1 Kings 15

1 And in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam has reigned over Judah;

Yeroboam dii adeɛ wɔ Israel ne mfeɛ dunwɔtwe soɔ no, Abiyam hyɛɛ nʼadedie ase sɛ ɔhene wɔ Yuda.

2 he has reigned three years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom;

Ɔdii ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem mfeɛ mmiɛnsa. Na ne maame din de Maaka a ɔyɛ Absalom babaa.

3 and he walks in all the sins of his father that he did before him, and his heart has not been perfect with his God YHWH, as the heart of his father David;

Nʼagya bɔne a ɔyɛeɛ nyinaa no, ɔyɛɛ bi. Na nʼakoma nni Awurade ne Onyankopɔn mu, sɛdeɛ ne nana Dawid yɛeɛ no.

4 but for David’s sake his God YHWH has given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,

Nanso, ɛsiane Dawid enti, Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn maa nʼasefoɔ kwan ma wɔkɔɔ so dii adeɛ, na ɔmaa Abiyam ɔbabarima a ɔbɛdi nʼadeɛ wɔ Yerusalem.

5 in that David did that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH, and did not turn aside from all that He commanded him all [the] days of his life—except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite;

Na Dawid ayɛ deɛ ɛyɛ wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii Awurade ahyɛdeɛ so ne nkwa nna nyinaa, agye Hetini Uria no ho asɛm no nko ara.

6 and there has been war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

Abiyam nkwa nna mu nyinaa, na akokoakoko da ɔno ne Yeroboam ntam.

7 And the rest of the matters of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there has been war between Abijam and Jeroboam;

Nsɛm a aka a ɛsisii wɔ Abiyam ahennie mu ne deɛ ɔyɛeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ wɔ Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu. Ɔko daa Abia ne Yeroboam ntam ɛberɛ biara.

8 and Abijam lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the City of David, and his son Asa reigns in his stead.

Na Abiyam wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Asa dii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.

9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa has reigned over Judah,

Yeroboam dii ɔhene wɔ Israel ne mfeɛ aduonu so no, Asa bɛdii ɔhene wɔ Yuda.

10 and he has reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom.

Ɔdii ɔhene Yerusalem mfeɛ aduanan baako. Na wɔfrɛ ne nanabaa Maaka a na ɔyɛ Absalom babaa.

11 And Asa does that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH, like his father David,

Asa yɛɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani, sɛdeɛ ne nana Dawid yɛeɛ no.

12 and removes the whoremongers out of the land, and turns aside all the idols that his fathers made;

Ɔpamoo asɔreeɛ so nnwamanfoɔ nyinaa firii asase no so, na ɔyiyii ahoni a nʼagyanom yɛeɛ no nyinaa.

13 and also his mother Maachah—he turns her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for an Asherah, and Asa cuts down her horrible thing, and burns [it] by the Brook of Kidron;

Na mpo, ɔtuu ne nanabaa Maaka firii ahemaadwa no so, ɛfiri sɛ, na wayɛ Asera ahoni dua a na ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ. Asa twaa dua no na ɔhyee no wɔ Kidron bɔnhwa mu.

14 but the high places have not been removed; only, the heart of Asa has been perfect with YHWH [for] all his days,

Ɛwom sɛ wɔansɛe abosonnan no nyinaa koraa deɛ, nanso, Asa kɔɔ so de nʼakoma hyɛɛ Awurade mu nʼasetena nyinaa mu.

15 and he brings in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of YHWH: silver, and gold, and vessels.

Ɔde dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne nneɛma a ɔno ne nʼagya too edin de maa Awurade Asɔredan no baeɛ.

16 And there has been war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel [for] all their days,

Na akokoakoko wɔ Yudahene Asa ne Israelhene Baasa ntam.

17 and Baasha king of Israel goes up against Judah, and builds Ramah, not to permit anyone going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah.

Israelhene Baasa kɔko tiaa Yuda, na ɔmaa Rama banbɔ sɛdeɛ obi ntumi nni ahyɛnfirie wɔ Yudahene Asa asase so.

18 And Asa takes all the silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of YHWH, and the treasures of the house of the king, and gives them into the hand of his servants, and King Asa sends them to Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,

Asa tasee dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ no a ɛkaa wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no akoradan mu ne deɛ na ɛwɔ ahemfie no akoradan no mu. Ɔde hyɛɛ ne mpanimfoɔ no mu bi nsa, na ɔsomaa wɔn ma wɔkɔɔ Hesion babarima Tabrimon babarima Siriahene Ben-Hadad a na ɔdi ɔhene wɔ Damasko no nkyɛn, na ɔde saa nsɛm yi kaa ho.

19 “A covenant [is] between me and you, between my father and your father; behold, I have sent a reward of silver and gold to you; go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he goes up from off me.”

“Ma yɛnyɛ apam a na ɛda wʼagya ne mʼagya ntam no foforɔ. Tie, mede akyɛdeɛ a ɛyɛ dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ resoma de abrɛ wo. Afei, twa wo ne Israelhene Baasa apam no mu, sɛdeɛ ɔremfa ne nsa nka me.”

20 And Ben-Hadad listens to King Asa, and sends the heads of the forces that he has against cities of Israel, and strikes Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali;

Ben-Hadad penee ɔhene Asa abisadeɛ no so, na ɔsomaa nʼakodɔm, ma wɔkɔto hyɛɛ Israel so. Wɔdii nkuro Iyon, Dan, Abel-Bet-Maaka ne Kineret a Naftali nsase nyinaa ka ho no so.

21 and it comes to pass at Baasha’s hearing, that he ceases from building Ramah, and dwells in Tirzah.

Na Israelhene Baasa tee asɛm a asi no, ɔgyaee nʼadwuma a na ɔreyɛ de abɔ Rama ho ban no, kɔɔ Tirsa kɔtenaa hɔ.

22 And King Asa has summoned all Judah—there is none exempt—and they lift up the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha has built, and King Asa builds with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

Afei, ɔhene Asa soma kɔɔ Yuda mmaa nyinaa, kɔkaa sɛ ɔhwehwɛ sɛ obiara biara bɛboa asoa ɛdansie aboɔ ne nnua a na Baasa de reyɛ banbɔdwuma wɔ Rama no afiri hɔ. Asa de saa banbɔ nneɛma no kyekyeree kuro Geba a ɛwɔ Benyamin ne Mispa kuro no.

23 And the rest of all the matters of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Only, at the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet;

Asa ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ ne deɛ ne tumi kɔduruiɛ no, ne nkuro a ɔkyekyereɛ no nyinaa din no, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu. Ne nkɔkoraabɔ mu no, ɔyaree ne nan.

24 and Asa lies with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigns in his stead.

Ɛberɛ a Asa wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no nʼagyanom nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Yehosafat bɛdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.

25 And Nadab son of Jeroboam has reigned over Israel, in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigns over Israel two years,

Yeroboam babarima Nadab hyɛɛ aseɛ dii adeɛ wɔ Israel ɛberɛ a na ɔhene Asa adi adeɛ wɔ Yuda mfeɛ mmienu mu. Ɔdii adeɛ Israel mfeɛ mmienu.

26 and does evil in the eyes of YHWH, and goes in the way of his father, and in his sin that he made Israel to sin.

Na ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii nʼagya anammɔn akyi, toaa so yɛɛ bɔne, somm abosom sɛdeɛ na Yeroboam adi Israel anim ama wɔayɛ no.

27 And Baasha son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspires against him, and Baasha strikes him in Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines—and Nadab and all Israel are laying siege against Gibbethon—

Na Ahiya babarima Baasa a ɔfiri Isakar abusuakuo mu no pam Nadab tiri so, kumm no ɛberɛ a na ɔne Israel akodɔm akyere sraban, retua Filistifoɔ kuro Gibeton no.

28 indeed, Baasha puts him to death in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigns in his stead.

Baasa kumm Nadab wɔ ɔhene Asa adedie wɔ Yuda mfeɛ mmiɛnsa mu no so, na ɔbɛyɛɛ Israelhene a ɔdi hɔ.

29 And it comes to pass, at his reigning, he has struck the whole house of Jeroboam, he has not left any breathing to Jeroboam until his destroying him, according to the word of YHWH, that He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

Ntɛm ara, ɔkunkumm ɔhene Yeroboam asefoɔ nyinaa a adehyeɛ abusua no mu baako koraa anka, sɛdeɛ Awurade nam odiyifoɔ Ahiya a ɔfiri Silo ahyɛ bɔ afa Yeroboam ho no.

30 because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned, and that he caused Israel to sin, by his provocation with which he provoked YHWH, God of Israel, to anger.

Saa asɛm yi siiɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Yeroboam di a ɔdii Israel anim ma wɔyɛɛ bɔne no, ɛhyɛɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, abufuo.

31 And the rest of the matters of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Nadab ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ ne dwuma a ɔdiiɛ nyinaa no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma mu.

32 And there has been war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel [for] all their days.

Na akokoakoko wɔ Asa ne Israelhene Baasa ntam.

33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah has reigned over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty-four years,

Ahiya ba Baasa hyɛɛ aseɛ dii Israel so wɔ ɔhene Asa adedie wɔ Yuda no mfeɛ mmiɛnsa mu. Baasa dii adeɛ Tirsa mfeɛ aduonu ɛnan.

34 and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, and walks in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin.

Na ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii Yeroboam anammɔn akyi, somm abosom, sɛdeɛ Yeroboam dii Israel anim yɛeɛ no.