1 Ahemfo 22
1 Ɔko biara ansi Aram ne Israel ntam mfe abiɛsa.
And he rested three years, and there was no war between Syria and Israel.
2 Na mfe abiɛsa no mu, ɔhene Yehosafat a odi ade wɔ Yuda kɔɔ Israelhene Ahab nkyɛn.
And it came to pass in the third year, that Josaphat king of Juda went down to the king of Israel.
3 Na Ahab abisa ne mpanyimfo se, “Moahu sɛ Aramfo da so te yɛn kurow Ramot Gilead mu ana? Nanso yɛnyɛɛ ho hwee!”
And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know you that Remmath Galaad [is] ours, and we are slow to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4 Enti obisaa Yehosafat se, “Wobɛka me ho na yɛako atia Ramot Gilead ana?” Na Yehosafat buaa ɔhene Ahab se, “Adɛn? Ɛyɛ asɛm a ɛda ne kwan mu. Wo ne me yɛ anuanom, na mʼakofo yɛ wo de sɛ wobɛka asɛm a wopɛ akyerɛ wɔn. Mpo, mʼapɔnkɔ da wo da.”
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Will you go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle?
5 Na Yehosafat ka kaa ho se, “Nea edi kan no, ma yemmisa Awurade hɔ afotu.”
And Josaphat said, As I [am], so [are] you also; as my people, [so is] your people; as my horses, [so are] your horses. And Josaphat king of Juda said to the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray you, of the Lord today.
6 Enti ɔhene Ahab frɛɛ nʼadiyifo a wɔn dodow bɛyɛ ahannan no nyinaa, bisaa wɔn se, “Menkɔko ntia Ramot Gilead anaa mennkɔ?” Wɔn nyinaa buae se, “Kɔ so! Awurade bɛma woadi nkonim anuonyam so.”
And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men; and the king said to them, Shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and they said, Go up, and the Lord will surely give [it] into the hands of the king.
7 Nanso Yehosafat bisae se, “Enti Awurade diyifo biara nso nni ha? Anka mepɛ sɛ mibisa no saa asɛm koro no ara.”
And Josaphat said to the king of Israel, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him?
8 Ɔhene Ahab buae se, “Awurade diyifo baako da so wɔ ha, nanso metan no. Ɔnhyɛ nkɔm pa biara sɛ nkɔm bɔne na ɔhyɛ fa me ho. Ne din de Mikaia a ɔyɛ Imla babarima.” Na Yehosafat kae se, “Nkasa saa. Momma yentie asɛm a ɔwɔ ka.”
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is one man here [for us] to enquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Michaias son of Jemblaa. And Josaphat king of Juda said, Let not the king say so.
9 Enti Israelhene frɛɛ ne mpanyimfo no mu baako, ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ka wo ho kɔfa Imla babarima Mikaia bra.”
And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, [Bring hither] quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa.
10 Israelhene Ahab ne Yudahene Yehosafat hyɛɛ wɔn ahemfo ntade, tenaa wɔn ahengua mu wɔ apongua a ɛbɛn Samaria kwan no ano. Saa bere no, na Ahab adiyifo no rehyɛ nkɔm wɔ wɔn anim.
And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 Na wɔn mu baako a ɔyɛ Kenaana babarima Sedekia de nnade yɛɛ mmɛn, na ɔdaa no adi se, “Sɛnea Awurade se ni: Mode saa mmɛn yi bɛwowɔ Aramfo yi ama wɔawuwu!”
And Sedekias son of Chanaan made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus says the Lord, With these you shall push Syria, until it be consumed.
12 Adiyifo a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa penee so kae se, “Yiw, monkɔ Ramot-Gilead, na munkodi nkonim, efisɛ Awurade bɛma moadi nkonim.”
And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying, Go up to Remmath Galaad, and [the thing] shall prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it and the king of Syria into your hands.
13 Na ɔbɔfo a ɔkɔfaa Mikaia no ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Tie, adiyifo no nyinaa hyɛ nkonimdi ho nkɔm ma ɔhene. Hwɛ sɛ wo ne wɔn adwene bɛyɛ baako, na wo nso, wobɛhyɛ nkonimdi ho nkɔm.”
And the messenger that went to call Michaias spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak with one mouth good concerning the king, let now your words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things.
14 Nanso Mikaia buae se, “Mmere dodow a Awurade te ase yi, nea Awurade aka akyerɛ me sɛ menka no, ɛno na mɛka.”
And Michaias said, [As] the Lord lives, whatever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.
15 Bere a Mikaia beduu ahemfi no, Ahab bisaa no se, “Mikaia, yɛnkɔko ntia Ramot-Gilead anaa yɛnnkɔ?” Na Mikaia buae se, “Monkɔ! Na Awurade bɛma ɔhene adi nkonim anuonyam so.”
And he came to the king: and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and he said, Go up, and the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
16 Ɔhene amma nʼano ansi, na obuaa no se, “Mpɛn ahe na menka nkyerɛ wo se, sɛ worekasa ama Awurade a, ka nokwasɛm?”
And the king said to him, How often shall I adjure you, that you speak to me truth in the name of the Lord?
17 Na Mikaia ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Anisoadehu mu, mihuu sɛ Israel abɔ apete mmepɔw no so, te sɛ nguan a wonni ɔhwɛfo. Na Awurade kae se, ‘Wɔakum wɔn wura. Ma wɔnkɔ fie asomdwoe mu.’”
And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, [Is] not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.
18 Israelhene ka kyerɛɛ Yehosafat se, “Manka saa ankyerɛ wo ana? Da biara saa na ɔyɛ. Ɔnhyɛ nkɔm pa biara sɛ atoro nkɔm na ɔhyɛ fa me ho.”
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, Did I not say to you that this man does not prophesy good to me, for [he speaks] nothing but evil?
19 Mikaia toaa so se, “Tie nea Awurade ka. Mihuu Awurade sɛ ɔte nʼahengua so a ne ɔsorofo asraafo nyinaa atwa ne ho ahyia wɔ ne nifa ne ne benkum so.”
And Michaias said, Not so, [it is] not I: hear the word of the Lord; [it is] not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left.
20 Na Awurade bisae se, “Hena na obetumi adaadaa Ahab, ama wakɔ ɔko atia Ramot Gilead, a ebetumi aba sɛ wobekum no wɔ hɔ?” Wosusuw nsɛm ahorow bebree ho wɔ hɔ,
And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way.
21 kosii sɛ ne koraa no, honhom bi bɛnee Awurade kae se, “Metumi ayɛ!”
And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him.
22 Awurade bisae se, “Ɔkwan bɛn so na wobɛfa ayɛ eyi?” Na honhom no buae se, “Mɛkɔ akɔdaadaa Ahab adiyifo, ama wɔadi atoro.” Awurade kae se, “Kɔ so yɛ, na wubedi nkonim.
And the Lord said to him, Whereby? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall deceive him, yes, and shall prevail: go forth, and do so.
23 “Enti woahu sɛ Awurade de nkontompo honhom ahyɛ wʼadiyifo no anom. Awurade adwene sɛ ɔde amanehunu bɛba wo so.”
And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against you.
24 Afei Kenaana babarima Sedekia kɔɔ Mikaia so, kɔbɔɔ nʼani so. Obisaa no se, “Da bɛn na Awurade honhom fii me mu bɛkasa kyerɛɛ wo?”
And Sedekias the son of Chanaan came near and struck Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord [has] spoken in you?
25 Na Mikaia buae se, “Ɛrenkyɛ biara, wubehu nokware no, bere a wubeguan akɔtetɛw kokoa mu dan bi mu.”
And Michaias said, Behold, you shall see in that day, when you shall go into an innermost chamber to hide yourself there.
26 Israelhene Ahab hyɛe se, “Monkyere Mikaia, na momfa no nkɔma Amon a ɔyɛ kurow no mu amrado, na momfa no nkɔ me babarima Yoas nkyɛn.
And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and convey him away to Semer the keeper of the city;
27 Monka saa asɛm a efi ɔhene nkyɛn yi nkyerɛ wɔn se, ‘Fa saa ɔbarima yi to afiase. Mommma no aduan biara sɛ brodo ne nsu, kosi sɛ mefi akono bɛba asomdwoe mu.’”
and tell Joas the king's son to put this [fellow] in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace.
28 Nanso Mikaia buae se, “Sɛ wosan ba asomdwoe mu a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, Awurade amfa me so ankasa.” Na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn a wogyinagyina hɔ, atwa ne ho ahyia no se, “Saa asɛm a maka yi, monhyɛ no nsow.”
And Michaias said, If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.
29 Na Israelhene ne Yudahene Yehosafat dii wɔn asraafo anim, kɔtow hyɛɛ Ramot-Gilead so.
So the king of Israel went up, and Josaphat king of Juda with him to Remmath Galaad.
30 Afei, ɔhene Ahab ka kyerɛɛ Yehosafat se, “Yɛrekɔ ɔko yi, mɛsakra me ho, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, obiara renhu me. Nanso, wo de, hyɛ wʼahentade.” Enti Ahab sakraa ne ho, na wɔkɔɔ ɔko no.
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle, and do you put on my raiment. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 Saa bere no, na Aramhene aka akyerɛ ne nteaseɛnamkafo aduasa abien no sɛ, “Monkɔtow nhyɛ Israelhene nko ara so!”
And the king of Syria had charged the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight not [against] small or great, but against the king of Israel only.
32 Enti bere a Aramhene nteaseɛnamkafo no huu Yehosafat sɛ ɔhyɛ nʼahentade no, wɔtaa no. Wɔteɛteɛɛ mu se, “Israelhene no ne no.” Nanso, bere a Yehosafat teɛɛ mu no,
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat king of Juda, that they said, this seems [to be] the king of Israel. And they compassed him about to fight [against] him; and Josaphat cried out.
33 nteaseɛnamkafo no huu sɛ ɛnyɛ ɔno ne Israelhene no nti, wogyaw nʼakyidi.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that this was not the king of Israel, that they returned from him.
34 Aram sraani bi de anibiannaso tow agyan kyerɛɛ Israel asraafo no so, maa ɛkɔwɔɔ Israelhene wɔ ne nkatabo ahyiae so. Ahab teɛɛ mu kyerɛɛ ne teaseɛnamkafo no se, “Fa me fi ha ntɛm, na wɔapira me pa ara.”
And one drew a bow with a good aim, and struck the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to his charioteer, Turn your hands, and carry me away out of the battle, for I am wounded.
35 Ɔko no kɔɔ so saa ara da mu no nyinaa, na wɔde Ahab twerii biribi wɔ ne teaseɛnam mu a nʼani kyerɛ Aramfo no. Mogya tuu no fi nʼapirakuru no mu, guu teaseɛnam no mu, na onwini dwoe no, owui.
And the war was turned in that day, and the king was standing on the chariot, against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
36 Onwini reyɛ adwo no, wɔteɛteɛɛ mu faa asraafo no nyinaa mu se: “Ɔko no aba awiei. Monsan nkɔ fie!”
And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,
37 Na ɔhene no wui no, wɔde nʼamu no kɔɔ Samaria, kosiee no wɔ hɔ.
for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria.
38 Na wɔhoroo ne teaseɛnam no ho wɔ asubura bi a ɛwɔ Samaria a nguamanfo guare hɔ, na akraman bɛtaforoo ɔhene no mogya no, sɛnea Awurade aka ato hɔ no.
And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.
39 Nsɛm a ɛfa Ahab ahenni ho ne asonse ahemfi ho asɛm ne nkurow a ɔkyekyeree nyinaa no, wɔakyerɛw agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu.
And the rest of the acts of Achaab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he built, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 Bere a Ahab wui no, wosiee no wɔ nʼagyanom mu. Na ne babarima Ahasia dii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
And Achaab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.
41 Asa babarima Yehosafat bedii Yuda so bere a na Ahab adi ade wɔ Israel ne mfe anan so no.
And Josaphat the son of Asa reigned over Juda: in the fourth year of Achaab king of Israel began Josaphat to reign.
42 Odii ade no, na wadi mfe aduasa anum, na odii ade Yerusalem mfirihyia aduonu anum. Na ne na din de Asuba a ɔyɛ Silhi babea.
Thirty and five years old [was he] when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name [was] Azuba daughter of Salai.
43 Na Yehosafat yɛ ɔhene papa a odii nʼagya Asa anammɔn akyi. Ɔyɛɛ ade a ɛsɔ Awurade ani. Nanso, nʼahenni mu no, wansɛe abosonnan a na nnipa kɔbɔ afɔre, kɔhyew nnuhuam wɔ hɔ no.
And he walked in all the way of Asa his father: he turned not from it, even from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. Only he took not away [any] of the high places: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
44 Yehosafat ne Israelhene tenaa ase asomdwoe mu.
And Josaphat was at peace with the king of Israel.
45 Nsɛm a ɛfa Yehosafat ahenni ho nkae no, faako a ne tumi kodui ne ako a odii no nyinaa, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu.
And the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his mighty deeds, whatever he did, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
46 Ɔpam abosomfi so nguamanfo a na wogu so bɔ aguaman fii nʼagya Asa bere so no nyinaa.
47 Saa bere no, na ɔhene nni Edom gye kurow no sohwɛfo nko.
48 Yehosafat yɛɛ aguadihyɛn bebree sɛ ɛnkɔ Ofir nkɔhwehwɛ sikakɔkɔɔ. Nanso ahyɛn no antumi anyɛ adwuma. Ɛsɛee wɔ Esion-Geber.
49 Saa bere no, Ahab babarima Ahasia susuw ho kyerɛɛ Yehosafat se, “Ma me mmarima ne wo mmarima nkɔ po so akwan nsrahwɛ.” Nanso Yehosafat ampene so.
50 Yehosafat wui no, wosiee no nʼagyanom nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurom. Ne babarima Yehoram na odii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried by his fathers in the city of David his father, and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ahab babarima Ahasia fii ase dii Israel so bere a na Yehosafat adi ade mfe dunson wɔ Yuda. Odii ade wɔ Samaria mfe abien.
And Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria: in the seventeenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria two years.
52 Na ɔfaa nʼagya ne ne na ne Nebat babarima Yeroboam anammɔn so, som ahoni, yɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Achaab his father, and in the way of Jezabel his mother, and in the sins of the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin.
53 Ɔsom Baal, sɔree no, nam so fuw Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, bo sɛnea nʼagya yɛe no.
And he served Baalim, and worshipped them, and provoked the Lord God of Israel, according to all that had been done before him.
