1 Kings 14
1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
Saa ɛberɛ no, Yeroboam babarima Abia yaree dendeenden.
2 Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that you won’t be recognized as Jeroboam’s wife. Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that I would be king over this people.
Enti, Yeroboam ka kyerɛɛ ne yere sɛ, “Sesa wo ho, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, obiara renhunu wo sɛ wone ɔhemmaa no. Na kɔ odiyifoɔ Ahiya, ɔbarima a ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ mɛdi ɔhene no, nkyɛn wɔ Silo.
3 Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child.”
Fa burodo mua edu, ɔfam ne ɛwoɔ akɔtoa kɔkyɛ no, na bisa no deɛ ɛbɛba abarimaa no so.”
4 Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
Na Yeroboam yere no kɔɔ Ahiya fie wɔ Silo. Saa ɛberɛ no na wabɔ akɔkoraa a ɔnhunu adeɛ.
5 The LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Tell her such and such; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”
Nanso, na Awurade aka akyerɛ Ahiya sɛ, “Yeroboam yere bɛba ha, na ɔbɛhyɛ da ayɛ ne ho sɛ obi foforɔ. Ɔbɛbisa wo ne babarima no ho asɛm, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔyare dendeenden. Sɛ ɛba saa a, fa mmuaeɛ a mede bɛma wo no ma no.”
6 So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, Jeroboam’s wife! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.
Na Ahiya tee ne nan ase wɔ ɛpono ano no, ɔfrɛɛ sɛ, “Yeroboam yere, bra mu! Adɛn enti na woahyɛ da ayɛ wo ho sɛ obi foforɔ?” Na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Mewɔ asɛmmɔne ka kyerɛ wo.
7 Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘The LORD, the God of Israel, says: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,
Fa saa nkra yi a ɛfiri Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, nkyɛn kɔma wo kunu Yeroboam sɛ, ‘Mepagyaa wo firi mpapahwekwaa mu, de wo bɛsii me nkurɔfoɔ Israel so ɔhene.
8 and tore the kingdom away from David’s house, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,
Metuu ahemman no ase firii Dawid fie, de maa wo. Nanso, woammu wo bra, te sɛ me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid a ɔdii mʼahyɛdeɛ so a ɔde nʼakoma nyinaa dii mʼakyi, na daa ɔyɛɛ biribiara a mepɛ sɛ ɔyɛ no.
9 but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back,
Bɔne a woayɛ no dɔɔso kyɛn wɔn a wɔtenaa ase ansa na wɔrewo woɔ no. Woayɛ anyame afoforɔ ma ɛnam so ama me bo afu wo, wo sikakɔkɔɔ nantwie mma no enti. Na ɛsiane sɛ woadane wʼakyi akyerɛ me enti,
10 therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
mede amanehunu bɛba wo fie ahennie nnidisoɔ so, na makum wo mmammarima nyinaa, akoa ne deɛ ɔdi ne ho so nso. Mɛhye wʼahennie nnidisoɔ no ase, sɛdeɛ obi hye wura ma aseɛ tu koraa no.
11 The dogs will eat he who belongs to Jeroboam who dies in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field, for the LORD has spoken it.”’
Me, Awurade, meka ntam sɛ, wo fiefoɔ a wɔbɛwuwu wɔ kuro no mu no, nkraman na wɔbɛwe wɔn ɛnam, na wɔn a wɔbɛwuwu wiram no nso, apete na wɔbɛsosɔ wɔn ɛnam.’”
12 Arise therefore, and go to your house. When your feet enter into the city, the child will die.
Na Ahiya ka kyerɛɛ Yeroboam yere sɛ, “Kɔ efie, na sɛ wowura kuro no mu ara pɛ a, abɔfra no bɛwu.
13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
Na Israel nyinaa bɛsu no, na wɔasie no. Ɔno nko ne onipa a ɔfiri mo fie a wɔbɛsie no yie, na saa abɔfra no nko na Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, hunu no sɛ ade pa wɔ Yeroboam fiefoɔ nyinaa mu.
14 Moreover the LORD will raise up a king for himself over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day! What? Even now.
Na Awurade bɛpagya ɔhene adi Israel so. Ɔno na ɔbɛtɔre Yeroboam fiefoɔ ase. Saa asɛm no bɛsi ɛnnɛ yi ara, saa dɔnhwereɛ yi ara mu.
15 For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
Na Awurade bɛwoso Israel te sɛ sibire a ɛhinhim wɔ asuwa ani. Ɔbɛtutu Israelfoɔ ase afiri saa asase pa a ɔde maa wɔn agyanom no so. Na ɔbɛbɔ wɔn apete, atra Asubɔnten Eufrate, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnam som a wɔsom Asera afɔrebukyia no so ahyɛ Awurade abufuo.
16 He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.”
Ɔbɛto Israel asaworam, ɛfiri sɛ, Yeroboam yɛɛ bɔne, nam so maa Israel nyinaa ne no yɛɛ bɔne.”
17 Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
Na Yeroboam yere sane kɔɔ Tirsa. Na ɛberɛ a ɔwuraa ne fie no, abɔfra no wuiɛ.
18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
Ɛberɛ a Israelfoɔ siee no no, wɔsuu no sɛdeɛ Awurade nam odiyifoɔ Ahiya so hyɛeɛ no.
19 The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Yeroboam ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ, nʼakodie nyinaa ne ɛkwan a ɔfaa so buu ɔman no nyinaa no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma Mu.
20 The days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years; then he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
Yeroboam dii adeɛ wɔ Israel mfeɛ aduonu mmienu. Ɔwuiɛ no, ne babarima Nadab na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
21 Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
Na Salomo babarima Rehoboam na na ɔdi ɔhene wɔ Yuda. Ɛberɛ a ɔdii adeɛ no, na wadi mfeɛ aduanan baako, na ɔdii adeɛ mfeɛ dunson wɔ Yerusalem, kuro a na Awurade ayi wɔ Israel mmusuakuo no nyinaa mu, sɛ ɔde rehyɛ ne din animuonyam. Na Rehoboam maame din de Naama a ɔyɛ Amonni.
22 Judah did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
Ɛberɛ a na Rehoboam di adeɛ no, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda no yɛɛ bɔne Awurade anim, maa ne bo fuu wɔ wɔn bɔne no ho. Na saa bɔne no sene deɛ wɔn agyanom no yɛeɛ mpo.
23 For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Wɔsisii abosomfie, gyinaa nnannua a wɔate ho ne Asera afɔrebukyia wɔ bepɔ biara so ne dutan frɔmfrɔm biara ase.
24 There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drove out before the children of Israel.
Mpo, na abosomfie mmarima nnwamanfoɔ wɔ asase no so mmaa nyinaa. Nnipa no suasuaa akyiwadeɛ ahodoɔ a amanaman a wɔsom abosom no yɛeɛ enti a Awurade pamoo wɔn firii asase no so maa Israelfoɔ no.
25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
Rehoboam dii adeɛ ne mfeɛ enum so no, Misraimhene Sisak bɛto hyɛɛ Yerusalem so.
26 and he took away the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
Ɔbɔ wuraa Awurade Asɔredan no mu ne ahemfie hɔ baabiara, wiaa biribiara a sikakɔkɔɔ akyɛm a Salomo yɛeɛ no ka ho.
27 King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
Akyire yi, Rehoboam yɛɛ kɔbere akyɛm de sii anan, na ɔde hyɛɛ ahemfie awɛmfoɔ no nsa sɛ wɔnhwɛ so.
28 It was so, that as often as the king went into the LORD’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.
Ɛberɛ biara a ɔhene no kɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ no, awɛmfoɔ no soa kɔ hɔ bi, na sɛ ɔwie na ɔreba a, wɔsane de bɛgu awɛmfoɔ ɛdan no mu.
29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Na Rehoboam ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ no ne dwuma a ɔdiiɛ no deɛ, wɔatwerɛ ne nyinaa wɔ Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Daa na ɔko da Rehoboam ne Yeroboam ntam.
31 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
Ɛberɛ a Rehoboam wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ nʼagyanom koraberɛ wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne maame din de Naama a ɔyɛ Amonni baa. Afei, ne babarima a ne din de Abiyam na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
