< 2 Chronicles 12 >

1 And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
Rehoboam ahenni timii, na ɔyɛɛ den no, ɔne Israel nyinaa gyaw Awurade mmara.
2 And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, come up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem — because they trespassed against Jehovah —
Esiane sɛ na wonni Awurade nokware no nti, afe a ɛto so anum wɔ ɔhene Rehoboam adedi mu no, Misraimhene Sisak kɔtow hyɛɛ Yerusalem so.
3 with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen, and there is no number to the people who have come with him out of Egypt — Lubim, Sukkiim, and Cushim —
Ɔde nteaseɛnam apem ahannu, apɔnkɔsotefo mpem aduosia ne anammɔnmufo asraafo a wontumi nkan wɔn dodow a Libiafo, Sukifo ne Etiopiafo ka ho na wɔbae.
4 and he captureth the cities of the bulwarks that [are] to Judah, and cometh in unto Jerusalem.
Sisak dii Yudafo nkurow a wɔabɔ ho ban no so nkonim, na otu teɛɛ sɛ ɔrekɔtow ahyɛ Yerusalem so nso.
5 And Shemaiah the prophet hath come in unto Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered unto Jerusalem from the presence of Shishak, and saith to them, 'Thus said Jehovah, Ye have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak;'
Odiyifo Semaia hyiaa Rehoboam ne Yuda mpanyimfo a Sisak nti, wɔaguan aba Yerusalem. Semaia ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛnea Awurade se ni! Moagyaw me nti, me nso meregyaw mo ama Sisak.”
6 and the heads of Israel are humbled, and the king, and they say, 'Righteous [is] Jehovah.'
Ɔhene no ne Israel mpanyimfo brɛɛ wɔn ho ase, kae se, “Awurade di bem sɛ ɔyɛɛ yɛn saa!”
7 And when Jehovah seeth that they have been humbled, a word of Jehovah hath been unto Shemaiah, saying, 'They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I pour not out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;
Awurade huu sɛ wɔanu wɔn ho no, ɔde saa nkra yi somaa Semaia: “Esiane sɛ nnipa no abrɛ wɔn ho ase nti, merensɛe wɔn korakora na ɛrenkyɛ, mɛma wɔn ahomegye. Meremfa Sisak so nna mʼabufuw adi wɔ Yerusalem so.
8 but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.'
Nanso wɔbɛyɛ nʼasomfo sɛnea ɛbɛkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsom me sen sɛ wɔbɛsom wiase ahemfo.”
9 And Shishak king of Egypt cometh up against Jerusalem, and taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king — the whole he hath taken — and he taketh the shields of gold that Solomon had made;
Enti Misraimhene Sisak baa Yerusalem bɛsesaw agyapade a ɛwɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu ne ahemfi hɔ nneɛma a Salomo sikakɔkɔɔ nkatabo no nyinaa ka ho.
10 and king Rehoboam maketh in their stead shields of brass, and hath given [them] a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners who are keeping the opening of the house of the king;
Akyiri no, ɔhene Rehoboam de kɔbere akyɛm de sii anan, na ɔde hyɛɛ ahemfi awɛmfo nsa sɛ wɔnhwɛ so.
11 and it cometh to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back unto the chamber of the runners.
Bere biara a ɔhene no bɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu no, awɛmfo no soa kɔ hɔ bi, na sɛ owie na ɔreba a, wɔsan de begu awɛmfo dan no mu.
12 And in his being humbled, turned back from him hath the wrath of Jehovah, so as not to destroy to completion; and also, in Judah there have been good things.
Esiane sɛ Rehoboam brɛɛ ne ho ase nti, Awurade abufuw no fii ne so, nti wansɛe no korakora. Ɛmaa yiyedi kɔɔ so wɔ Yuda asase so.
13 And king Rehoboam strengtheneth himself in Jerusalem, and reigneth; for a son of forty and two years [is] Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah hath chosen to put His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother [is] Naamah the Ammonitess,
Ɔhene Rehoboam timii wɔ Yerusalem, na ɔtoaa so dii hene. Bere a odii ade no, na wadi mfirihyia aduanan baako. Na odii ade mfirihyia dunson wɔ Yerusalem, kuropɔn a Awurade ayi afi Israel mmusuakuw nyinaa mu sɛ ɛhɔ na wɔbɛhyɛ ne din anuonyam no. Na Rehoboam na din de Naama a ofi Amon.
14 and he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek Jehovah.
Na ɔyɛ ɔhene bɔne, efisɛ wamfa ne koma nyinaa anhwehwɛ Awurade akyi kwan.
15 And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam [are] all the days;
Wɔankyerɛw Rehoboam ahenni ho nsɛm nkae no a efi mfiase kosi awiei no wɔ odiyifo Semaia nhoma ne nhumuni Ido nhoma a ɛyɛ awo ntoatoaso nhoma no fa bi mu ana? Bere biara, na akokoakoko wɔ Rehoboam ne Yeroboam ntam.
16 and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David, and reign doth Abijah his son in his stead.
Bere a Rehoboam wui no, wosiee no wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne babarima Abia dii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.

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