2 Samuel 23
1 And these [are] the last words of David: “A declaration of David son of Jesse, And a declaration of the man raised up—Concerning the anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweetness of the songs of Israel:
Eyi ne Dawid nsɛm a etwaa to: “Dawid, Yisai ba barima a Onyankopɔn maa no nkɔso a ɛyɛ nwonwa, na Yakob Nyankopɔn sraa no ngo no, Israel nnwomhyehyɛfo mu otiban:
2 The Spirit of YHWH has spoken by me, And His word [is] on my tongue.
“Awurade honhom kasa fa me mu; ne nsɛm wɔ me tɛkrɛma so.
3 He said—the God of Israel—to me, He spoke—the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man [is] righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God.
Israel Nyankopɔn kasae. Israel botan ka kyerɛɛ me se: ‘Onipa a odi hene trenee mu, na ɔde Onyamesuro di hene no,
4 And he rises as the light of morning, A morning sun [with] no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth!
ɔte sɛ anɔpa hann, ɔte sɛ anɔpa a omununkum nni hɔ apueiwia hann; ɔte sɛ osutɔ akyi hyerɛn, na ɛma sare foforo pue fi asase mu.’
5 For though my house [is] not so with God; So He made a perpetual covenant with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For all my salvation, and all desire, For He has not caused [it] to spring up.
“Ɛyɛ me fi na Onyankopɔn ayi. Yiw, ɔne me ayɛ apam a ɛwɔ hɔ daa. Ne nhyehyɛe yɛ afebɔɔ, bi nni hɔ bio, na wɔasɔw ano. Ɔbɛhwɛ me yiyedi ne me nkɔso daa.
6 As for the worthless—All of them [are] driven away as a thorn, For they are not taken away by hand;
Na wɔn a wonnim Onyame no te sɛ nsɔe a wɔbɛtow agu, efisɛ wɔwowɔ nsa a eso mu no.
7 And the man who comes against them Is filled with iron and the staff of a spear, And they are utterly burned with fire In the cessation.”
Ɛsɛ sɛ obi kɔ amia mu ansa na watwa wɔn agu; wɔde ogya bɛhyew wɔn dwerɛbee.”
8 These [are] the names of the mighty ones whom David has: sitting in the seat [is] the Tachmonite, head of the captains—he [is] Adino, who hardened himself against eight hundred—wounded at one time.
Din a edidi so yi yɛ Dawid dɔmmarima: Nea odi kan ne Yoseb-Basebet a ofi Tahkemon, na ɔyɛ ɔsahene wɔ akofo akɛse Baasa bi so wɔ Dawid mmarima no mu. Ɔno na ɔde ne peaw kum atamfo akofo ahanwɔtwe wɔ ɔsa baako pɛ mu no.
9 And after him [is] Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi, of the three mighty men with David; in their exposing themselves among the Philistines—they have been gathered there to battle, and the men of Israel go up—
Nea ɔto so abien wɔ baasa no mu no ne Dodo babarima Eleasar a ɔyɛ Ahohi aseni. Bere bi Eleasar ne Dawid ka bɔɔ mu, tew gyinae, de tiaa Filistifo bere a Israel asraafo no nyinaa aguan no.
10 he has arisen, and strikes among the Philistines until his hand has been weary, and his hand cleaves to the sword, and YHWH works a great salvation on that day, and the people turn back after him only to strip off.
Okunkum Filistifo no ara kosii sɛ afei, na ontumi mpagyaw ne peaw. Nanso Awurade maa no dii nkonim saa da no. Asraafo a wɔaka no ansan amma kosii bere a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkɔtase wɔn asade no.
11 And after him [is] Shammah son of Agee the Hararite, and the Philistines are gathered into a company, and there is a portion of the field full of lentils there, and the people have fled from the presence of the Philistines,
Nea odi hɔ yɛ Sama a ɔyɛ Agee a ofi Harar babarima. Da koro bi, Filistifo no boaa wɔn ho ano wɔ Lehi, na wɔtow hyɛɛ Israelfo no so wɔ aseduafuw bi mu. Israel asraafo no guanee,
12 and he stations himself in the midst of the portion, and delivers it, and strikes the Philistines, and YHWH works a great salvation.
nanso Sama gyinaa ne nan so pintinn wɔ afuw no mfimfini, kaa Filistifo no gui. Enti Awurade ma odii nkonim.
13 And three of the thirty heads go down and come to the harvest, to David, to the cave of Adullam, and the company of the Philistines are encamping in the Valley of Rephaim,
Twabere bi a na Dawid wɔ Adulam ɔbodan mu no, Filisti asraafo bɛkyeree nsraban wɔ Refaim bon mu. Dawid akofo nimdefo aduasa no mu baasa sian kohyiaa no wɔ hɔ.
14 and David [is] then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem,
Saa bere no na Dawid te nsraban mu hɔ a na Filistifo asraafo no fa bi nso akɔtena Betlehem.
15 and David longs and says, “Who gives me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which [is] by the gate?”
Dawid daa nʼakɔnnɔ adi se, “Ao, sɛ minya nsu pa a ɛwɔ Betlehem abura a ɛwɔ kurow no pon no ano hɔ no bi a, anka mɛnom.”
16 And the three mighty ones cleave through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water out of the well of Beth-Lehem, which [is] by the gate, and take [it] up, and bring [it] to David; and he was not willing to drink it, and pours it out to YHWH,
Enti baasa no bu faa Filistifo no mu kɔsaw nsu no bi fii abura no mu, de brɛɛ Dawid. Nanso wannom. Mmom, ohwie guu Awurade anim.
17 and says, “Far be it from me, O YHWH, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives?” And he was not willing to drink it; the three mighty ones did these [things].
Ɔteɛɛ mu se, “Awurade ma ɛmpare me sɛ mɛnom eyi! Saa nsu yi som bo te sɛ saa mmarima yi a wɔde wɔn nkwa too hɔ, kɔsaw nsu yi brɛɛ me yi mogya.” Enti Dawid annom. Mmarimasɛm a Baasa no dii no nhwɛso bi ni.
18 And Abishai brother of Joab, son of Zeruiah, he [is] head of three, and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred—wounded, and he has a name among three.
Na Yoab nua Seruia babarima Abisai nso dii Aduasa no anim. Da bi, ɔde ne peaw kum atamfo akofo ahaasa wɔ ɔsa baako pɛ mu. Saa akokodurusɛm yi nti ne din hyetaa sɛ Baasa no.
19 Is he not the honored of the three? And he becomes their head; and he has not come to the [first] three.
Abisai na ogyee din pa ara wɔ Aduasa no mu. Ɛwɔ mu, wannye din sɛ Baasa no ho de, nanso na ɔno ne Aduasa no safohene.
20 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada (son of a man of valor, great in deeds from Kabzeel), has struck two lion-like men of Moab, and he has gone down and struck the lion in the midst of the pit in a day of snow.
Na Yehoiada babarima Benaia nso yɛ ɔkofo kokodurufo a ofi Kabseel. Odii mmarimasɛm bebree a bi ne sɛ, okum Moab akofo akɛse baanu. Bere bi nso, ɔtaa gyata, ma wɔkɔtɔɔ amoa mu. Na sukyerɛmma atɔ, ama fam ayɛ toro de, nanso ɔkyeree gyata no, kum no.
21 And he has struck the Egyptian man, a man of appearance, and a spear [is] in the hand of the Egyptian, and he goes down to him with a rod, and takes the spear violently away out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slays him with his own spear.
Bere bi nso, ɔde abaaporiwa a na okura no kum Misraimni ɔkofo kɛse bi a na ɔno kura peaw. Benaia hwim peaw no fii Misraimni no nsam, na ɔde kum no.
22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada has done these [things], and has a name among the three mighty ones.
Eyinom na Yehoiada babarima Benaia yɛe, ma ogyee din te sɛ Baasa no.
23 He is honored more than the thirty, but he did not come to the three; and David sets him over his guard.
Na ɔwɔ anuonyam sen wɔn a na wɔfra Aduasa no mu no biara, nanso na ɔnka Baasa no ho. Na Dawid yɛɛ no nʼawɛmfo no so sahene.
24 Asahel brother of Joab [is] of the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem,
Wɔn a aka a na wɔfra Aduasa no mu no ni: Yoab nuabarima Asahel; Dodo a ofi Betlehem babarima Elhanan;
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
Sama a ofi Harod; Elika a ofi Harod;
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Heles a ofi Palti; Ira, Ikes a ofi Tekoa babarima;
27 Abiezer the Annethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
Abieser a ofi Anatot; Sibekai a ofi Husa;
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
Salmon a ofi Ahoa; Maharai a ofi Netofa;
29 Heleb son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,
Heleb, Baana a ofi Netofa babarima; Itai, Ribai a ofi Gibea (Benyamin abusuakuw mu) babarima;
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
Benaia a ofi Piraton; Hidai a ofi Nahale-Gaas;
31 Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
Arbatini Abi-Albon; Asmawet a ofi Bahurim;
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
Eliahba a ofi Saalbon; Yaasen mmabarima;
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,
Yonatan, Sama a ofi Harar babarima; Sarar, Ahiam a ofi Maaka babarima;
34 Eliphelet son of Ahasbai, son of the Maachathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
Elifelet, Ahasbai a ofi Maaka babarima; Eliam, Ahitofel a ofi Gilo babarima;
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
Hesro a ofi Karmel; Paarai a ofi Arba;
36 Igal son of Nathan from Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
Igal, Natan a ofi Soba babarima; Bani a ofi Gad;
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah,
Selek a ofi Amon; Naharai a ofi Beerot (Yoab akodekurafo);
38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Ira a ofi Yitri; Gareb a ofi Yitri;
39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
Hetini Uria. Wɔn nyinaa dodow yɛ aduasa ason.
