2 Samuel 5
1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.
Afei, Israel mmusuakuo no nyinaa kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn wɔ Hebron kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Yɛn nyinaa yɛ wʼabusuafoɔ.
2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
Mmerɛ bi a atwam no a mpo na Saulo yɛ yɛn ɔhene no, wo ara na wodii Israel anim. Na Awurade aka akyerɛ wo sɛ, ‘Wobɛyɛ me manfoɔ Israel so odwanhwɛfoɔ. Wobɛyɛ wɔn kannifoɔ.’”
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
Enti Hebron hɔ, Dawid ne Israel ntuanofoɔ no yɛɛ apam wɔ Awurade anim. Na wɔsraa no ngo sii no Israelhene.
4 David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.
Dawid dii adeɛ no, na wanya mfirinhyia aduasa. Na ɔdii adeɛ mfirinhyia aduanan.
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Ɔtenaa Hebron dii adeɛ wɔ Yuda so mfirinhyia nson ne abosome nsia. Na ɔtenaa Yerusalem no nso, ɔdii Israel ne Yuda nyinaa so ɔhene mfirinhyia aduasa mmiɛnsa.
6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: who spoke to David, saying, Except thou shalt take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
Dawid dii nʼakodɔm anim kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔko tiaa Yebusifoɔ. Yebusifoɔ no dii wɔn ho fɛ sɛ, “Morentumi mma ha. Na mpo, anifirafoɔ ne mmubuafoɔ bɛtu mo afiri ha.” Ɛfiri sɛ, na Yebusifoɔ no dwene sɛ wɔwɔ banbɔ.
7 Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David.
Nanso, Dawid ko faa Sion aban no a seesei wɔfrɛ no Dawid Kuropɔn no.
8 And David said on that day, Whoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated by David's soul, [he shall be chief and captain]: Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
Ɛberɛ a atɛnnidie nkra firi banbɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ kuro no mu duruu Dawid asom no, ɔka kyerɛɛ ne dɔm no sɛ, “Momfa nsudorobɛn no mu nkɔ kuro no mu, na monkɔsɛe Yebusifoɔ mpakye ne anifirafoɔ no, ɛfiri sɛ mekyiri wɔn! ‘Anifirafoɔ ne mpakye’ nnkɔ efie no mu” no abɔseɛ nie.
9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built around from Millo and inward.
Enti, Dawid yɛɛ aban no nʼatenaeɛ, na ɔfrɛɛ hɔ Dawid Kuropɔn. Ɔsisii banbɔdan bebree twaa kuro no ho kaa ho. Wɔhyɛɛ dwumadie no ase wɔ Milo de baa mu.
10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him.
Na Dawid kɔɔ so yɛɛ kɛseɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Asafo Awurade Onyankopɔn ka ne ho.
11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house.
Afei, Tirohene Huram somaa abɔfoɔ kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn a nnua dwumfoɔ ne aboɔ adansifoɔ ka wɔn ho sɛ wɔnkɔsi ahemfie mma no. Huram de ntweneduro nnua bebree kɔɔ hɔ sɛ wɔmpae.
12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
Na Dawid hunuu sɛ, ne nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ enti, Awurade asi no ɔhene, na wayɛ nʼahemman kɛseɛ.
13 And David took [him] more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
Dawid tu firi Hebron baa Yerusalem no, ɔwaree mmaa bebree faa mpenafoɔ nso. Ɛno enti, ɔwoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bebree.
14 And these [are] the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
Yeinom ne Dawid mmammarima a wɔwowoo wɔn wɔ Yerusalem no: Samua, Sobab, Natan, Salomo
15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
Yibhar, Elisua, Nefeg, Yafia
16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
Elisama, Eliada ne Elifelet.
17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard [of it], and went down to the hold.
Ɛberɛ a Filistifoɔ tee sɛ wɔasra Dawid, de no asi Israelhene no, wɔboaboaa wɔn akodɔm ano, kɔhwehwɛɛ Dawid sɛ wɔbɛnya no akye no. Na Dawid teeɛ no, ɔno nso kɔɔ ne banbɔeɛm.
18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Afei, Filistifoɔ no bɛduruu Refaim bɔnhwa mu, na wɔtrɛtrɛɛ wɔn ho mu wɔ hɔ.
19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
Enti, Dawid bisaa Awurade sɛ, “Menkɔto nhyɛ Filistifoɔ yi so anaa? Wobɛdane wɔn ahyɛ me nsa anaa?” Awurade buaa no sɛ, “Aane, kɔ na mɛdane Filistifoɔ no ahyɛ wo nsa.”
20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon my enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
Enti, Dawid kɔɔ Baal-Perasim, na ɛhɔ na ɔdii Filistifoɔ no so nkonim. Ɔkaa sɛ, “Awurade ayɛ! Ɔbɔ wuraa mʼatamfoɔ no mu sɛ nsuyire a ɛreworo so!” Enti Dawid too beaeɛ hɔ din sɛ Baal-Perasim.
21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
Filistifoɔ no gyaa wɔn ahoni wɔ hɔ, maa Dawid ne ne mmarima no soaa ne nyinaa kɔeɛ.
22 And the Philistines came yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Filistifoɔ no sane baa bio bɛhwetee wɔn ho mu wɔ Refaim bɔnhwa ho,
23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up: [but] fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
enti, Dawid bisaa Awurade deɛ ɔnyɛ. Awurade buaa sɛ, “Nkɔ tee, mmom, twa fa wɔn ho wɔ wɔn akyi, na to hyɛ wɔn so wɔ baka nnua no anim.
24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
Na sɛ wote nnyegyeeɛ te sɛ nsrabɔ bi wɔ baka nnua no atifi a, kɔtua wɔn! Ɛkyerɛ sɛ, Awurade atu di wʼanim rekɔkunkum Filistifoɔ no.”
25 And David did so as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou comest to Gazer.
Enti, Dawid yɛɛ deɛ Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no no, na ɔsɛee Filistifoɔ no firi Geba de kɔsii Geser.
