afei, abofra no ho fitii ase yɛɛ hyew bio.
35 And hee went from him, and walked vp and downe in the house, and went vp and spred himselfe vpon him: then the childe neesed seuen times, and opened his eyes.
Elisa sɔre, dii akɔneaba wɔ ɔdan no mu kakra. Afei, ɔdaa abofra no so bio. Saa bere no, abofra no nwansii mpɛn ason, na ɔtew nʼani.
36 Then he called Gehazi, and sayd, Call this Shunammite. So he called her, which came in vnto him. And he said vnto her, Take thy sonne.
Afei, Elisa somaa Gehasi se, “Frɛ abofra no na bra.” Ne na no bae no, Elisa ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Wo ba no ni, fa no kɔ.”
37 And she came, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.
Ofi ahodwiriw mu hwee ne nan ase daa no ase. Afei, ɔfaa ne ba no, de no sian kɔɔ fam.
38 Afterward Elisha returned to Gilgal, and a famine was in the land, and the children of the Prophets dwelt with him. And hee sayd vnto his seruant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the children of the Prophets.
Elisa san kɔɔ Gilgal, nanso na ɔkɔm asi asase no so. Da bi a adiyifokuw tete nʼanim no, ɔka kyerɛɛ ne somfo se, “Fa ɔsɛn kɛse si gya so, na yɛ abɔmu ma saa mmarima yi.”
39 And one went out into the fielde, to gather herbes, and founde, as it were, a wilde vine, and gathered thereof wilde gourdes his garment ful, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew it not.
Wɔn mu baako kɔɔ wuram sɛ ɔrekɔpɛ atosode, na onyaa ɛfere kotoku ma de bae. Otwitwa de guu ɔsɛn no mu a na onnim sɛ awuduru wɔ mu.
40 So they powred out for the men to eate: and when they did eate of the pottage, they cryed out, and sayde, O thou man of God, death is in the pot: and they could not eate thereof.
Na wodii kakraa bi pɛ, wɔteɛteɛ mu se, “Onyankopɔn nipa, awuduru wɔ abɔmu no mu!” Ɛno nti, wɔanni bio.
41 Then he said, Bring meale. And hee cast it into the potte, and sayd, Powre out for the people, that they may eate: and there was none euill in the pot.
Elisa kae se, “Mommrɛ me asikresiam kakra.” Ɔde guu ɔsɛn no mu, kae se, “Afei, ayɛ yiye nti munkodi.” Na anhaw wɔn bio.
42 Then came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, euen twenty loaues of barley, and full eares of corne in the huske. And hee saide, Giue vnto the people, that they may eate.
Da bi, ɔbarima bi a ɔyɛ Baal-Salisani brɛɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no atoko foforo kotoku ma, ne brodo mua aduonu. Elisa kae se, “Fa ma adiyifokuw no, na wonni.”
43 And his seruant answered, How shoulde I set this before an hundreth men? He sayd againe, Giue it vnto the people, that they may eate: for thus sayth the Lord, They shall eate, and there shall remaine.
Ɔsomfo no teɛɛ mu se, “Wuse dɛn? Kakra yi na yɛmfa mma nnipa ɔha yi ana?” Nanso Elisa tii mu se, “Fa ma adiyifokuw no na wonni, na Awurade ka se, ‘Obiara bedi amee, na bi mpo bɛka akyi.’”
44 So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lord.
Na ampa ara, obiara didi mee ma bi mpo kae, sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ ho bɔ no.
