< 2 Kings 12 >

1 In year seven of Jehu he became king Jehoash and forty year[s] he reigned in Jerusalem and [the] name of mother his [was] Zibiah from Beer Sheba.
Ɔhene Yehu adedi wɔ Israel no mfe ason so, na Yoas nso dii ade wɔ Yuda. Odii ade wɔ Yerusalem mfe aduanan. Na ne na Sibia fi Beer-Seba.
2 And he did Jehoash the right in [the] eyes of Yahweh all days his which he instructed him Jehoiada the priest.
Yoas asetena mu nyinaa, ɔyɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, efisɛ na ɔsɔfo Yehoiada kyerɛkyerɛ no.
3 Only the high places not they were removed still the people [were] sacrificing and [were] making smoke at the high places.
Nanso wansɛe abosonnan a na nnipa kɔbɔ afɔre, kɔhyew nnuhuam wɔ hɔ no.
4 And he said Jehoash to the priests all [the] money of the holy gifts which it will be brought [the] house of Yahweh money passing along everyone [the] money of persons of valuation his all [the] money which it will come up on [the] heart of a person to bring [the] house of Yahweh.
Da bi, ɔhene Yoas ka kyerɛɛ asɔfo no se, “Mommoaboa sika a wɔde ba Awurade asɔredan mu sɛ afɔrebɔde kronkron no, sɛ ɛyɛ daa daa towtua, aboade anaa akyɛde a efi ɔpɛ mu no.
5 Let them take themselves the priests each from with acquaintance his and they they will repair [the] damage of the house to every where it will be found there damage.
Momma asɔfo no mfa sika no bi nkotua asɔredan no asiesie ho ka biara.”
6 And it was in year twenty and three year of the king Jehoash not they had repaired the priests [the] damage of the house.
Nanso ɔhene Yoas dii ade mfe aduonu abiɛsa no, na asɔfo no nsiesie Asɔredan no.
7 And he summoned the king Jehoash Jehoiada the priest and the priests and he said to them why? [are] not you repairing [the] damage of the house and now may not you take money from with acquaintances your for for [the] damage of the house you will give it.
Enti ɔhene Yoas soma kɔfrɛɛ Yehoiada ne asɔfo a wɔaka no, bisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti na munsiesiee asɔredan no? Mommfa akyɛde no nhyɛ mo ho bio. Efi nnɛ rekɔ, ɛsɛ sɛ mode ne nyinaa siesie asɔredan no.”
8 And they agreed the priests to not to take money from with the people and to not to repair [the] damage of the house.
Enti asɔfo no penee so sɛ wɔrennyigye sika mfi nnipa no nkyɛn bio. Wɔpenee so nso sɛ, wɔn ankasa rensiesie Asɔredan no.
9 And he took Jehoiada the priest a chest one and he bored a hole in lid its and he put it beside the altar (from [the] right [side] *Q(K)*) when comes anyone [the] house of Yahweh and they put there the priests [who] kept of the threshold all the money which was brought [the] house of Yahweh.
Na ɔsɔfo Yehoiada tuu tokuru wɔ adaka kɛse bi atifi, de sii afɔremuka no nifa so wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no kwan ano. Asɔfo a wɔwɛn ɔkwan no ano no de nnipa no ntoboa nyinaa guu adaka no mu.
10 And it was when saw they that much the money [was] in the chest and he came up [the] scribe of the king and the priest great and they tied up and they counted the money which was found [the] house of Yahweh.
Bere biara a adaka no bɛyɛ ma no, asɔre kyerɛwfo ne ɔsɔfopanyin no kan sika a wɔde aba Awurade Asɔredan no mu no nyinaa, de gu nkotoku mu.
11 And they put the money weighed out on ([the] hands of *Q(K)*) [the] doers of the work (who were appointed *Q(K)*) [the] house of Yahweh and they brought out it to [the] craftsmen of wood and to the builders who were working on [the] house of Yahweh.
Afei, wɔde sika no ma dwumadi sohwɛfo no ma wɔde tua nnipa a wɔyɛ Awurade Asɔredan no ka—nnua adwumfo, adansifo,
12 And to the masons and to [the] cutters of stone and to acquire wood and stones of hewing to repair [the] damage of [the] house of Yahweh and for all that it went out on the house to repair [it].
abohyehyɛfo ne abotwafo. Wɔde sika no bi nso tɔ nnua ne abo a wɔatwa, a wɔde besiesie Awurade asɔredan no. Na ka biara a ɛba Asɔredan no asiesie ho no, wotua.
13 Only not it was made [the] house of Yahweh basins of silver snuffers bowls trumpets any article of gold and article of silver from the money which was brought [the] house of Yahweh.
Na wɔamfa sika a wɔde bɛba Asɔredan mu hɔ no anyɛ dwetɛ nkuruwa, akanea adabaw, nkankyee akɛse, ntorobɛnto anaa nneɛma a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ anaa dwetɛ yɛ ma Awurade Asɔredan no.
14 For to [the] doers of the work they gave it and they repaired with it [the] house of Yahweh.
Na wɔde tuaa adwumayɛfo no ka, ma wɔde siesiee asɔredan no.
15 And not they settled accounts with the men whom they put the money on hand their to give to [the] doers of the work for in faithfulness they [were] working.
Na adwuma no hwɛfo akontaabu biara ho anhia, efisɛ na wɔyɛ adwumayɛfo nokwafo.
16 Money of guilt offering and money of sin offerings not it was brought [the] house of Yahweh to the priests they belonged.
Nanso afɔdi ne bɔneyɛ ho afɔrebɔde no de, na wɔmfa nkɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ. Na wɔde ma asɔfo no sɛ wɔn kyɛfa.
17 Then he went up Hazael [the] king of Aram and he fought on Gath and he captured it and he set Hazael face his to go up on Jerusalem.
Saa bere no ntam ara na Aramhene Hasael kɔko tiaa Gat, na ɔfaa ɔman no. Afei, ɔdan ne ho kɔtow hyɛɛ Yerusalem so.
18 And he took Jehoash [the] king of Judah all the holy things which they had consecrated Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah ancestors his [the] kings of Judah and own holy things his and all the gold which was found in [the] treasuries of [the] house of Yahweh and [the] house of the king and he sent [them] to Hazael [the] king of Aram and he went up from on Jerusalem.
Ɔhene Yoas boaboaa akronkronne a Yehosafat, Yehoram ne Ahasia a na wɔyɛ Yuda ahemfo a wɔatwa mu no ato din ama Awurade ne nea ɔno ankasa nso ato din ama Awurade no nyinaa ano. Ɔde ne nyinaa a sikakɔkɔɔ a ɛwɔ akorae a ɛwɔ Awurade asɔredan mu hɔ ne ahemfi no kaa ho no kɔmaa Aramhene Hasael. Enti ɛmaa Hasael twee ɔsa a anka ɔretu wɔ Yerusalem so no sanee.
19 And [the] rest of [the] matters of Joash and all that he did ¿ not [are] they written on [the] scroll of [the] matters of the days of [the] kings of Judah.
Nsɛm a esisii wɔ Yoas ahenni mu ne nea ɔyɛe no nyinaa, wɔankyerɛw wɔ Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
20 And they arose servants his and they conspired a conspiracy and they struck down Joash Beth-Millo which goes down Silla.
Nanso ne mpanyimfo pam ne ti so, kum no wɔ Bet-Milo kwan a ɛkɔ Sila no so.
21 And Jozabad [the] son of Shimeath and Jehozabad [the] son of Shomer - servants his they struck down him and he died and people buried him with ancestors his in [the] city of David and he became king Amaziah son his in place of him.
Awudifo no yɛ Simeat babarima Yosabad ne Somer babarima Yehosabad a na wɔn nyinaa yɛ afotufo nokwafo. Wosiee Yoas wɔ nʼagyanom nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne babarima Amasia na odii nʼade sɛ ɔhene foforo.

< 2 Kings 12 >