1 Chronicles 17
1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains.
Afei, ɛberɛ a Dawid nyaa atenaseɛ wɔ nʼahemfie hɔ no, ɔka kyerɛɛ odiyifoɔ Natan sɛ, “Me deɛ manya ahemfie a wɔde ntweneduro asi no fɛfɛ mu atena, nanso Awurade Apam Adaka no deɛ, ɛhyɛ ntomadan mu.”
2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
Natan buaa sɛ, “Deɛ ɛwɔ wʼadwene mu a wopɛ sɛ woyɛ no, kɔ so na Onyankopɔn ka wo ho.”
3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Saa anadwo no ara, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Natan sɛ,
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me an house to dwell in:
“Kɔka kyerɛ me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid sɛ, ‘Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie: ɛnyɛ wo na ɛsɛ sɛ wosi asɔredan ma me tena mu.
5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
Ɛfiri ɛberɛ a mede Israelfoɔ firii Misraim bɛsi ɛnnɛ, mentenaa asɔredan mu da. Daa, mete ntomadan mu na wɔde di atutena.
6 Where ever I have walked with all Israel, spoke I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have all of you not built me an house of cedars?
Na mannwiinwii ankyerɛ Israel ntuanofoɔ no a wɔyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ nnwanhwɛfoɔ no da. Memmisaa wɔn da sɛ: “Adɛn enti na momfaa ntweneduro nsii efie mmaa me da?”’
7 Now therefore thus shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:
“Afei, kɔka kyerɛ me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid sɛ, ‘Sɛdeɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ nie: Meyii wo sɛ di me nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ anim wɔ ɛberɛ a na woyɛ abarimaa dwanhwɛfoɔ a worehwɛ wo nnwan wɔ adidibea.
8 And I have been with you anywhere you have walked, and have cut off all of your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
Baabiara a wokɔeɛ no, mekaa wo ho. Na masɛe wʼatamfoɔ nyinaa. Na mɛma wɔagye edin wɔ asase yi nyinaa so.
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
Mama me nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ no baabi a wɔbɛtena afebɔɔ. Beaeɛ bi a ɛwɔ banbɔ a obiara renha wɔn. Ɛhɔ bɛyɛ wɔn ankasa asase a aman amumuyɛfoɔ renhyɛ wɔn so, sɛdeɛ wɔyɛɛ wɔ ɛberɛ bi a atwam no,
10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all of your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the LORD will build you an house.
firi ɛberɛ a meyii atemmufoɔ sɛ wɔnni me nkurɔfoɔ so no. Na mɛka wʼatamfoɔ nyinaa ahyɛ. “‘Na merepae mu aka sɛ, Awurade bɛsi efie ama wo, ahennie nnidisoɔ.
11 And it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Na sɛ wowu a, mɛma wo mmammarima no mu baako so, na mama nʼahennie ayɛ den.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
Ɔno ne obi a ɔbɛsi efie a ɛyɛ asɔredan no ama me. Na mɛtim nʼahennwa ase afebɔɔ.
13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before you:
Mɛyɛ nʼagya na ɔbɛyɛ me ba. Merenyi me dɔ a ɛnsa da no mfiri ne so, sɛdeɛ meyi firii Saulo a wodii nʼadeɛ so no.
14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
Mɛma nʼase atim wɔ mʼahennie nnidisoɔ ne mʼaheman mu ɛberɛ nyinaa mu, na nʼahennwa no bɛtena hɔ daa.’”
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
Enti, Natan sane kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn kɔkaa saa adiyisɛm yi nyinaa kyerɛɛ no.
16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that you have brought me until now?
Afei, ɔhene Dawid kɔtenaa Awurade anim bɔɔ mpaeɛ sɛ, “Me ne hwan, Ao Awurade Onyankopɔn, na mʼabusua yɛ abusua bɛn a enti wode me abɛduru saa tebea yi mu?
17 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
Na seesei, Awurade, yei nyinaa akyi no, woka sɛ wobɛma me ahennie nnidisoɔ afebɔɔ. Wokasa me ho te sɛ obi a meyɛ ɔkɛseɛ pa ara, Ao Awurade Onyankopɔn!
18 What can David speak more to you for the honour of your servant? for you know your servant.
“Ɛdeɛn na menka bio mfa ɛkwan a woafa so ahyɛ me animuonyam yi ho? Wonim sɛdeɛ wʼakoa teɛ ankasa.
19 O LORD, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
Ao Awurade, me enti ne wo pɛ mu enti, woayɛ saa nneɛma akɛseɛ yi nyinaa, na woada no adi.
20 O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
“Ao Awurade, obiara nni hɔ a ɔte sɛ wo. Onyame foforɔ bi nni hɔ! Yɛntee da mpo sɛ onyame foforɔ bi wɔ hɔ te sɛ wo!
21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before your people whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?
Ɔman foforɔ bɛn na ɛwɔ asase so a, ɛte sɛ Israel? Ɔman foforɔ bɛn, Ao Onyankopɔn, na woayi no afiri nkoasom mu de wɔn abɛyɛ wʼankasa wo nkurɔfoɔ? Ɛberɛ a wogyee wo nkurɔfoɔ firii Misraim no, wode gyee edin. Wonam nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛyɛ ahodwirie so pamoo aman a wɔayɛ akwansideɛ ama wɔn.
22 For your people Israel did you make your own people for ever; and you, LORD, became their God.
Woyii Israel sɛ wɔmmɛyɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ afebɔɔ, na wo, Ao Awurade, woabɛyɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn.
23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as you have said.
“Ao Awurade, afei di ɛbɔ a wohyɛ faa wʼakoa ne ne mʼabusuafoɔ ho no so. Ma ɛnyɛ bɔhyɛ a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa.
24 Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David your servant be established before you.
Wo din ase ntim, na wɔnhyɛ no animuonyam afebɔɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ewiase nyinaa bɛka sɛ, ‘Awurade Otumfoɔ yɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ Israel!’ Na ma wo ɔsomfoɔ Dawid ahennie nnidisoɔ no ase ntim wɔ wʼanim.
25 For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him an house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you.
“Ao me Onyankopɔn, masi me bo abɔ saa mpaeɛ yi, ɛfiri sɛ, woada no adi sɛ wobɛsi fie ama me, mʼahennie nnidisoɔ a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa.
26 And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness unto your servant:
Ɛfiri sɛ, woyɛ Onyankopɔn, Ao Awurade. Na me, wo ɔsomfoɔ, woahyɛ me nneɛma pa yi ho bɔ.
27 Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you for ever: for you bless, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
Na afei, asɔ wʼani sɛ wobɛhyira me ne mʼabusuafoɔ, sɛdeɛ yɛn ahennie nnidisoɔ bɛkɔ so afebɔɔ wɔ wʼanim. Na sɛ wohyira a, Ao Awurade, ɛyɛ nhyira a ɛtena hɔ daa nyinaa!”
