1 Ahemfo 15
1 Yeroboam dii ade wɔ Israel ne mfe dunwɔtwe so no, Abiyam bɛyɛɛ Yudahene.
In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
2 Odii hene wɔ Yerusalem mfe abiɛsa. Na ne na din de Maaka a ɔyɛ Absalom babea.
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah. She was 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 that his father had committed before his time; his heart was not devoted to Yahweh his God as the heart of David, his ancestor, had been.
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, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up his son after him in order to strengthen 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.
God did this because David had done what was right in his eyes; for all the days of his life, he had not turned away from anything that he commanded him, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6 Abiyam nkwa nna mu nyinaa, na akokoakoko da ɔno ne Yeroboam ntam.
Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijah's 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.
As for the other matters of Abijah, all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
8 Na Abiyam wui no, wosiee no wɔ Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Asa dii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Asa his son became king 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, Asa began to reign over Judah.
10 Odii hene Yerusalem mfe aduanan baako. Na wɔfrɛ ne nenabea Maaka a na ɔyɛ Absalom babea.
He ruled forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11 Asa yɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, sɛnea ne nena Dawid yɛe no.
Asa did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as David, his ancestor, had done.
12 Ɔpam nsɔree so so nguamanfo nyinaa fii asase no so, na oyiyii ahoni a nʼagyanom yɛe no nyinaa.
He expelled the cultic prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his ancestors 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.
He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure and burned it at 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, Asa's heart was completely devoted to Yahweh 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 Yahweh the things that were set apart by his father, and his own things that had been set apart that were made of 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, acted aggressively against Judah and built up Ramah, so that he might not allow anyone to leave or enter into the land of 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 gold left in the storerooms in the house of Yahweh, and the storerooms of the king's palace. He put it into the hands of his servants and sent it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus. He said,
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 covenant between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Look, I have sent to you a gift of silver and gold. Break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he may leave me alone.”
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 commanders of his armies, and they attacked the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel of Beth Maacah, and all Kinnereth, together 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 came about that when Baasha heard this, he stopped building up Ramah and went back to 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. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones and timbers of Ramah with which Baasha had been building up the city. Then King Asa used that building material to build up 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.
As for the other matters of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah? But during 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.
Then Asa slept with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David his father. Jehoshaphat his son became king 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 son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; 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 what was evil in the sight of Yahweh and walked in the way of his father, and in his own sin, by which he led 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 son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, conspired against Nadab; Baasha killed him down 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.
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and became king 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.
As soon as he was king, Baasha killed all the family of Jeroboam. He left none of Jeroboam's descendants breathing; in this way he destroyed his royal line, just as Yahweh had spoken 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 committed and by which he led Israel to sin, because he provoked Yahweh, 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?
As for the other matters concerning Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events 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 son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah and he reigned 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 what was evil in the sight of Yahweh and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin by which he led Israel to sin.
