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1 Azɔ la, Aram Fia Ben Hadad ƒo eƒe aʋakɔwo katã nu ƒu eye fia blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve kple woƒe sɔwo kple tasiaɖamwo kplɔe ɖo. Eyi ɖaɖe to ɖe Samaria eye wòwɔ aʋa kplii.
And Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
2 Eɖo ame dɔdɔwo ɖe Ahab, Israel fia gbɔ be woagblɔ nɛ be, “Ben Hadad be,
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,
3 ‘Wò klosalo kple sika nye tɔnye eye srɔ̃wòwo kple viwòwo dometɔ nyuitɔwo nye tɔnye.’”
and said unto him: 'Thus saith Ben-hadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.'
4 Israel fia ɖo eŋu be, “Nye aƒetɔ kple fia, abe ale si nègblɔe ene la, nye ŋutɔ kple nu siwo le asinye la nye tɔwò!”
And the king of Israel answered and said: 'It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king: I am thine, and all that I have.'
5 Ame dɔdɔawo gava eye wogblɔ be, “Ben Hadad be, ‘Togbɔ be medɔ ame ɖe wò be maxɔ wò klosalo kple sika kple srɔ̃wòwo kple viwòwo hã la,
And the messengers came again, and said: 'Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying: I sent indeed unto thee, saying: Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
6 etsɔ ɣe aleawo ɣi lɔƒo la, maɖo amewo ɖa be woaka wò fiasã me kple ŋuwòmewo ƒe aƒewo me. Woatsɔ nu sia nu si xɔ asi na wò la adzoe!’”
but I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.'
7 Ahab yɔ eƒe aɖaŋudelawo eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Mikpɔ nu si wɔm ŋutsu sia le la ɖa! Ele ge dim togbɔ be mena wònya be ate ŋu axɔ srɔ̃nyewo, vinyewo, nye klosalo kple sika abe ale si wòdi ene gɔ̃ hã.”
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said: 'Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief; for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.'
8 Aɖaŋuɖolawo ɖo aɖaŋu nɛ be, “Mègatsɔ nu bubu aɖeke wu esiawo nɛ o.”
And all the elders and all the people said unto him: 'Hearken thou not, neither consent.'
9 Ale Fia Ahab gblɔ na Fia Ben Hadad ƒe ame dɔdɔwo be, “Migblɔ na nye aƒetɔ, fia la be, ‘Matsɔ nu sia nu si nèbia zi gbãtɔ la na wò gake wò amewo maka nye fiasã la kple nye amewo ƒe aƒewo me o.’” Ale ame dɔdɔawo trɔ yi Ben Hadad gbɔ.
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad: 'Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do.' And the messengers departed, and brought him back word.
10 Azɔ la, Siria fia la gblɔ ɖo ɖe Ahab be, “Mawuawo nafiam agafiam ɖe edzi ne nye aʋakɔ metrɔ Samaria wòzu ʋuʋudedi asiʋlo ʋɛ aɖewo ko o!”
And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said: 'The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.'
11 Israel fia Ahab ɖo eŋu be, “Miyi ɖagblɔ na Fia Ben Hadad be, ‘Ame si le aʋa wɔ ge la maƒo adegbe o, ke ame si wɔ aʋa ɖu dzi la koe aƒo adegbe!’”
And the king of Israel answered and said: 'Tell him: Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.'
12 Fia Ahab ƒe ŋuɖoɖo sia va ɖo Fia Ben Hadad kple fia bubuawo gbɔ esi wonɔ aha nom le woƒe agbadɔwo me. Ben Hadad ɖe gbe na eƒe aʋafiawo be, “Midzra ɖo miaho aʋa ɖe wo ŋu.”
And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the booths, that he said unto his servants: 'Set yourselves in array.' And they set themselves in array against the city.
13 Nyagblɔɖila aɖe va kpɔ Israel fia Ahab eye wògblɔ nɛ be ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, “Èkpɔ futɔ la ƒe aʋakɔ siawoa? Matsɔ wo katã ade asi na wò egbe, ekema ànya mlɔeba be, nyee nye Yehowa!”
And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.'
14 Ahab bia be, “Ke ame kae awɔ nu sia?” Nyagblɔɖila la ɖo eŋu be, “Alea Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, ‘Ato ɖekakpuiwo, asrafo siwo le nutoa me la dzi.’” Ahab gabia be, “Ame kae adze aʋa la gɔme?” Nyagblɔɖila la ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Miawoe!”
And Ahab said: 'By whom?' And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: By the young men of the princes of the provinces.' Then he said: 'Who shall begin the battle?' And he answered: 'Thou.'
15 Ale Ahab ƒo aʋawɔla alafa eve blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve nu ƒu tso dutawo kpe ɖe Israelʋakɔ mamlɛa, ame akpe adre, ŋu.
Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
16 Le ŋdɔ me lɔƒo la, esi Ben Hadad kple Fia bubu blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eveawo ganɔ aha nom hede mumu ge kloe la, Ahab ƒe aʋakɔ ƒe akpa gbãtɔ ɖe zɔ ɖe dua dzi.
And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
17 Anyigbadzikpɔlawo ƒe ɖekakpuiawo tre hoho. Ben Hadad dɔ amewo ɖa eye wogbɔ va gblɔ nɛ bena, “Samaria ŋutsuwo ho aʋa gbɔna ɖa.”
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying: 'There are men come out from Samaria.'
18 Ben Hadad ɖe gbe na wo be, “Milé wo agbagbe ne wova na ŋutifafa loo alo aʋawɔwɔ!”
And he said: 'Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for war, take them alive.'
19 Ɖekakpui siwo nye asrafo, siwo le nutoa dzi kpɔm la dze ŋgɔ eye asrafoawo kplɔ wo ɖo do le dua me.
So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
20 Ame sia ame wu Siria srafo ɖeka. Sẽe ko la, vɔvɔ̃ ɖo Syriaʋakɔ blibo la eye wosi. Israelviwo kplɔ wo ɖo. Ben Hadad kple eŋume ʋɛ aɖewo do sɔwo kple tasiaɖamwo hesi.
And they slew every one his man; and the Arameans fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.
21 Ke Israelviwo xɔ Syriatɔwo ƒe sɔwo kple tasiaɖamwo ƒe akpa gãtɔ eye wowu Siriatɔ geɖewo.
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Arameans with a great slaughter.
22 Nyagblɔɖila la te ɖe Israel fia ŋu eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Dzra ɖo na Siria fia ƒe aʋa bubu hoho ɖe ŋuwò!”
And the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said unto him: 'Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest; for at the return of the year the king of Aram will come up against thee.'
23 Esi Israelviwo ɖu Siriatɔwo dzi la, Ben Hadad ƒe aʋakplɔlawo gblɔ nɛ be, “Israelviwo ƒe mawuwo nye todzimawuwo eya tae woɖu mía dzi; ke míate ŋu aɖu wo dzi bɔbɔe le balime.
And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him: 'Their God is a God of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
24 Azɔ la, na aʋafiawo naxɔ fiawo teƒe.
And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their room:
25 Ƒo ƒu aʋakɔ bubu nu abe esi tsrɔ̃ la ene. Na sɔwo, tasiaɖamwo kple aʋawɔla xexlẽme mawo tututu mí eye míawɔ aʋa kpli wo le balime. Ekema ɖikeke aɖeke meli be míaɖu wo dzi kokoko o!” Ale Fia Ben Hadad wɔ nu si wogblɔ nɛ.
and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.' And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
26 Esi ƒe trɔ la, eƒo Aramea aʋakɔ la nu ƒu eye wòho aʋa ɖe Israel ŋu azɔ le Afek.
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27 Israel hã ƒo eƒe aʋawɔlawo nu ƒu, wodi nuɖuɖu da ɖi eye woyi aʋagbedzi. Ke Israelʋakɔ la dze abe gbɔ̃viwo ƒe ha eve ko ene ne wotsɔe sɔ kple Arameatɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ si gbagba ɖe balime la ŋu!
And the children of Israel were mustered, and were victualled, and went against them; and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Arameans filled the country.
28 Mawu ƒe ame aɖe yi Israel fia la gbɔ eye wògblɔ nya siawo tso Yehowa gbɔ nɛ: “Esi Siriatɔwo gblɔ be, ‘Yehowa nye to dzi Mawu eye menye balime ƒe Mawu o’ ta la, makpe ɖe mia ŋu miaɖu aʋakɔ gã sia dzi eye mianya be nyee nye Yehowa nyateƒe.”
And a man of God came near and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Because the Arameans have said: The LORD is a God of the hills, but he is not a God of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.'
29 Aʋakɔ eveawo ƒu asaɖa anyi dze ŋgɔ wo nɔewo ŋkeke adre eye aʋa la dze egɔme le ŋkeke adrelia gbe. Israelviwo wu Siriatɔ akpe alafa ɖeka le ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi.
And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel slew of the Arameans a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
30 Aʋawɔla siwo susɔ la si yi Afek ƒe gliwo megbe, ke gliawo ƒe akpa aɖe mu dze wo dzi eye wo dometɔ akpe blaeve-vɔ-adre ku. Ben Hadad si yi du la me eye wòbe ɖe aƒe aɖe ƒe xɔ ememetɔ me.
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
31 Eƒe aʋakplɔlawo gblɔ nɛ be, “Amegã, míese be Israel fiawo nye nublanuikpɔnamelawo. Na míata akpanya, akaka ɖa ɖe ta eye míayi Fia Ahab gbɔ kpɔ be ana nànɔ agbe mahã?”
And his servants said unto him: 'Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life.'
32 Ale woyi Fia Ahab gbɔ eye woɖe kuku nɛ be, “Wò dɔla, Fia Ben Hadad le kuku ɖem be, ‘Na manɔ agbe!’” Israel Fia bia be, “Oo, egale agbea? Nɔvinyee!”
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said: 'Thy servant Ben-hadad saith: I pray thee, let me live.' And he said: 'Is he yet alive? he is my brother.'
33 Ameawo ɖo eŋu kaba be, “Ɛ̃, nɔviwò, Fia Ben Hadad, gale agbe!” Israel Fia gblɔ na wo be, “Miyi ɖakplɔe vɛ.” Esi Ben Hadad va ɖo la, Ahab na wòge ɖe eƒe tasiaɖam me!
Now the men took it for a sign, and hastened to catch it from him; and they said: 'Thy brother Ben-hadad.' Then he said: 'Go ye, bring him.' Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into his chariot.
34 Ben Hadad gblɔ nɛ be, “Magbugbɔ du siwo fofonye xɔ le fofowò si la na wò; àte ŋu atsa asi kple Damasko abe ale si fofonye wɔ le Samaria ene.” Ahab gblɔ be, “Bla nu kplim, ekema maɖe asi le ŋuwò nàdzo.” Ale wòbla nu kplii eye wòɖe asi le eŋu wòdzo.
And Ben-hadad said unto him: 'The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.' 'And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant.' So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
35 Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Yehowa ƒe gbe va na nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo dometɔ ɖeka be, wòagblɔ na nɔvia aɖe be, “Tsɔ wò yi dzam!” Ke nɔvia gbe.
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of the LORD: 'Smite me, I pray thee.' And the man refused to smite him.
36 Ale nyagblɔɖila la gblɔ nɛ be, “Esi mèɖo to Yehowa ƒe gbe o ta la, dzata aɖe awu wò ne èdzo le gbɔnye ko.” Nyateƒe, esi wòtrɔ be yeadzo ko la, dzata aɖe wui.
Then said he unto him: 'Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.' And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him; and slew him.
37 Nyagblɔɖila la trɔ ɖe ame bubu gbɔ gblɔ nɛ be, “Tsɔ wò yi dzam.” Ame la dzae eye wòde abi eŋu.
Then he found another man, and said: 'Smite me, I pray thee.' And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.
38 Nyagblɔɖila la tso mɔ na fia la. Etsɔ avɔ kakɛ bla eƒe ŋkuwo dzi, ale be womagadze si ye o.
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
39 Esi fia la tso eme va yina la, nyagblɔɖila la do ɣli yɔe gblɔ be, “Wò dɔla yi afi si aʋa la bi dzo le eye ame aɖe va gbɔnye kple aʋaléleawo dometɔ ɖeka eye wògblɔ nam be, ‘Nɔ ame sia ŋuti dzɔm. Ne ebu la, wò agbe axɔ ɖe eƒe agbe teƒe alo nàxe klosalo kilogram blaetɔ̃-vɔ-ene.’
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said: 'Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said: Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
40 Esi wò dɔla nɔ srẽɖi dzem le afii kple afi kemɛ la, amea si dzo.” Israel fia gblɔ nɛ be, “Esiae nye wò afiatsotso. Wò ŋutɔe tso afia, bu fɔ ɖokuiwò.”
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.'
41 Tete nyagblɔɖila la ɖe avɔ kakɛ la ɖa le eƒe ŋkume eye fia la dze sii be yeƒe nyagblɔɖilawo dometɔ ɖekae.
And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
42 Nyagblɔɖila la gblɔ nɛ be, “Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Esi nèɖe asi le ame si mebe wòaku la ŋu wògale agbe ta la, ele be nàku ɖe eteƒe eye wò amewo atsrɔ̃ ɖe eƒe amewo teƒe.’”
And he said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.'
43 Ale Israel fia trɔ yi Samaria kple dɔmedzoe kple moyɔyɔ.
And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.
