1 Ahemfo 9

1 Bere a Salomo wiee Awurade asɔredan no ne ahemfi no si no, ohuu sɛ wayɛ nea ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ no nyinaa awie.

And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,

2 Awurade daa ne ho adi kyerɛɛ no ne mprenu so, sɛnea na wada ne ho adi akyerɛ no wɔ Gibeon dedaw no.

that the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

3 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se: “Mate wo mpaebɔ ne wʼadesrɛ. Matew saa asɔredan yi a woasi no ho, sɛnea wɔbɛhyɛ me din anuonyam wɔ hɔ afebɔɔ. Mɛhwɛ so na mama mʼani aku ho.

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

4 “Na wo, sɛ wode nokware ne nyamesuro di mʼakyi, sɛnea wʼagya Dawid yɛe, na odii me mmara ne mʼahyɛde nyinaa so no a,

And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments;

5 metim wʼahenni nnidiso ase wɔ Israel afebɔɔ, sɛnea meka kyerɛɛ wʼagya Dawid se, ‘Ɛremma sɛ worennya ɔbarima bi ntena Israel ahengua no so da no.’

then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever; according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

6 “Na sɛ wo anaa wo mmabarima dan fi me ho, na wubu mmara ne mʼahyɛde a mede ama mo no so, na sɛ wofi akyi kɔsom anyame afoforo, sɔre wɔn a,

But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:

7 ɛno de, metwa Israel afi asase a mede ama wɔn no so, na mapo saa asɔredan a matew ho wɔ me din mu no. Ɛbɛma Israel atɔ sin, na ayɛ aserewde wɔ nnipa nyinaa mu.

then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples:

8 Na ɛwɔ mu sɛ saa Asɔredan yi yɛ fɛ de, nanso wɔn a wobetwa mu wɔ ho no betwiri no, adi ho abooboo, abisa se, ‘Adɛn nti na Awurade ayɛ asase yi ne Asɔredan yi saa?’

And though this house be so high, yet shall every one that passeth by be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

9 Nnipa bebua se, ‘Efisɛ wɔapa Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn a oyii wɔn agyanom fii Misraim no akyi, na wɔde wɔn ho akɔdan anyame afoforo a wɔresom wɔn, sɔre wɔn. Ɛno nti na Awurade ama saa ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ yi aba wɔn so no.’”

and they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, which brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought all this evil upon them.

10 Mfe aduonu a Salomo de sii Awurade asɔredan no ne ahemfi no akyi,

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king’s house,

11 ɔhene Salomo de nkurow aduonu a ɛwɔ Galilea maa Tirohene Huram, efisɛ Huram maa no sida nnua ne ɔpepaw nnua ne sikakɔkɔɔ a na ohia.

(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire, ) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

12 Huram fii Tiro kɔhwɛɛ nkurow a Salomo de ama no no, nanso nʼani ansɔ koraa.

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

13 Obisae se, “Me nua, na nkurow bɛn na wode ama me yi? Saa nkurow yi nni mu!” Enti ɔfrɛɛ hɔ Kabul, “Nea enni mu” de besi nnɛ.

And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul, unto this day.

14 Na Huram asoma ma wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ tɔn anan akɔma Salomo.

And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

15 Ɔkwan a ɔhene Salomo faa so tintim, hyɛɛ nnipa, ma wosii Awurade asɔredan no ne nʼahemfi, Milo, Yerusalem fasu ne Hasor, Megido ne Geser nkurow no ni:

And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 Misraimhene kotuaa Geser, gyee hɔ fae. Okum Kanaanfo a wɔte kurow no mu nyinaa, hyew hɔ pasaa. Ɔde kuropɔn no maa ne babea no sɛ akyɛde bere a ɔwaree Salomo no.

Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a portion unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

17 Enti Salomo san kyekyeree Geser kuropɔn no. Afei, ɔsan kyekyeree nkurow a ɛwɔ Bet-Horon anafo,

Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

18 Baalat ne Tamar wɔ sare so, nʼasase so.

and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,

19 Ɔkyekyeree nkurow a na wɔkora nnuan wɔ hɔ, kyekyeree nkuropɔn nso a na wɔkora ne nteaseɛnam ne nʼapɔnkɔ wɔ hɔ. Ɔkyekyeree Yerusalem ne Lebanon ne nʼaheman nyinaa, sɛnea ne koma pɛ.

and all the store cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

20 Na nnipa bi da so te asase no so a wɔnyɛ Israelfo. Wɔne Amorifo, Hetifo, Perisifo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo.

As for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel;

21 Eyinom ne aman a na Israel nwiee wɔn asetɔre korakora no asefo. Enti Salomo hyɛɛ wɔn ma wɔyɛɛ nʼadwumayɛfo, na wɔda so yɛ de besi nnɛ.

their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants, unto this day.

22 Nanso Salomo anhyɛ Israelfo amma wɔanyɛ ɔhyɛ nnwuma. Mmom, ɔma wɔyɛɛ asraafo, aban adwumayɛfo. Ɔmaa ebinom yɛɛ nʼakofo, ne nteaseɛnam ne ne nteaseɛnamkafo so asahene.

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants: but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

23 Afei, oyii wɔn mu ahannum ne aduonum ma wɔhwɛɛ ne nkɔsodwuma ahorow so.

These were the chief officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

24 Bere a Salomo yii ne yere a ɛyɛ Farao babea no fii Dawid kurow no mu, de no kɔɔ ahemfi foforo a wasi ama no no mu no, ɔkyekyee Milo.

But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.

25 Na Salomo bɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre ma Awurade afe biara wɔ afɔremuka a osii no so mprɛnsa. Na ɔne wɔn hyew aduhuam nso ma Awurade sɛ asodi a ɛda hɔ ma no wɔ asɔredan no.

And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, burning incense therewith, [upon the altar] that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

26 Ɔhene Salomo yɛɛ po so ahyɛn nso wɔ Esion-Geber, hyɛngyinabea a ɛbɛn Elot a ɛwɔ Edom asase so hɔ a ɛwɔ Po Kɔkɔɔ no mpoano.

And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

27 Na Huram maa nʼahyɛn mu adwumayɛfo a wonim hyɛn mu adwuma yiye no, ne Salomo nkurɔfo de ahyɛn no yɛɛ adwuma.

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

28 Wɔyɛɛ adwuma kɔɔ Ofir, na wɔsan de sikakɔkɔɔ nsania ani nkaribo tɔn 16 brɛɛ Salomo.

And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.