1 Samuel 7

1 Enti Kiriat-Yearimfo begyee Awurade Apam Adaka no. Wɔde kɔɔ Abinadab fi a ɛda bepɔw nkyɛn baabi. Ɛhɔ na wodwiraa ne babarima Eleasar sɛ ɔnhwɛ so.

And then men of Cariathiarim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord and carried it into the house of Abinadab in Gabaa: and they sanctified Eleazar his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.

2 Apam Adaka no kyɛe yiye wɔ Kiriat-Yearim. Edii mfirihyia aduonu wɔ hɔ. Saa bere no Israel nyinaa twaa agyaadwo, efisɛ na ayɛ sɛ Awurade agyaw wɔn.

And it came to pass, that from the day the ark of the Lord abode in Cariathiarim days were multiplied, (for it was now the twentieth year, ) and all the house of Israel rested following the Lord.

3 Na Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Israelfo nyinaa se, “Sɛ mode mo koma nyinaa resan akɔ Awurade nkyɛn de a, ɛno de, montwe mo ho mfi ananafo anyame ne Astoret ahoni ho. Munsi mo adwene pi sɛ mobɛyɛ osetie ama Awurade, na monsom ɔno nko, na obegye mo afi Filistifo nsam.”

And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

4 Enti Israelfo no too Baalim ne Astoret gui, som Awurade nko.

Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

5 Afei, Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Israelfo no nyinaa se, “Mo nyinaa mommra Mispa, na memmɔ Awurade mpae mma mo.”

And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.

6 Enti wɔboaa wɔn ho ano wɔ hɔ. Na wɔn anyankamade mu no, wɔsaw nsu fi abura bi mu, na wohwie guu Awurade anim. Wodii abuada da no, na wɔkaa nokware sɛ wɔayɛ bɔne atia Awurade. Enti Mispa hɔ na Samuel bɛyɛɛ Israel so temmufo.

And they gathered together to Masphath: and they drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and they fasted on that day, and they said there: We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Masphath.

7 Bere a Filistifo sodifo no tee sɛ Israel nyinaa aboa wɔn ho ano wɔ Mispa no, wɔboaboaa wɔn asraafo ano, tu teɛe. Na Israelfo no tee sɛ Filistifo no rebɛn wɔn no, wɔn koma tuu yiye.

And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Masphath, and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

8 Woguan toaa Samuel se, “Srɛ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, na onnye yɛn mfi Filistifo nsam.”

And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

9 Enti Samuel faa oguan ba a onnyinii de ne mua no bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre maa Awurade. Ɔsrɛɛ Awurade maa Israelfo, na Awurade tiei.

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.

10 Bere a Samuel gu so rebɔ ɔhyew afɔre no, Filistifo no baa sɛ wɔrebɛko. Nanso Onyankopɔn de aprannaa nne a emu yɛ duru yiye kasa fi soro, maa basabasayɛ sii Filistifo no mu, maa Israelfo no dii wɔn so nkonim.

And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were overthrown before the face of Israel.

11 Israel mmarima pam wɔn fi Mispa, kosii Bet-Kar, kunkum wɔn guu ɔkwan so.

And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.

12 Ɛnna Samuel faa ɔbo kɛse bi de sii Mispa ne Sen ntam. Na ɔtoo no din Ebeneser a ase ne “Ɔboa bo” na ɔkae se, “Ɛha na Awurade aboa yɛn abesi!”

And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.

13 Enti wodii Filistifo no so, na wɔantumi ammegye Israelfo nsase amfa wɔ bere tenten bi mu. Na Samuel nkwa nna mu nyinaa, Awurade nsa a ɛyɛ den no tiaa Filistifo.

And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.

14 Na Israel nkurow a ɛbɛn Ekron ne Gat no a na Filistifo no agyigye no. Wɔde asase a aka a Filistifo no agyigye no kaa ho. Ɛmaa asomdwoe baa Israel ne Amorifo ntam saa bere no.

And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Accaron to Geth, and their borders: and he delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and there was peace between Israel and the Amorrhites.

15 Samuel kɔɔ so yɛɛ Israel so temmufo ne nkwa nna a aka nyinaa.

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:

16 Afe biara, na otu kwan kyinkyin bu atɛn wɔ nʼasennii. Ofi ase wɔ Bet-El de kɔ Gilgal na wawie wɔ Mispa. Obuu Israelfo atɛn wɔ saa nkurow yi biara so.

And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.

17 Afei, na ɔsan ba ne kurom Rama bedi nsɛm wɔ hɔ nso. Na Samuel sii afɔremuka wɔ Rama de maa Awurade.

And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.