1 Ahemfo 15
1 Yeroboam dii ade wɔ Israel ne mfe dunwɔtwe so no, Abiyam bɛyɛɛ Yudahene.
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
2 Odii hene wɔ Yerusalem mfe abiɛsa. Na ne na din de Maaka a ɔyɛ Absalom babea.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
3 Nʼagya bɔne a ɔyɛe nyinaa no, ɔyɛɛ bi. Na ne koma nni Awurade ne Nyankopɔn mu; wansɛ ne nena Dawid.
He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with YHWH his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 Nanso esiane Dawid nti, Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn maa nʼasefo kwan ma wɔkɔɔ so dii ade, na ɔmaa Abiyam ɔbabarima a obedi nʼade wɔ Yerusalem.
Nevertheless for David's sake, YHWH his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
5 Na Dawid ayɛ nea eye wɔ Awurade ani so. Odii Awurade ahyɛde so ne nkwa nna nyinaa, gye Hetini Uria no ho asɛm no nko ara.
because David did that which was right in the eyes of YHWH, and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hethite.
6 Abiyam nkwa nna mu nyinaa, na akokoakoko da ɔno ne Yeroboam ntam.
[Now there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.]
7 Nsɛm a aka a esisii wɔ Abiyam ahenni mu ne nea ɔyɛe no, wɔankyerɛw wɔ Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana? Ɔko daa Abiyam ne Yeroboam ntam bere biara.
The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 Na Abiyam wui no, wosiee no wɔ Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Asa dii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the City of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
9 Yeroboam dii hene wɔ Israel ne mfe aduonu so no, Asa bedii hene wɔ Yuda.
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.
10 Odii hene Yerusalem mfe aduanan baako. Na wɔfrɛ ne nenabea Maaka a na ɔyɛ Absalom babea.
He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
11 Asa yɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, sɛnea ne nena Dawid yɛe no.
Asa did that which was right in the eyes of YHWH, as did David his father.
12 Ɔpam nsɔree so so nguamanfo nyinaa fii asase no so, na oyiyii ahoni a nʼagyanom yɛe no nyinaa.
And he banished the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13 Na mpo, otuu ne nenabea Maaka fii ahemmeagua no so, efisɛ na wayɛ Asera ahoni dua a na ɛyɛ akyiwade. Asa twaa dua no na ɔhyew no wɔ Kidron bon mu.
Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it in the Kidron Valley.
14 Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔantutu abosonsom nsɔre so no nyinaa amfi Israel de, nanso Asa kɔɔ so de ne koma hyɛɛ Awurade mu nʼasetena nyinaa mu.
But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with YHWH all his days.
15 Ɔde dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne nneɛma a ɔno ne nʼagya too din de maa Awurade Asɔredan no bae.
He brought into the house of YHWH the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
16 Na akokoakoko wɔ Yudahene Asa ne Israelhene Baasa ntam.
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 Israelhene Baasa kɔko tiaa Yuda, na ɔmaa Rama bammɔ sɛnea obi ntumi nni ahyɛmfiri wɔ Yudahene Asa asase so.
Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Asa tasee dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ no a ɛkaa wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no adekoradan mu ne nea na ɛwɔ ahemfi no adekoradan no mu. Ɔde hyɛɛ ne mpanyimfo no mu bi nsa, na ɔsomaa wɔn ma wɔkɔɔ Hesion babarima Tabrimon babarima Siriahene Ben-Hadad a na odi hene wɔ Damasko no nkyɛn, na ɔde saa nsɛm yi kaa ho:
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of YHWH, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived at Damascus, saying,
19 “Ma yɛnyɛ apam a na ɛda wʼagya ne mʼagya ntam no foforo. Tie, mede akyɛde a ɛyɛ dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ resoma de abrɛ wo. Twa wo ne Israelhene Baasa apam no mu, sɛnea ɔremfa ne nsa nka me.”
"Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me."
20 Ben-Hadad penee ɔhene Asa abisade no so, na ɔsomaa nʼakofo, ma wɔkɔtow hyɛɛ Israel so. Wodii nkurow Iyon, Dan, Abel-Bet-Maaka ne Kineret a Naftali nsase nyinaa ka ho no so.
Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Kinnereth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 Na Israelhene Baasa tee asɛm a asi no, ogyaee nʼadwuma a na ɔreyɛ de abɔ Rama ho ban no, kɔɔ Tirsa kɔtenaa hɔ.
It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
22 Afei, ɔhene Asa soma kɔɔ Yuda mmaa nyinaa, kɔkaa se ɔhwehwɛ sɛ obiara bɛboa asoa adansi abo ne nnua a na Baasa de reyɛ bammɔdwuma wɔ Rama no afi hɔ. Asa de saa bammɔ nneɛma no kyekyeree kurow Geba a ɛwɔ Benyamin ne Mispa nso.
Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 Asa ahenni ho nsɛm nkae ne nea ne tumi kodui no, ne nkurow a ɔkyekyeree no nyinaa din no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana? Mmom, ne nkwakorabɔ mu no, ɔyaree ne nan.
Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
24 Bere a Asa wui no, wosiee no nʼagyanom nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Yehosafat bedii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
25 Yeroboam babarima Nadab fii ase dii ade wɔ Israel bere a na ɔhene Asa adi ade wɔ Yuda mfe abien mu. Odii ade wɔ Israel mfe abien.
Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
26 Na ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Odii nʼagya anammɔn akyi, toaa so yɛɛ bɔne, som abosom sɛnea na Yeroboam adi Israel anim ama wɔayɛ no.
He did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
27 Na Ahiya babarima Baasa a ofi Isakar abusuakuw mu no pam Nadab ti so, kum no bere a na ɔne Israel asraafo akyere nsraban, retua Filistifo kurow Gibeton ano no.
Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
28 Baasa kum Nadab wɔ ɔhene Asa adedi wɔ Yuda mfe abiɛsa mu no so, na ɔbɛyɛɛ Israelhene a odi hɔ.
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.
29 Ntɛm ara, okunkum ɔhene Yeroboam asefo nyinaa a adehye abusua no mu baako koraa anka, sɛnea Awurade nam odiyifo Ahiya a ofi Silo ahyɛ bɔ afa Yeroboam ho no.
It happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam: he did not leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of YHWH, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
30 Saa asɛm yi sii, efisɛ Yeroboam di a odii Israel anim ma wɔyɛɛ bɔne no hyɛɛ Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn abufuw.
for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked YHWH, the God of Israel, to anger.
31 Nadab ahenni ho nsɛm nkae ne dwuma a odii nyinaa no, wɔankyerɛw angu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
32 Na akokoakoko wɔ Asa ne Israelhene Baasa ntam.
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 Ahiya ba Baasa fii ase dii Israel so wɔ ɔhene Asa adedi wɔ Yuda no mfe abiɛsa mu. Baasa dii ade fii Tirsa mfe aduonu anan.
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
34 Na ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Odii Yeroboam anammɔn akyi, som abosom, sɛnea Yeroboam dii Israel anim yɛe no.
He did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
