2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
Bere a ɔhene Peka adi hene wɔ Israel mfe dunson no, na Yotam babarima Ahas nso bedii ade wɔ Yuda.
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not do that which was right in the eyes of YHWH his God, like David his father.
Ahas dii hene no, na wadi mfirihyia aduonu. Na odii Yerusalem nso so hene mfirihyia dunsia. Wanyɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn ani, sɛnea ne panyin Dawid yɛe no.
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom YHWH cast out from before the children of Israel.
Mmom, ɔhwɛɛ Israel ahemfo nhwɛso so, na mpo ɔde ɔno ankasa ne babarima bɔɔ afɔre wɔ ogya mu. Osuasuaa abosonsom aman no nneyɛe a ɛyɛ akyiwade ma Awurade a ɛno nti ɔpam wɔn fii Israelfo anim no.
4 He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Ɔbɔɔ afɔre, hyew nnuhuam wɔ abosomfi, mmepɔw so ne dua frɔmfrɔm biara ase.
5 Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
Afei, Aramhene Resin ne Israelhene Peka tuu sa wɔ Ahas so. Wɔkɔtoaa Yerusalem, nanso wɔanni so nkonim.
6 At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Eilat to Aram, and drove the Jews from Eilat; and the Arameans came to Eilat, and lived there, to this day.
Saa bere no, Edomhene gyee Elat kurow maa Edom. Ɔpam Yudafo, na ɔmaa Edomfo no kɔtenaa hɔ, sɛnea ɛte nnɛ yi.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me."
Ɔhene Ahas somaa abɔfo kɔɔ Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser nkyɛn, de nkra kɔmaa no se, “Meyɛ wo somfo ne wo ba. Bra na begye me fi Aram ne Israel asraafo a wɔaka me ahyɛ no nsam.”
8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of YHWH, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
Na Ahas faa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ fii Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ, faa ahemfi hɔ sika de kyɛɛ Asiriahene no.
9 The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
Enti Asiriafo no kɔtoaa Aramfo no wɔ wɔn kuropɔn Damasko mu, kyekyeree ɛhɔfo no nnommum, de wɔn kɔ kɔtenaa Kir. Wokum ɔhene Resin.
10 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.
Ɔhene Ahas kɔɔ Damasko, kohyiaa Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser. Bere a ɔwɔ hɔ no, ohuu afɔremuka sononko bi. Enti ɔde saa afɔremuka no sɛso ho mfoni, kɔmaa ɔsɔfo Uria.
11 Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
Uria nam ɔhene no asɛm so yɛɛ saa afɔremuka no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ, na bere a ofi Damasko bae no, na wɔayɛ awie.
12 When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered on it.
Ɔhene no fi Damasko bae no, ɔhwɛɛ afɔremuka no ho hyiae, bɔɔ so afɔre.
13 He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar.
Ɔhene no bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne atoko afɔre, hwiee nsa afɔre guu so, na ɔpetee asomdwoe afɔre ho mogya guu so.
14 The bronze altar, which was before YHWH, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of YHWH, and put it on the north side of his altar.
Na ɔhene Ahas yii kɔbere mfrafrae afɔremuka a na esi ɔkwan no ano ne afɔremuka foforo yi ntam no fii Awurade Asɔredan no anim, de kosii afɔremuka foforo no atifi fam.
15 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, "On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; but the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by."
Ɔka kyerɛɛ ɔsɔfo Uria se, “Bɔ anɔpa afɔre nyinaa a ɛyɛ ɔhyew afɔre no, anwummere atoko afɔre no, ɔhene ɔhyew afɔre ne atoko afɔre ne nnipa no nyinaa afɔre a wɔn nsa afɔre ka ho wɔ so. Mogya a efi ɔhyew afɔre no nyinaa mu no, wɔmfa mpete afɔremuka foforo no so. Me nko ara na mede kɔbere mfrafrae afɔremuka dedaw no bedi dwuma.”
16 Urijah the priest did so, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Na ɔsɔfo Uria yɛɛ nea ɔhene Ahas ka kyerɛɛ no se ɔnyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
17 King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
Na afei, ɔhene no tutuu afasu no nkataanim nnua ne nsuhina nso fi nsu teaseɛnam no so. Afei oyii Po no fii kɔbere mfrafrae anantwi no akyi de sii abo nsɛmee no so.
18 The covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, turned he to the house of YHWH, because of the king of Assyria.
Na nidi a ɔde ma Asiriahene no nti, oyii kyinii bi a na wɔayɛ wɔ ahemfi no mu a na wɔde di dwuma homeda no ne ɔhene no abɔntenkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu no fii hɔ.
19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Ahas ahenni ho nsɛm nkae no ne dwuma ahorow a odii no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
20 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
Bere a Ahas wui no, wosiee no ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurow mu. Na ne babarima Hesekia bedii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
