2 Chronicles 2
1 Now Solomon decided to build a house for Yahweh’s name, and a house for his kingdom.
Afei, Salomo dwenee sɛ ɛberɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi Awurade Asɔredan no ne nʼankasa nʼahemfie no aso.
2 Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
Ɔfaa apaafoɔ ɔpeduɔson, abotwafoɔ ɔpeduɔwɔtwe firii bepɔ so aman mu ne nnipa mpem mmiɛnsa ne ahansia a wɔdi adwuma no anim.
3 Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
Salomo too saa nkra yi kɔmaa Tirohene Huram: “Brɛ me ntweneduro nnua te sɛ deɛ wɔde brɛɛ mʼagya Dawid ɛberɛ a na ɔresi nʼahemfie no.
4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
Merebɛsi Asɔredan ahyɛ Awurade, me Onyankopɔn din animuonyam. Ɛbɛyɛ beaeɛ bi a wɔayi asi hɔ sɛ wɔnhye nnuhwam ne kurobo wɔ nʼanim, nna afɔrebɔdeɛ burodo sononko no adi, na wɔmmɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ahodoɔ homeda biara, anɔpa ne anwummerɛ, Ɔbosome Foforɔ biara afahyɛ ahodoɔ ne Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn nnapɔnna biara. Ɔno na wahyɛ Israel sɛ wɔnyɛ saa nneɛma yi daa daa.
5 “The house which I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
“Yei bɛyɛ Asɔredan a ɛso na ɛyɛ fɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛn Onyankopɔn no yɛ ɔnwanwani a ɔso kyɛn ɔfoforɔ biara.
6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?
Hwan na ɔbɛtumi asi efie a ɛfata ama no? Ɔsorosoro mpo ntumi nkora no. Na me sɛɛ ne hwan a mɛsi asɔredan ama no? Deɛ mɛtumi ayɛ ara ne sɛ mɛsi baabi a wɔbɛbɔ afɔdeɛ ama no.
7 “Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
“Enti, ma me odwumfoɔ a ne nsa ano adwuma yɛ fɛ a ɔbɛtumi de sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere mfrafraeɛ ne nnadeɛ adi adwini; obi a ɔnim sɛdeɛ wɔhyɛ ntoma aduro ma ɛyɛ bibire, kɔkɔɔ ne tuntum ma ɛyɛ fɛ yie ne nsemayifoɔ a wakwadare adwuma mu, a ɔne Yuda ne Yerusalem adwumfoɔ a mʼagya Dawid yii wɔn no bɛyɛ adwuma.
8 “Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, my servants will be with your servants,
“Afei, fa ntweneduro, pepeaa ne ɔbako nnua firi Lebanon brɛ me, ɛfiri sɛ, menim sɛ wo mmarima no akyi, obi nni hɔ wɔ nnuabuo mu, na mɛsoma me mmarima na wɔabɛboa wɔn.
9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
Asɔredan a merebɛsi no kɛseɛ ne ne fɛ a ɛbɛyɛ enti, nnua bebree ho bɛhia me.
10 Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
Mede atokoɔ susukora ɔpeduonu, nsã gyare ɔpeduonu ne edu ne ngo ɔpeduonu bɛtua wo mmarima no ka.”
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made you king over them.”
Ɛnna ɔhene Huram twerɛɛ saa mmuaeɛ yi de kɔmaa Salomo: “Esiane sɛ Awurade dɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ enti na ɔde wo asi wɔn so ɔhene.
12 Huram continued, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for Yahweh and a house for his kingdom.
“Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn a ɔbɔɔ soro ne asase! Wama Dawid ɔba nyansafoɔ a wadom no adwene ne nteaseɛ a ɔbɛsi Asɔredan ama Awurade ne ahemfie ama nʼankasa ho.
13 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,
“Merebrɛ wo odwumfoɔ a ne nsa ano adwuma yɛ fɛ a wɔfrɛ no Huram-Abi. Ɔyɛ onyansafoɔ mapa
14 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre. He is skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
a ɔyɛ ɔbaa bi a ɔfiri Dan a ɛwɔ Israel babarima; nʼagya nso firi Tiro. Ɔyɛ sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere mfrafraeɛ ne nnadeɛ dwumfoɔ mapa. Na ɔwɔ abotwa, nnua adwinnie ne ntomanwono ho nyansa nso. Ɔyɛ ɔbenfoɔ wɔ ntoma bibire, tuntum ne kɔkɔɔ hyɛ mu. Na ɔtumi de serekyetam di dwuma nso. Afei nso, ɔyɛ nsemayifoɔ a ɔtumi di adwini biara a wɔde ma no. Ɔne wʼadwumfoɔ ne wɔn a me wura Dawid a ɔyɛ wʼagya no yii wɔn no bɛyɛ adwuma.
15 “Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants;
“Fa atokoɔ, ngo ne nsã a wokaa ho asɛm no bra.
16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”
Nnua biara a ɛho hia no, yɛbɛtwa afiri Lebanon mmepɔ so, na yɛde ayɛ mpata agu nsuo ani, firi Ntam Ɛpo no mpoano akɔsi Yopa. Na ɛfiri hɔ no, wobɛtumi de akɔ Yerusalem.”
17 Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
Salomo kan ahɔhoɔ dodoɔ a wɔwɔ Israel asase so, te sɛ deɛ nʼagya kenkanee nnipa no. Ɔnyaa nnipa ɔpeha aduonum mmiɛnsa ne ahansia.
18 He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.
Ɔmaa wɔn mu ɔpeduɔson yɛɛ apaafoɔ. Wɔn mu ɔpeduɔwɔtwe yɛɛ abotwafoɔ wɔ wɔn mmepɔ nkuro no so, ɛnna wɔn mu mpem mmiɛnsa ne ahansia yɛɛ wɔn a wɔdi nnwuma no anim.
