1 Kings 9
1 After Solomon’s [workers] had finished building the temple and his palace and everything else that Solomon wanted them to build,
Bere a Salomo wiee Awurade asɔredan no ne ahemfi no si no, ohuu sɛ wayɛ nea ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ no nyinaa awie.
2 Yahweh appeared to him [in a dream] a second time, like he had appeared to him at [the city of] Gibeon.
Awurade daa ne ho adi kyerɛɛ no ne mprenu so, sɛnea na wada ne ho adi akyerɛ no wɔ Gibeon dedaw no.
3 Yahweh said to him, “I heard what you prayed and what you pleaded for me to do. I have set apart/dedicated this temple which your [workers] have built to be the place where people will worship me forever. I will always watch over it and protect it.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se: “Mate wo mpaebɔ ne wʼadesrɛ. Matew saa asɔredan yi a woasi no ho, sɛnea wɔbɛhyɛ me din anuonyam wɔ hɔ afebɔɔ. Mɛhwɛ so na mama mʼani aku ho.
4 “And as for you, if you conduct your life as I want you to, like your father David did, and if you very sincerely obey all the statutes and laws that I have commanded you to obey,
“Na wo, sɛ wode nokware ne nyamesuro di mʼakyi, sɛnea wʼagya Dawid yɛe, na odii me mmara ne mʼahyɛde nyinaa so no a,
5 I will do what I promised your father that I would do: I promised him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.
metim wʼahenni nnidiso ase wɔ Israel afebɔɔ, sɛnea meka kyerɛɛ wʼagya Dawid se, ‘Ɛremma sɛ worennya ɔbarima bi ntena Israel ahengua no so da no.’
6 “But if you or your descendants turn away from me and disobey the commands and decrees that I have given to you, and if you start to worship other gods,
“Na sɛ wo anaa wo mmabarima dan fi me ho, na wubu mmara ne mʼahyɛde a mede ama mo no so, na sɛ wofi akyi kɔsom anyame afoforo, sɔre wɔn a,
7 I will remove my Israeli people from the land that I have given to them. I will also abandon this temple that I have set apart/dedicated to be the place where people should worship me. Then people everywhere will despise [the people of] Israel and make fun of them.
ɛno de, metwa Israel afi asase a mede ama wɔn no so, na mapo saa asɔredan a matew ho wɔ me din mu no. Ɛbɛma Israel atɔ sin, na ayɛ aserewde wɔ nnipa nyinaa mu.
8 This temple will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by will be astonished [when they see it], and they will be shocked and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this temple?’
Na ɛwɔ mu sɛ saa Asɔredan yi yɛ fɛ de, nanso wɔn a wobetwa mu wɔ ho no betwiri no, adi ho abooboo, abisa se, ‘Adɛn nti na Awurade ayɛ asase yi ne Asɔredan yi saa?’
9 And other people will reply, ‘It happened because the Israeli people abandoned Yahweh their God, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They started to accept and worship other gods. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.’”
Nnipa bebua se, ‘Efisɛ wɔapa Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn a oyii wɔn agyanom fii Misraim no akyi, na wɔde wɔn ho akɔdan anyame afoforo a wɔresom wɔn, sɔre wɔn. Ɛno nti na Awurade ama saa ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ yi aba wɔn so no.’”
10 Solomon’s [workers] labored for 20 years to build the temple and the palace.
Mfe aduonu a Salomo de sii Awurade asɔredan no ne ahemfi no akyi,
11 Hiram, the king of Tyre had [arranged for his workers to] give Solomon all the cedar and pine [logs] and all the gold that he needed [for this work]. After it was all finished, King Solomon gave to Hiram 20 cities in the Galilee region.
ɔhene Salomo de nkurow aduonu a ɛwɔ Galilea maa Tirohene Huram, efisɛ Huram maa no sida nnua ne ɔpepaw nnua ne sikakɔkɔɔ a na ohia.
12 But when Hiram went from Tyre [to Galilee] to see the cities that Solomon had given to him, he was not pleased with them.
Huram fii Tiro kɔhwɛɛ nkurow a Salomo de ama no no, nanso nʼani ansɔ koraa.
13 He said to Solomon, “My friend, those cities that you gave me are worthless!” So, that area is still called ‘Worthless’.
Obisae se, “Me nua, na nkurow bɛn na wode ama me yi? Saa nkurow yi nni mu!” Enti ɔfrɛɛ hɔ Kabul, “Nea enni mu” de besi nnɛ.
14 Hiram paid Solomon only five tons of gold [for those cities].
Na Huram asoma ma wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ tɔn anan akɔma Salomo.
15 This is a record of the work that King Solomon forced men to do. He forced them to build the temple and his palace and the terraces/landfills [on the east side of the city], and the wall around Jerusalem, and [to rebuild the cities of] Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer.
Ɔkwan a ɔhene Salomo faa so tintim, hyɛɛ nnipa, ma wosii Awurade asɔredan no ne nʼahemfi, Milo, Yerusalem fasu ne Hasor, Megido ne Geser nkurow no ni:
16 [The reason they needed to rebuild Gezer was that the army of] the king of Egypt had attacked Gezer and captured it. Then they had burned [the houses in] the city and killed all the people of the Canaan people-group who lived there. The king of Egypt gave that city to his daughter as a gift when she married Solomon.
Misraimhene kotuaa Geser, gyee hɔ fae. Okum Kanaanfo a wɔte kurow no mu nyinaa, hyew hɔ pasaa. Ɔde kuropɔn no maa ne babea no sɛ akyɛde bere a ɔwaree Salomo no.
17 So Solomon’s workers also rebuilt Gezer, and they also rebuilt Lower Beth-Horon [city].
Enti Salomo san kyekyeree Geser kuropɔn no. Afei, ɔsan kyekyeree nkurow a ɛwɔ Bet-Horon anafo,
18 They also rebuilt Baalath and Tamar [towns] in the desert in [the southern part of] Judah.
Baalat ne Tamar wɔ sare so, nʼasase so.
19 They also built cities where they kept the supplies for Solomon, the places where his horses and chariots were kept. They also built everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area over which he ruled.
Ɔkyekyeree nkurow a na wɔkora nnuan wɔ hɔ, kyekyeree nkuropɔn nso a na wɔkora ne nteaseɛnam ne nʼapɔnkɔ wɔ hɔ. Ɔkyekyeree Yerusalem ne Lebanon ne nʼaheman nyinaa, sɛnea ne koma pɛ.
20 There were many people who belonged to the Amor people-group, the Heth people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group who were not killed when the Israelis captured their land.
Na nnipa bi da so te asase no so a wɔnyɛ Israelfo. Wɔne Amorifo, Hetifo, Perisifo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo.
21 [Their descendants still lived in Israel]. It was those people whom Solomon forced to become his slaves [to build all those places], and they are still slaves.
Eyinom ne aman a na Israel nwiee wɔn asetɔre korakora no asefo. Enti Salomo hyɛɛ wɔn ma wɔyɛɛ nʼadwumayɛfo, na wɔda so yɛ de besi nnɛ.
22 But Solomon did not force any Israeli people to become slaves. Some Israelis became soldiers and army officers and commanders and drivers of his chariots and soldiers who rode on horses.
Nanso Salomo anhyɛ Israelfo amma wɔanyɛ ɔhyɛ nnwuma. Mmom, ɔma wɔyɛɛ asraafo, aban adwumayɛfo. Ɔmaa ebinom yɛɛ nʼakofo, ne nteaseɛnam ne ne nteaseɛnamkafo so asahene.
23 There were 550 officials who supervised the slaves who worked [to build all those places].
Afei, oyii wɔn mu ahannum ne aduonum ma wɔhwɛɛ ne nkɔsodwuma ahorow so.
24 After [Solomon’s wife, who was] the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the palace that Solomon’s workers built for her, Solomon [told his workers to] fill in the slopes on the east side of the city.
Bere a Salomo yii ne yere a ɛyɛ Farao babea no fii Dawid kurow no mu, de no kɔɔ ahemfi foforo a wasi ama no no mu no, ɔkyekyee Milo.
25 Three times each year Solomon [brought to the temple] offerings that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to restore fellowship with Yahweh. He also brought incense to be burned in the presence of Yahweh. And so his men finished building the temple.
Na Salomo bɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre ma Awurade afe biara wɔ afɔremuka a osii no so mprɛnsa. Na ɔne wɔn hyew aduhuam nso ma Awurade sɛ asodi a ɛda hɔ ma no wɔ asɔredan no.
26 King Solomon’s [workers] also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber [city], which is near Elath [city], on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land belonging to the Edom people-group.
Ɔhene Salomo yɛɛ po so ahyɛn nso wɔ Esion-Geber, hyɛngyinabea a ɛbɛn Elot a ɛwɔ Edom asase so hɔ a ɛwɔ Po Kɔkɔɔ no mpoano.
27 [King] Hiram sent some very expert sailors to work on the ships with Solomon’s workers.
Na Huram maa nʼahyɛn mu adwumayɛfo a wonim hyɛn mu adwuma yiye no, ne Salomo nkurɔfo de ahyɛn no yɛɛ adwuma.
28 They sailed to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back to Solomon about 16 tons of gold.
Wɔyɛɛ adwuma kɔɔ Ofir, na wɔsan de sikakɔkɔɔ nsania ani nkaribo tɔn 16 brɛɛ Salomo.
