1 Beresosɛm 11
1 Na Israel nyinaa kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn wɔ Hebron kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Yɛn nyinaa yɛ wʼabusuafo.
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.
2 Mmere tenten bi a atwa mu, mpo bere a Saulo di yɛn so hene no, na wone obi a nokware na wudi Israel anim. Na Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn, aka kyerɛ wo se, ‘Wobɛyɛ oguanhwɛfo ama me nkurɔfo Israel. Wobɛyɛ wɔn sodifo!’”
Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt; be ruler over them.
3 Enti Hebron hɔ, Dawid ne Israel ntuanofo yɛɛ apam wɔ Awurade anim. Wɔsraa no ngo, sii no Israelhene sɛnea Awurade nam Samuel so hyɛɛ ho bɔ no.
So all the ancients of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the Lord: and they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke in the hand of Samuel.
4 Na Dawid ne Israel nyinaa kɔɔ Yerusalem anaa Yebus, sɛnea na wɔfrɛ hɔ kan no, efisɛ Yebusifo na wɔkɔtenaa asase no so kan kyekyeree.
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.
5 Nnipa a wofi Yebus no ka kyerɛɛ Dawid se, “Worentumi mma ha da biara da.” Nanso Dawid faa aban a na ɛwɔ Sion a wɔfrɛ no Dawid Kurow no.
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is the city of David.
6 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ nʼakofo no se, “Mo mu biara a obedi anim na yɛakɔtow ahyɛ Yebusifo no so no na ɔbɛyɛ mʼakofo so sahene.” Na Dawid, nuabea Seruia babarima Yoab dii ɔko no anim, nti ɔbɛyɛɛ Dawid asraafo so sahene.
And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the general.
7 Dawid tenaa aban no mu, na ɛno nti na wɔfrɛɛ hɔ Dawid kurow no.
And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called the city of David.
8 Dawid kyekyeree kurow no, trɛw mu fi Milo de twaa ho hyiae, bere a na Yoab nso rekyekyere Yerusalem nkae no.
And he built the city round about from Mello all round, and Joab built the rest of the city.
9 Na Dawid tumi yɛɛ kɛse, efisɛ na Asafo Awurade ka ne ho.
And David went on growing and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him.
10 Eyinom ne Dawid dɔmmarima ntuanofo. Wɔne Israel nyinaa bɔɔ mu, sii gyinae sɛ wɔde Dawid bɛyɛ wɔn so hene sɛnea Awurade ahyɛ bɔ afa Israel ho no.
These are the chief of the valiant men of David, who helped him to be made king over all Israel, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Israel.
11 Dawid dɔmmarima no ho nsɛm ni: Nea odi kan no ne Yasobeam a ɔyɛ Hakmonini a na ɔda Baasa no ano sɛ ɔsahene—Baasa no yɛ dɔmmarima akatakyi a na wɔwɔ Dawid asraafo mu. Bere bi ɔde ne peaw kunkum atamfo ahaasa wɔ akodi baako mu.
And this is the number of the heroes of David: Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni the chief among the thirty: he lifted up his spear against three hundred wounded by him at one time.
12 Nea ɔto so abien wɔ Baasa no mu no yɛ Dodo babarima Eleasar a ɔyɛ Ahoa aseni.
And after him was Eleazar his uncle’s son the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
13 Bere a Dawid sɔre tiaa Filistifo wɔ Pas-Damim no, na ɔka ne ho. Ɔko no sii wɔ baabi a na ɛyɛ atokofuw nko, na Israel asraafo no guanee.
He was with David in Phesdomim, when the Philistines were gathered to that place to battle: and the field of that country was full of barley, and the people fled from before the Philistines.
14 Nanso Eleasar ne Dawid gyinaa wɔn anan so wɔ afuw no mfimfini, bɔɔ Filistifo no gui. Na Awurade ma wodii nkonim de gyee wɔn.
But these men stood in the midst of the field, and defended it: and they slew the Philistines, and the Lord gave a great deliverance to his people.
15 Da bi a Dawid wɔ ɔbotan bi a ɛbɛn Adulam ɔbodan ho no, na Filistifo asraafo akyere nsraban wɔ Refaim bon mu. Baasa no a na wɔka Aduasa no a wonim de wɔ Dawid asraafo mu no sian kohyiaa no wɔ hɔ.
And three of the thirty captains went down to the rock, wherein David was, to the cave of Odollam, when the Philistines encamped in the valley of Raphaim.
16 Saa bere no na Dawid te ɔko ahintawee mu hɔ a na Filistifo asraafokuw bi akɔtena Betlehem.
And David was in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines in Bethlehem.
17 Dawid fi akɔnnɔ mu kae se, “Ao me kɔn dɔ nsu pa a ɛwɔ abura a ɛwɔ Betlehem no bi; nea ɛbɛn ɔpon ano no bi.”
And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.
18 Enti Baasa no bɔ wuraa Filistifo no mu, kɔsaw abura no mu nsu no bi de brɛɛ Dawid. Nanso Dawid annom. Mmom, ohwie guu Awurade anim
And these three broke through the midst of the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the cistern of Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and brought it to David to drink: and he would not drink of it, but rather offered it to the Lord,
19 teɛɛ mu se, “Ɛmpare me sɛ mɛnom saa nsu yi. Ɛsom bo sɛ saa mmarima yi a wɔde wɔn ho bɔɔ afɔre kɔsaw brɛɛ me no mogya.” Enti Dawid annom. Eyi yɛ Baasa no mmaninsɛm no bi nhwɛso.
Saying: God forbid that I should do this in the sight of my God, and should drink the blood of these men: for with the danger of their lives they have brought me the water. And therefore he would not drink. These things did the three most valiant.
20 Yoab nuabarima Abisai na na otua Aduasa no ano. Ɔko baako bi mu no, ɔde ne peaw kunkum atamfo no mu ahaasa. Saa mmaninsɛm yi nti na ogyee din sɛ Baasa no.
And Abisai the brother of Joab, he was chief of three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew, and he was renowned among the three,
21 Abisai na na ne din ahyeta yiye wɔ Aduasa no mu sɛ wɔn sahene, nso na ɔnka Baasa no ho.
And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three.
22 Na Yehoiada babarima Benaia a ofi Kabseel no nso wɔ hɔ. Na ɔno nso di mmarimasɛm. Ɔyɛɛ bebree a emu baako ne sɛ okunkum Moab akofo akɛse baanu bi. Bere foforo bi nso, ɔtaa gyata maa aboa no kɔtɔɔ amoa mu. Na sukyerɛmma ama fam ayɛ toro nanso ɔkyeree gyata no kum no.
Banaias the son of Joiada, a most valiant man, of Cabseel, who had done many acts: he slew the two ariels of Moab: and he went down, and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of snow.
23 Da bi a na okura kontibaa nko ara no, okum Misraimni ɔkofo bi a na ne tenten yɛ anammɔn ason ne fa. Na ne peaw no mu pipiripi te sɛ ntamanwemfo nsadua. Benaia huam peaw no fii Misraimni no nsam, de kum no.
And he slew an Egyptian, whose stature was of five cubits, and who had a spear like a weaver’s beam: and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked away the spear, that he held in his hand, and slew him with his own spear.
24 Eyinom na Yehoiada babarima Benaia yɛe, ma ogyee din te sɛ Baasa no.
These things did Banaias the son of Joiada, who was renowned among the three valiant ones,
25 Wɔhyɛɛ no anuonyam sen nkae a wɔka Aduasa no ho no, nso na ɔmfra Baasa no mu. Na Dawid yɛɛ no ne ho awɛmfo no so sahene.
And the first among the thirty, but yet to the three he attained not: and David made him of his council.
26 Nnipa a na wɔka Dawid dɔmmarima no ho ni: Yoab nuabarima Asahel; Dodo babarima Elhanan a ofi Betlehem;
Moreover the most valiant men of the army, were Asahel brother of Joab, and Elchanan the son of his uncle of Bethlehem,
27 Samot a ofi Harori; Heles a ofi Pelon;
Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Phalonite,
28 Ikes babarima Ira a ofi Tekoa; Abieser a ofi Anatot;
Ira the son of Acces a Thecuite, Abiezer an Anathothite,
29 Sibekai a ofi Husa; Salmon a ofi Ahoa;
Sobbochai a Husathite, Ilai an Ahohite,
30 Maharai a ofi Netofa; Baana a ofi Netofa babarima Heled;
Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the son of Baana a Netophathite,
31 Ribai a ofi Gibea babarima Itai (wofi Benyamin abusuakuw mu); Benaia a ofi Piraton;
Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath of the sons of Benjamin, Banal a Pharathonite,
32 Hurai a ofi baabi a ɛbɛn Nahale-Gaas; Abiel a ofi Araba.
Hurai of the torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite,
33 Asmawet a ofi Baharum; Eliahba a ofi Saalbon.
The sons of Assem a, Gezonite, Jonathan the son of Sage an Ararite,
34 Hasem mmabarima a wofi Gison; Sage babarima Yonatan a ofi Harar.
Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite,
35 Sakar babarima Ahiam a ofi Harar; Ur babarima Elifar.
Eliphal the son of Ur,
36 Hefer a ofi Mekera; Ahiya a ofi Pelon.
Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia a Phelonite,
37 Hesro a ofi Karmel; Esbai babarima Naarai.
Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of Azbai,
38 Natan nuabarima Yoel; Hagri babarima Mibhar.
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the son of Agarai.
39 Selek a ofi Amon; Naharai a ofi Beerot (a na ɔyɛ Yoab akodekurafo);
Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Sarvia.
40 Ira a ofi Yitri; Gareb a ofi Yitri;
Ira a Jethrite, Gareb a Jethrite,
41 Hetini Uria; Ahlai babarima Sabad;
Urias a Hethite, Zabad the son of Oholi,
42 Sisa babarima Adina a na ɔda Rubenfo ano, a na mmarima aduasa ka ne ho;
Adina the son of Siza a Rubenite the prince of the Rubenites, and thirty with him:
43 Maaka babarima Hanan; Yosafat a ofi Mitna;
Hanan the son of Maacha, and Josaphat a Mathanite,
44 Usia a ofi Astera; Hotam a ofi Aroer mmabarima Sama ne Yeiel;
Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and Jehiel the sons of Hotham an Arorite,
45 Simri babarima Yediael; Yoha ne nuabarima a ofi Tis;
Jedihel the son of Zamri, and Jobs his brother a Thosaite,
46 Eliel a ofi Mahawi; Elnaam mmabarima Yeribai ne Yosawia; Yitma a ofi Moab;
Eliel a Mithumite, and Jeribai, and Josaia the sons of Elnaim, and Jethma a Moabite,
47 Eliel ne Obed; Yaasiel a ofi Soba.
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel of Masobia.
