2 Chronicles 15
1 And the Spirit of God has been on Azariah son of Oded,
Na Onyankopɔn honhom baa Oded babarima Asaria so,
2 and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you—in your being with Him, and if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He forsakes you;
na opue kohyiaa ɔhene Asa a ofi akono reba no. Ɔteɛɛ mu guu Asa so se, “Tie me, Asa, Yudamanfo nyinaa ne Benyamin muntie. Mmere dodow a mo ne Awurade te no, ɔno nso ne mo bɛtena. Bere biara a mobɛhwehwɛ no no, mubehu no. Nanso sɛ mugyaw no a, ɔno nso begyaw mo.
3 and many days [are] to Israel without [the] true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
Teteete no, na Israel nni nokware Nyankopɔn no, na wonni ɔsɔfo a ɔbɛkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn, na wonni Onyankopɔn mmara nso.
4 and it turns back in its distress to YHWH, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found by them,
Nanso bere biara a mobɛkɔ ahohia mu na mobɛkɔ Awurade Israel Nyankopɔn nkyɛn, na moahwehwɛ no no, muhuu no.
5 and in those times there is no peace for him who is going out, and for him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,
Saa esum bere no mu, na akwantu yɛ hu. Na ɔhaw wɔ ɔman no afanan nyinaa.
6 and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God has troubled them with every adversity;
Akodi baa ɔman ne ɔman ntam, kuropɔn ne kuropɔn ntam, efisɛ Awurade maa ɔhaw ahorow bebree baa mo so.
7 and you, be strong, and do not let your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.”
Na afei, mo Yuda mmarima, mo ho nyɛ den, munnya akokoduru, na mubenya mo adwumayɛ so akatua.”
8 And at Asa’s hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he has strengthened himself, and causes the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he has captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and renews the altar of YHWH that [is] before the porch of YHWH,
Bere a Asa tee saa asɛm yi fii odiyifo Asaria nkyɛn no, onyaa akokoduru, yiyii ahoni a ɛwɔ Yuda asase so ne Benyamin nyinaa ne nkurow a wako afa a ɛwowɔ Efraim bepɔw nsase so no so. Osiesiee Awurade afɔremuka a na esi Awurade Asɔredan ntwironoo anim no.
9 and gathers all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon—for they have defected to him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that his God YHWH [is] with him.
Afei, Asa frɛfrɛɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda ne Benyamin nyinaa. Ɔfrɛɛ nnipa a wofi Efraim, Manase ne Simeon a wɔabɛtena wɔn mu no nso. Bebree tutu kɔtenaa Yuda wɔ Ɔhene Asa bere so, efisɛ wohuu sɛ Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn, ka ne ho.
10 And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
Ɛrekɔ ɔsram a ɛto so abiɛsa awiei no mu a na Asa adi ade mfe dunum no, nnipa no boaa wɔn ho ano wɔ Yerusalem.
11 and sacrifice to YHWH on that day from the spoil they have brought in—seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep,
Saa da no, wɔde mmoa a wɔkyekyeree wɔn ɔko mu no bi bɔɔ Awurade afɔre. Na mmoa no dodow yɛ anantwi ahanson a nguan ne mmirekyi nso dodow yɛ mpem ason.
12 and they enter into a covenant to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
Afei, wofi wɔn koma ne wɔn kra nyinaa mu yɛɛ apam sɛ wɔbɛhwehwɛ Awurade, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn.
13 and everyone who does not seek for YHWH, God of Israel, is put to death, from small to great, from man to woman.
Wɔpenee so se, obiara a ɔbɛpo Awurade, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn no, wobekum no, sɛ onnyinii anaa wanyin, sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbea.
14 And they swear to YHWH with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns,
Wɔhyɛn ntorobɛnto ne mmɛn denneennen, de dii Awurade nokwaredi ntam no ho adanse.
15 and all Judah rejoices concerning the oath, for they have sworn with all their heart, and they have sought Him with all their goodwill, and He is found by them, and YHWH gives rest to them all around.
Wɔn nyinaa ani gyee saa apam yi ho, efisɛ wofi wɔn koma nyinaa mu na ɛyɛe. Wɔpere hwehwɛɛ Onyankopɔn, na wohuu no. Na Awurade maa wɔn ahomegye fii wɔn atamfo a wɔwɔ afanan nyinaa nsam.
16 And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king—he has removed her from [being] mistress, in that she has made for an Asherah a horrible thing, and Asa cuts down her horrible thing, and beats [it] small, and burns [it] by the Brook of Kidron:
Mpo ɔhene Asa tuu ne nena baa Maaka fii ahemmeagua no so, efisɛ osii Asera nnua a ɛyɛ atantanne. Otwaa dua no, bubuu mu, hyew no wɔ Kidron bon mu.
17 yet the high places have not been removed from Israel; only, the heart of Asa has been perfect all his days.
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔantutu abosonsom nsɔre so no nyinaa amfi Israel de, nanso Asa de ne ho nyinaa maa Awurade ne nkwanna nyinaa.
18 And he brings in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God: silver, and gold, and vessels.
Ɔde dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ne nneɛma ahorow a ɔne nʼagya de maa Awurade no baa Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no mu.
19 And war has not been until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Enti ɔko ansi bio kosii Asa adedi afe a ɛto so aduasa anum no so.
