2 Kings 12
1 In the seventh year of Jehu reigned hath Jehoash, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba,
Ɔhene Yehu adedie wɔ Israel no mfeɛ nson so, na Yoas nso dii adeɛ wɔ Yuda. Ɔdii adeɛ wɔ Yerusalem mfeɛ aduanan. Na ne maame Sibia firi Beer-Seba.
2 and Jehoash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days in which Jehoiada the priest directed him,
Yoas asetena mu nyinaa, ɔyɛɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada kyerɛkyerɛ no.
3 only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.
Na Yoas yɛ ɔhene papa a ɔdii nʼagya Asa anammɔn akyi. Ɔyɛɛ adeɛ a ɛsɔ Awurade ani. Nanso, nʼahennie mu no, wantumi ammubu abosonnan enti, nnipa kɔɔ so bɔɔ afɔdeɛ, hyee aduhwam wɔ hɔ.
4 And Jehoash saith unto the priests, 'All the money of the sanctified things that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, the money of him who is passing over, each the money of his valuation, all the money that it goeth up on the heart of a man to bring in to the house of Jehovah,
Ɛda bi, ɔhene Yoas ka kyerɛɛ asɔfoɔ no sɛ, “Mommoaboa sika a wɔde ba Awurade asɔredan mu sɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron no, sɛ ɛyɛ daa daa toɔ tua, aboadeɛ anaa akyɛdeɛ a ɛfiri ɔpɛ mu no.
5 do the priests take to them, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house, in all [places] where there is found a breach.'
Momma asɔfoɔ no mfa sika no bi nkɔtua asɔredan no nsiesie ho ka biara.”
6 And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,
Nanso, ɔhene Yoas dii adeɛ mfeɛ aduonu mmiɛnsa no, na asɔfoɔ no nsiesiee Asɔredan no.
7 and king Jehoash calleth to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and saith unto them, 'Wherefore are ye not strengthening the breach of the house? and now, receive no money from your acquaintances, but for the breach of the house give it.'
Enti, ɔhene Yoas soma kɔfrɛɛ Yehoiada ne asɔfoɔ a aka no, bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Adɛn enti na monsiesiee asɔredan no? Mommfa akyɛdeɛ no nhyɛ mo ho bio. Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ rekɔ, ɛsɛ sɛ mode ne nyinaa siesie asɔredan no.”
8 And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,
Enti, asɔfoɔ no penee so sɛ wɔrennyegye sika mfiri nnipa no nkyɛn bio. Wɔpenee so nso sɛ, wɔn ankasa rensiesie Asɔredan no.
9 and Jehoiada the priest taketh a chest, and pierceth a hole in its lid, and putteth it near the altar, on the right side, as one cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and the priests keeping the threshold have put there all the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah.
Na ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada tuu tokuro wɔ adaka kɛseɛ bi atifi, de sii afɔrebukyia no nifa so wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no kwan ano. Asɔfoɔ a wɔwɛn ɛkwan no ano no de nnipa no ntoboa nyinaa guu adaka no mu.
10 And it cometh to pass, at their seeing that the money [is] abundant in the chest, that there goeth up a scribe of the king, and of the high priest, and they bind [it] up, and count the money that is found [in] the house of Jehovah,
Ɛberɛ biara a adaka no bɛyɛ ma no, asɔre twerɛfoɔ ne ɔsɔfopanin no kan sika a wɔde aba Awurade Asɔredan no mu no nyinaa, de gu nkotokuo mu.
11 and have given the weighed money into the hands of those doing the work, those inspecting the house of Jehovah, and they bring it out to those working in the wood, and to builders who are working in the house of Jehovah,
Afei, wɔde sika no ma dwumadie hwɛsofoɔ no, ma wɔde tua nnipa a wɔresiesie Awurade Asɔredan no ka, nnua adwumfoɔ, adansifoɔ,
12 and to those [repairing] the wall, and to hewers of stone, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the breach of the house of Jehovah, and for all that goeth out on the house, to strengthen it.
abohyehyɛfoɔ ne abotwafoɔ. Wɔde sika no bi nso tɔ nnua ne aboɔ a wɔatwa, a wɔde bɛsiesie Awurade asɔredan no. Na ɛka biara a ɛba Asɔredan no nsiesie ho no, wɔtua.
13 Only, there is not made for the house of Jehovah basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessel of gold, and vessel of silver, out of the money that is brought into the house of Jehovah;
Na wɔamfa sika a wɔde bɛba Asɔredan mu hɔ no anyɛ dwetɛ nkuruwa, nkanea akapɛ, nkyɛnsee akɛseɛ, ntotorobɛnto anaa nneɛma a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ anaa dwetɛ yɛ ma Awurade Asɔredan no.
14 for to those doing the work they give it, and they have strengthened with it the house of Jehovah,
Na wɔde tuaa adwumayɛfoɔ no ka, ma wɔde siesiee asɔredan no.
15 and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing.
Na adwuma no hwɛfoɔ akontabuo biara ho anhia, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔyɛ adwumayɛfoɔ nokwafoɔ.
16 The money of a trespass-offering, and the money of sin-offerings is not brought in to the house of Jehovah — for the priests it is.
Nanso, afɔdie ne bɔneyɛ ho afɔrebɔdeɛ no deɛ, na wɔmfa nkɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ. Na wɔde ma asɔfoɔ no sɛ wɔn kyɛfa.
17 Then go up doth Hazael king of Aram, and fighteth against Gath, and captureth it, and Hazael setteth his face to go up against Jerusalem;
Ɛbɛyɛ saa ɛberɛ yi, Aramhene Hasael kɔko tiaa Gat faeɛ. Afei, ɔdanee ne ho kɔto hyɛɛ Yerusalem so.
18 and Jehoash king of Judah taketh all the sanctified things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, and all the gold that is found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the house of the king, and sendeth to Hazael king of Aram, and he goeth up from off Jerusalem.
Ɔhene Yoas boaboaa akronkronneɛ a Yehosafat, Yehoram ne Ahasia a na wɔyɛ Yuda ahemfo a wɔatwam no ato edin ama Awurade ne deɛ ɔno ankasa nso ato edin ama Awurade no nyinaa ano. Ɔde ne nyinaa a sikakɔkɔɔ a ɛwɔ akoraeɛ a ɛwɔ Awurade asɔredan mu hɔ ne ahemfie no ka ho no kɔmaa Aramhene Hasael. Enti, ɛmaa Hasael gyaee to a anka ɔrekɔto ahyɛ Yerusalem soɔ no.
19 And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Nsɛm a ɛsisii wɔ Yoas ahennie mu ne deɛ ɔyɛeɛ no nyinaa, wɔatwerɛ wɔ Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
20 And his servants rise, and make a conspiracy, and smite Joash in the house of Millo, that is going down to Silla:
Nanso, ne mpanimfoɔ pam ne tiri so, kumm no wɔ Bet-Milo ɛkwan a ɛkɔ Sila no so.
21 yea, Jozachar son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shemer, his servants, have smitten him, and he dieth, and they bury him with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Amaziah his son, in his stead.
Awudifoɔ no yɛ Simeat babarima Yosabad ne Somer babarima Yehosabad a na wɔn nyinaa yɛ afotufoɔ nokwafoɔ. Wɔsiee Yoas wɔ nʼagyanom nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne babarima Amasia na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene foforɔ.
