2 Chronicles 19

1 Forsothe Josaphat, kyng of Juda, turnede ayen pesibli in to his hows in to Jerusalem.

Ɛberɛ a ɔhene Yehosafat duruu ne fie wɔ Yerusalem asomdwoeɛ mu no,

2 Whom the profete Hieu, the sone of Ananye, mette, and seide to hym, Thou yyuest help to a wickid man, and thou art ioyned bi frendschip to hem that haten the Lord; and therfor sotheli thou deseruedist the wraththe of the Lord;

Hanani babarima Yehu, ɔdehunumuni no kɔhyiaa no. Ɔbisaa ɔhene Yehosafat sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woboa amumuyɛfoɔ, na wodɔ wɔn a wɔkyiri Awurade? Deɛ woayɛ yi de Awurade abufuo aba wo so.

3 but good werkis ben foundyn in thee, for thou didist awey wodis fro the lond of Juda, and thou hast maad redi thin herte, for to seke the Lord God of thi fadris.

Nanso, ade pa bi wɔ wo mu ɛfiri sɛ woatutu Asera afɔrebukyia a ɛwɔ asase no so nyinaa, na woatu wo ho asi hɔ sɛ wobɛhwehwɛ Onyankopɔn.”

4 Therfor Josaphat dwellide in Jerusalem; and eft he yede out to the puple fro Bersabee til to the hil of Effraym, and he clepide hem ayen to the Lord God of her fadris.

Na Yehosafat tenaa Yerusalem. Nanso, ɔtuu kwan firii Beer-Seba kɔɔ Efraim bepɔ asase no so, kɔhyɛɛ nkurɔfoɔ nkuran sɛ, wɔnsane nkɔ Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn no nkyɛn.

5 And he ordeynede iugis of the lond in alle the strengthid citees of Juda, bi ech place.

Ɔyiyii atemmufoɔ wɔ nkuropɔn a wɔabɔ ho ban wɔ ɔman no mu nyinaa,

6 And he comaundide to the iugis, and seide, Se ye, what ye doen; for ye vsen not the doom of man, but of the Lord; and what euere thing ye demen, schal turne `in to you;

hyɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Atɛn biara a mobɛbu no ɛberɛ biara no, monnwene ho yie. Monkae sɛ, moremmu atɛn sɛ mode resɔ nnipa ani, na mmom, Awurade ani. Ɔbɛka mo ho wɔ asɛm biara a ɛba mo anim a ɛsɛ sɛ mobu ho atɛn no.

7 the drede of the Lord be with you, and do ye alle thingis with diligence; for anentis `youre Lord God is no wickidnesse, nether takynge of persoones, nether coueitise of yiftis.

Monsuro Awurade, na mommu atɛntenenee, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, kyiri ntɛnkyea, animhwɛ ne kɛtɛasehyɛ.”

8 Also in Jerusalem Josaphat ordeynede dekenes, and preestis, and the princes of meynees of Israel, that thei schulden deme the doom and cause of the Lord to the dwellers of it.

Na Yehosafat yii Lewifoɔ, asɔfoɔ ne mmusua ntuanofoɔ a wɔwɔ Israel no ma wɔsomm sɛ atemmufoɔ wɔ Yerusalem. Na wɔdi Awurade mmara mu nsɛm ne efie ntawantawa nsɛm nso.

9 And he comaundide to hem, and seide, Thus ye schulen do in the drede of the Lord, feithfuli and in perfite herte.

Ɔhyɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Daa, momfa Awurade nyamesuro, nokorɛdie ne adwene pa nyɛ mo adwuma.

10 Ech cause that cometh to you of youre britheren, that dwellen in her citees, bitwixe kynrede and kynrede, where euere is questioun of the lawe, of `the comaundement, of cerymonyes, `ether sacrifices, of iustifyingis, schewe ye to hem, that thei do not synne ayens the Lord, and that wraththe com not on you and on youre britheren. Therfor ye doynge thus schulen not do synne.

Ɛberɛ biara a asɛm bi a ɛfiri mo nkurɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ nkurotoɔ yi so bɛba mo anim no, sɛ ɛyɛ awudie anaa Onyankopɔn mmara anaa nʼahyɛdeɛ so buo no, mommɔ wɔn kɔkɔ sɛ, wɔnnyɛ bɔne ntia Awurade, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, nʼabufuo mma mo ne wɔn so. Monyɛ saa, na morenni fɔ.

11 Forsothe Amarie, youre preest and bischop, schal be souereyn in these thingis, that perteynen to God. Sotheli Zabadie, the sone of Ismael, which is duyk in the hows of Juda, schal be on tho werkis that perteynen to the office of the kyng, and ye han maistris dekenes bifor you; be ye coumfortid, and do ye diligentli, and the Lord schal be with you in goodis.

“Ɔsɔfopanin Amaria bɛyɛ mo panin, na ɔkasa a obi nka bi bio wɔ nsɛm a ɛfa Awurade ho nyinaa. Ismael babarima Sebadia nso na ɔtua Yuda abusuakuo ano no. Ɔkasa a, obi nka bi bio wɔ ntawantawasɛm nyinaa mu. Lewifoɔ no na wɔbɛboa mo ama moabu atɛntenenee. Momfa akokoɔduru nni mo dwuma, na Awurade nka wɔn a wɔyɛ ade tenenee ho.”