2 Kings 23
1 Then the king sent, —and there were gathered unto him, all the elders of Judah, and Jerusalem;
Afei, ɔhene no frɛɛ Yuda ne Yerusalem mpanimfoɔ nyinaa.
2 and the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great, —and he read in their ears, all the words of the book of the covenant, which had been found in the house of Yahweh.
Na ɔhene no ne Yuda ne Yerusalem manfoɔ ne asɔfoɔ ne adiyifoɔ a ɛfiri akumaa so kɔsi ɔkɛseɛ so, foro kɔɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu. Ɛhɔ na ɔhene no kenkanee Apam Nwoma a wɔahunu wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ no nyinaa kyerɛɛ wɔn.
3 And the king took his stand by the pillar, and solemnised a covenant before Yahweh—to follow Yahweh, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant, written in this book. And all the people took their stand in the covenant.
Ɔhene no tenaa beaeɛ bi a ɛkyerɛ ne tumi wɔ afadum no ho, hyɛɛ apam no mu den bio wɔ Awurade anim. Ɔhyɛɛ bɔ sɛ, ɔfiri nʼakoma ne ne kra nyinaa mu bɛdi Awurade mmaransɛm ahyɛdeɛ ne mmara nyinaa so. Ɔfaa saa ɛkwan yi so sii apam no mu nhyehyɛeɛ ahodoɔ a na wɔatwerɛ wɔ nwoma no mu no nyinaa so dua, maa nnipa no nyinaa hyɛɛ bɔ sɛ wɔbɛdi so.
4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the entrance-hall, to bring forth, out of the temple of Yahweh, all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Sacred Stem, and for all the army of the heavens, —and he burned them up outside Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel;
Afei, ɔhene hyɛɛ ɔsɔfopanin Hilkia ne asɔfoɔ akunini ne asɔredan sohwɛfoɔ nyinaa sɛ, wɔnyiyi nneɛma a na wɔde som Baal ne Asera ne ewiem atumfoɔ no nyinaa mfiri Awurade asɔredan no mu. Ɔhene no ma wɔhyee ne nyinaa wɔ Kidron bɔnhwa a ɛwɔ Yerusalem mfikyire no, soaa ne nsõ de kɔɔ Bet-El.
5 and he put down the idol-priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed, so that incense might be burned in the high places, in the cities of Judah, and round about Jerusalem, —them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens;
Ɔpamoo abosom akɔmfoɔ a Yuda ahemfo a wɔdii ɛkan no yii wɔn no nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔhye nnuhwam wɔ Yuda abosomfie nyinaa mu a mpo, na ɛreyɛ akɔduru Yerusalem kurom. Wɔhyee nnuhwam maa Baal ne owia, ɔsrane ne nsoromma ne ewiem atumfoɔ.
6 and he brought forth the Sacred Stem out of the house of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem, into the Kidron ravine, and burned it in the Kidron ravine, and crushed it to powder, —and cast the powder upon the graves of the sons of the people;
Ɔhene no tuu Asera afɔrebukyia no firii Awurade asɔredan mu, de kɔɔ Yerusalem mfikyire wɔ Kidron bɔnhwa mu hɔ kɔhyee no. Afei, ɔyam dua no muhumuhu, kɔtoo ne mfuturo no guu amusieeɛ.
7 and he brake down the houses of the male devotees, which were in the house of Yahweh, —where the women did weave houses to the Sacred Stem;
Ɔdwirii asɔreeɛ adwamanfoɔ adan a na ɛwɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu no, baabi a na mmaa no nwono nkatahotam, de kata Asera dua no ho no nyinaa guiɛ.
8 and be brought in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where, the priests, had burned incense, from Geba unto Beer-sheba, —and brake down the high places of the gates, that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which were on one’s left hand, in the gate of the city;
Yosia sane de Awurade asɔfoɔ no a na wɔtete Yuda nkuro afoforɔ so no nyinaa baa Yerusalem. Ɛfiri Geba kɔsi Beer-Seba, ɔsɛee ɛhɔ abosonnan no nyinaa. Saa beaeɛ no na na wɔhye nnuhwam no. Ɔbubuu abosonnan a ɛwɔ Yosua a na ɔyɛ Yerusalem amrado no ɛpono ano. Sɛ obi rewura kuropɔn no mu a ɔbɛhunu saa ɛpono no wɔ kuropɔn ɛpono no benkum so.
9 howbeit, the priests of the high places came not up unto the altar of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, save only that they did eat unleavened bread in the midst of their brethren;
Asɔfoɔ a na wɔsom abosonnan no mu no, na wɔmma wɔn ɛkwan mma wɔnnsom wɔ Awurade afɔrebukyia a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no so, nanso na wɔma wɔne asɔfoɔ a aka no di burodo a mmɔreka nni mu no.
10 and he defiled Topheth, which was in the valley of the son of Hinnom, —so that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire unto Molech;
Afei, ɔhene no sɛee Tofet afɔrebukyia a na ɛwɔ Ben-Hinom bɔnhwa no mu no enti, na obiara ntumi mfa ne babarima anaa ne babaa mmɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ ogya mu wɔ so sɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ a wɔde ma Molek bio.
11 and he did away with the horses, which the kings of Judah had devoted to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, near the chamber of Nathan-melech the courtier, which was in the suburbs, also, the chariots of the sun, burned he with fire;
Ɔtutuu apɔnkɔ sɛso a wɔagu a ɛsisi Awurade Asɔredan ɛkwan no ano a Yuda ahemfo too edin maa owia no nyinaa firii hɔ. Na ne nyinaa wowɔ adihɔ a ɛbɛn opiani bi a wɔfrɛ no Natan-Malek dan ho. Yosia hyee nteaseɛnam a na wɔato edin ama owia no.
12 and, the altars which were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, also the altars which Manasseh had made, in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, —and hurried away from thence, and cast out the powder of them into the Kidron ravine;
Yosia bubuu afɔrebukyia a Yuda ahemfo sisii wɔ ahemfie no atifi wɔ Ahas dan apampam no nyinaa. Ɔhene no bubuu afɔrebukyia a Manase sisii wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no adihɔ mmienu hɔ no nyinaa guiɛ. Ɔdwirii no pasapasa, too ne nkunkumaboɔ no petee Kidron bɔnhwa no mu.
13 and, the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built unto Ashtoreth—the abomination of the Zidonians, and unto Chemosh—the abomination of the Moabites, and unto Milcom—the disgusting thing of the sons of Ammon, did the king defile;
Ɔhene no sane guu abosonnan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem apueeɛ fam no ne deɛ ɛwɔ Ɔsɛeɛ Bepɔ no anafoɔ fam no. Saa beaeɛ no na Israelhene Salomo sisii abosonnan maa Astoret, a ɛyɛ Sidonfoɔ bosom bɔne, ne Kemos, Moabfoɔ bosom bɔne, ne Molek, Amonfoɔ bosom bɔne.
14 and he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stems, —and filled their place with human bones:
Yosia dwerɛɛ afadum kronkron no nyinaa, bubuu Asera afɔrebukyia no. Ɔde nnipa nnompe guguu ne nyinaa so.
15 moreover also, the altar that was in Bethel, the high place which Jeroboam son of Nebat made, wherewith he caused, Israel, to sin, —even that altar, and the high place, brake he down, —and burned the high place, crushing it to powder, and burned a Sacred Stem.
Ɔhene no sane bubuu afɔrebukyia a ɛwɔ Bet-El abosonnan a Nebat babarima Yeroboam yɛeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔdii Israel anim, de wɔn kɔɔ bɔne mu no. Yosia yam aboɔ no, ma ɛdanee mfuturo, hyee Asera dua no.
16 And, when Josiah turned, and saw the graves which were there, in the mount, he sent and took the bones out of the graves, and burned upon the altar, and defiled it, —according to the word of Yahweh, which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
Ɛberɛ a Yosia retoto nʼani no, ɔhunuu damena pii wɔ kokoɔ no nkyɛnmu. Ɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔntu nnompe no, na ɔhyee ne nyinaa wɔ afɔrebukyia a ɛwɔ Bet-El no so, de guu afɔrebukyia no ho fi. Yei siiɛ sɛdeɛ Awurade nam Onyankopɔn onipa so ahyɛ no, ɛberɛ a Yeroboam kɔgyinaa afɔrebukyia no ho wɔ afahyɛ da no. Afei Yosia danee ne ho hwɛɛ Onyankopɔn onipa a ɔhyɛɛ yeinom nyinaa ho nkɔm no damena.
17 Then said he—What is yonder erection, which I do see? And the men of the city said unto him—The grave of the man of God, who came in out of Judah, and proclaimed these things, which thou hast done, concerning the altar of Bethel.
Yosia bisaa sɛ, “Nkaeɛdum bɛn na ɛwɔ nohoa no?” Na nnipa a wɔwɔ kuro no mu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no a ɔfiri Yuda a ɔhyɛɛ nkɔm faa dwuma a woadi seesei wɔ afɔrebukyia a ɛwɔ Bet-El ho no ɔboda.”
18 And he said—Let him rest, let, no man, disturb his bones. So they let his bones rest, with the bones of the prophet who came in out of Samaria.
Yosia buaa sɛ, “Momma no nwɔ hɔ. Obiara mmfa ne nsa nka ne nnompe no.” Ɛno enti, wɔanhye ne nnompe no anaa odiyifoɔ akɔkoraa a ɔfiri Samaria no deɛ nso.
19 Moreover also, all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made, so as to provoke Yahweh to anger, did Josiah remove, —and he did to them according to all the doings which he had done in Bethel;
Na Yosia bubuu abosonnan no a ɛwɔ Samaria no, sɛdeɛ ɔyɛɛ wɔ Bet-El no. Israel ahemfo ahodoɔ bi na wɔsisiiɛ de hyɛɛ Awurade abufuo.
20 and he sacrificed all the priests of the high places, who were there, by the altars, and burned human bones thereupon, —and returned to Jerusalem.
Ɔkunkumm asɔreeɛ so abosomfoɔ no wɔ wɔn ankasa afɔrebukyia so, na ɔhyee nnipa nnompe wɔ afɔrebukyia ahodoɔ no so, de guu ho fi. Akyire yi, ɔsane kɔɔ Yerusalem.
21 Then did the king command all the people, saying, Keep ye a passover unto Yahweh, your God, —such as is written in this book of the covenant.
Ɔhene Yosia hyɛɛ nnipa no nyinaa sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ modi Twam Afahyɛ ma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Apam Nwoma mu no.”
22 Surely there had not been held such a passover as this, from the days of the Judges who judged Israel, —nor all the days of the kings of Israel, and the kings of Judah;
Ɛfiri ɛberɛ a atemmufoɔ dii Israel so mfeɛ bebree a atwam wɔ Israel ne Yuda ahemfo so no, wɔnnii Twam Afahyɛ no bi saa da.
23 save only, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was held unto Yahweh, in Jerusalem.
Ɛberɛ a ɔhene Yosia dii mfeɛ dunwɔtwe wɔ akonnwa so no na wɔdii saa Twam Afahyɛ yi wɔ Yerusalem maa Awurade.
24 Moreover also, them who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the household gods, and the manufactured gods, and the abominations which were to be seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, did Josiah consume, —that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of Yahweh.
Yosia tɔre asamanfrɛfoɔ ne adunsifoɔ ne afie mu anyame ne ahonisom biara ase wɔ Yerusalem ne Yuda asase so baabiara. Ɔyɛɛ saa de dii mmara a wɔatwerɛ wɔ nwoma mmobɔeɛ a ɔsɔfoɔ Hilkia kɔhunuu wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu no so.
25 And, like him, was no king, before him, who turned unto Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, —neither, after him, arose one, like him.
Ɔhene biara mmaeɛ a ɔte sɛ Yosia a ɔde nʼakoma, ne kra ne nʼahoɔden ama Awurade na ɔnam so adi Mose mmara nyinaa so. Na ɔhene biara nso mmaeɛ a ɔte sɛ ɔno.
26 Howbeit, Yahweh turned not away from the glow of his great anger, wherewith his anger glowed against Judah—because of all the provocations wherewith, Manasseh, had provoked him.
Nanso, yei nyinaa akyi no, Awurade abufuo no dɛre tiaa Yuda, ɛsiane bɔne akɛseɛ a Ɔhene Manase yɛeɛ no. Ɛno enti, wanyi nʼabufuhyeɛ no amfiri wɔn so.
27 So Yahweh said: Even Judah, will I remove from my presence, as I have removed Israel, —and will reject this city, which I had chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house as to which I had said, My Name, shall be, there.
Awurade kaa sɛ, “Mɛsɛe Yuda, sɛdeɛ mesɛee Israel no. Mɛpam nnipa no afiri mʼanim, na mapo me kuropɔn Yerusalem ne Asɔredan a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhyɛ me din animuonyam wɔ mu no.”
28 Now, the rest of the story of Josiah, and all that he did, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Yosia ahennie ho asɛm nkaeɛ ne dwuma a ɔdiiɛ nyinaa no, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
29 In his days, came up Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt, against the king of Assyria, unto the river Euphrates, —and, when King Josiah went against him, he slew him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him.
Ɛberɛ a Yosia di ɔhene no, Misraimhene Farao Neko kɔɔ Asubɔnten Eufrate ho kɔboaa Asiriahene. Ɔhene Yosia de nʼakodɔm tuu sa, kɔko tiaa no, nanso ɛberɛ a wɔhyiaa wɔ Megido no, ɔhene Neko kumm no.
30 And his servants conveyed him in a chariot, dead, from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre, —and the people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made, him, king, in his father’s stead.
Yosia akodɔm mu mpanimfoɔ no de nʼamu no too teaseɛnam mu firii Megido, baa Yerusalem bɛsiee no ɔno ankasa ɔboda mu. Na nnipa no sraa ne babarima Yehoahas ngo, sii no ɔhene.
31 Twenty-three years old, was Jehoahaz when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, of Libnah.
Ɛberɛ a Yehoahas dii ɔhene no, na wadi mfeɛ aduonu mmiɛnsa, na ɔdii adeɛ Yerusalem abosome mmiɛnsa. Na ne maame yɛ Yeremia a ɔfiri Libna no babaa a na ne din de Hamutal.
32 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his, fathers, had done.
Ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so, sɛdeɛ nʼagyanom yɛeɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
33 And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, —and he laid a fine upon the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
Farao Neko de Yehoahas too afiase wɔ Ribla wɔ Hamat asase so, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔrentumi nni ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem. Afei, ɔbisaa sɛ Yuda ntua toɔ dwetɛ tɔno mmiɛnsa ne fa ne sikakɔkɔɔ kilogram aduasa ɛnan sɛ apeatoɔ.
34 And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim son of Josiah king, instead of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, —and, Jehoahaz, took he away, so he entered Egypt, and died there.
Afei, Farao Neko de Eliakim a ɔyɛ Yosia babarima, dii adeɛ, ma ɔsii nʼagya ananmu. Ɔsesaa Eliakim din frɛɛ no Yehoiakim. Wɔde Yehoahas kɔɔ Misraim sɛ odeduani, na ɔwuu wɔ hɔ.
35 And, the silver and the gold, did Jehoiakim give unto Pharaoh, howbeit he assessed the land, that he might give the silver at the bidding of Pharaoh, —every man, according to his assessment, exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, that he might give it to Pharaoh-necoh.
Sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛnya dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ toɔ a Farao Neko regye no, Yehoiakim gyegyee akwabrantoɔ firii Yudafoɔ nkyɛn. Obiara tuaa sɛdeɛ nʼahonya teɛ.
36 Twenty-five years old, was Jehoiakim when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah, of Rumah.
Ɛberɛ a Yehoiakim dii adeɛ no, na wadi mfirinhyia aduonu enum, na ɔdii adeɛ Yerusalem mfeɛ dubaako. Na ne maame din de Sebuda a ɔyɛ Pedaia a ɔfiri Ruma babaa.
37 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that, his fathers, had done.
Ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so, sɛdeɛ nʼagyanom yɛeɛ no.
