1 Samuel 13
1 Bere a Saulo dii ade no, na wadi mfirihyia aduasa. Na odii ade mfirihyia aduanan abien.
Saul was — years old when he began to reign; and two years he reigned over Israel.
2 Saulo yii asraafo sononko bi a wɔn dodow yɛ mpensa fii Israel, na ɔmaa nkae no kɔɔ fie. Ɔfaa asraafo no mu mpenu kaa ne ho, de wɔn kɔɔ Mikmas ne bepɔw nsase a ɛwɔ Bet-El no so. Asraafo apem a wɔaka no kaa Saulo babarima Yonatan ho kɔɔ Gibea wɔ Benyamin asase so.
And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeath-benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
3 Eyi akyi no, ankyɛ na Yonatan kɔtoaa Filistifo asraafo no dii wɔn so wɔ Geba. Asɛm no trɛw ntɛm so wɔ Filistifo no mu. Enti Saulo hyɛn torobɛnto wɔ Israel nyinaa se, “Hebrifo, monsɔre!”
And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the horn throughout all the land, saying: 'Let the Hebrews hear.'
4 Israelfo nyinaa tee sɛ Saulo atɔre Filistifo asraafo a wɔwɔ Geba no ase, na ne saa nti, Israelfo ho ayɛ Filistifo no ahi. Enti Israel asraafo no nyinaa boaa wɔn ho ano bio hyiaa Saulo wɔ Gilgal.
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also had made himself odious with the Philistines. And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 Filistifo boaboaa nsraadɔm kɛse pa ara ano a wokura nteaseɛnam mpensa, apɔnkɔsotefo mpem asia ne asraafo a wɔn dodow te sɛ mpoano nwea ano. Wɔkyeree nsraban wɔ Mikmas wɔ Bet-Awen apuei fam.
And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven.
6 Bere a Israel mmarima no huu atamfo no nsraadɔm mpempem no, wɔn ho dwudwoe; nti wɔyɛɛ sɛ wɔbɛkɔ akohintaw wɔn ho wɔ abodan, mmoa, abotan, aboda ne nsukorae mu.
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait — for the people were distressed — then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in holds, and in pits.
7 Ebinom twaa Asubɔnten Yordan guan kɔɔ Gad ne Gilead asase so. Saa bere no, na Saulo wɔ Gilgal a ne mmarima a wɔka ne ho no wɔ ahopopo ne osuro mu.
Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8 Odii nnanson wɔ hɔ sɛnea Samuel hyɛɛ no sɛ onni no; nanso Samuel de, wamma Gilgal, na Saulo huu sɛ mmarima no rebɔ ahwete.
And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed; but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
9 Enti ɔhyɛe se, “Momfa ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre no mmrɛ me.” Na Saulo ankasa bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre no.
And Saul said: 'Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings.' And he offered the burnt-offering.
10 Ɔrewie afɔre no bɔ ara pɛ, na Samuel koduu hɔ. Enti Saulo pue kohyiaa no maa no akwaaba.
And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
11 Samuel bisaa no se, “Dɛn na woayɛ yi?” Saulo buae se, “Mihuu sɛ mmarima no rehwete, na womma no, na Filistifo no nso reboa wɔn ho ano wɔ Mikmas no,
And Samuel said: 'What hast thou done?' And Saul said: 'Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together against Michmas;
12 medwenee se, ‘Afei de, Filistifo no besian abɛtoa me wɔ Gilgal, nanso mimmisaa Awurade nkyɛn adom ɛ.’ Enti metee nka sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ mebɔ ɔhyew afɔre ansa na woaba.”
therefore said I: Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favour of the LORD; I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.'
13 Na Samuel kae se, “Woadi nkwaseasɛm. Woanni mmara a Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn, hyɛɛ wo no so. Sɛ wudii so a, anka obetim wʼahenni ase wɔ Israel afebɔɔ.
And Samuel said to Saul: 'Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which He commanded thee; for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
14 Na mprempren, wʼahenni no rentim. Awurade apɛ ɔbarima bi a ɔyɛ ne koma apɛde na wayi no sɛ ne nkurɔfo ɔkannifo, efisɛ woanni Awurade mmara no so.”
But now thy kingdom shall not continue; the LORD hath sought him a man after His own heart, and the LORD hath appointed him to be prince over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.'
15 Na Samuel fii Gilgal kɔɔ Gibea wɔ Benyamin. Saulo kan mmarima a na wɔka ne ho no, na wɔn ano si bɛyɛ ahansia.
And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeath-benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
16 Na Saulo ne ne babarima Yonatan ne mmarima a wɔka ne ho no te Geba a ɛbɛn Gibea wɔ Benyamin asase so. Saa bere no na Filistifo no akyere nsraban wɔ Mikmas.
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeath-benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmas.
17 Afowfo akuw abiɛsa fii Filistifo nsraban mu. Kuw baako de nʼani kyerɛɛ Ofra kwan so, kɔɔ Sual mpɔtam hɔ.
And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;
18 Afoforo faa Bet-Horon kwan so na wɔn a wɔka ho no nso faa ɔhye a ɛkyerɛ Seboim bon no kwan so, kɔɔ sare so fam.
and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 Saa bere no, na ɔtomfo biara nni Israel asase no so baabiara. Filistifo no amma atomfo no kwan, efisɛ wose, “Anyɛ saa a atomfo no bɛbɔ afoa ne mpeaw ama Hebrifo no.”
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said: 'Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears';
20 Enti na Israelfo no nyinaa kɔ Filistifo nkyɛn kɔsesew wɔn funtum nnade, nsɔw, mmonnua ne dɔtetu nnade ano.
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
21 (Na wogye funtum nnade ne asosɔw a wɔsew no biara ho dwetɛ gram awotwe, na sɛ wɔsew mmonnua anaa mmoaka nnade a, wogye dwetɛ gram anan.)
And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.
22 Ɛno nti na Israelfo no mu biara nni afoa anaa peaw, gye sɛ Saulo ne Yonatan.
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
23 Saa bere no mu, na Filistifo asraafo no fa bi akɔ akɔfa ɔtempɔn a ɛda Mikmas no.
And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.
