2 Beresosɛm 2
1 Salomo hyɛɛ sɛ wonsi Awurade Asɔredan ne nʼankasa nʼahemfi.
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.
2 Ɔfaa apaafo mpem aduɔson ne abotwafo mpem aduɔwɔtwe fii bepɔw so aman mu ne nnipa mpem abiɛsa ne ahansia a wodi adwuma no anim.
Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3 Salomo de nkra yi kɔmaa Tirohene Huram: “Brɛ me sida nnua te sɛ nea wɔde brɛɛ mʼagya Dawid, bere a na ɔresi nʼahemfi no.
Solomon sent to Hiram the king of Tyre, saying, "As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
4 Merebesi Asɔredan ahyɛ Awurade, me Nyankopɔn din anuonyam. Ɛbɛyɛ baabi bi a wɔayi asi hɔ sɛ wɔnhyew nnuhuam ne kurobow wɔ nʼanim, nna afɔrebɔde brodo sononko no adi, na wɔmmɔ ɔhyew afɔre ahorow homeda biara, anɔpa ne anwummere, Ɔsram Foforo biara afahyɛ ahorow ne Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn nnapɔnna biara. Ɔno na wahyɛ Israel sɛ wɔnyɛ saa nneɛma yi daa daa.
Look, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
5 “Eyi bɛyɛ Asɔredan a ɛso na ɛyɛ fɛ, efisɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn no yɛ ɔnwonwani a ɔso kyɛn ɔfoforo biara.
"The house which I build is great; for our God is great above all gods.
6 Hena na obetumi asi ofi a ɛfata ama no? Ɔsorosoro mpo ntumi nkora no. Na me sɛɛ ne hena a mesi asɔredan ama no? Nea metumi ayɛ ara ne sɛ mesi baabi a wɔbɛbɔ afɔre ama no.
But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?
7 “Enti ma me odwumfo a ne nsa ano adwuma yɛ fɛ a obetumi de sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere mfrafrae ne nnade adi adwinni; obi a onim sɛnea wɔhyɛ ntama aduru ma ɛyɛ bibiri, kɔkɔɔ ne tuntum ma ɛyɛ fɛ yiye ne sika dwumfo a wakwadaw adwuma mu, a ɔne Yuda ne Yerusalem adwumfo a mʼagya Dawid yii wɔn no bɛyɛ adwuma.
"Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
8 “Afei, fa sida, ɔpepaw ne ɔbako nnua fi Lebanon brɛ me, efisɛ, minim sɛ wo mmarima no akyi no, obi nni hɔ wɔ nnuabu mu; na mɛsoma me mmarima na wɔabɛboa wɔn.
"Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and look, my servants shall be with your servants,
9 Asɔredan a merebesi no kɛse ne ne fɛ a ɛbɛyɛ nti, nnua bebree ho behia me.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
10 Mede atoko susukoraa mpem aduonu, nsa gyare mpem aduonu ne du ne ngo mpem aduonu betua wo mmarima no ka.”
Look, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil."
11 Ɛnna ɔhene Huram kyerɛw saa mmuae yi de kɔmaa Salomo: “Esiane sɛ Awurade dɔ ne nkurɔfo nti na ɔde wo asi wɔn so hene.
Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, "Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you king over them."
12 “Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn a ɔbɔɔ ɔsoro ne asase! Wama Dawid ɔba nyansafo a wadom no adwene ne ntease a obesi Asɔredan ama Awurade ne ahemfi ama nʼankasa ho.
Hiram continued, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.
13 “Merebrɛ wo odwumfo a ne nsa ano adwuma yɛ fɛ a wɔfrɛ no Huram-Abi. Ɔyɛ onyansafo ankasa
Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Hiram Abi,
14 a ɔyɛ ɔbea bi a ofi Dan a ɛwɔ Israel babarima; nʼagya nso fi Tiro. Ɔyɛ sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere mfrafrae ne nnade dwumfo ankasa. Na ɔwɔ abotwa, nnua adwinni ne ntamanwen ho nyansa nso. Ɔyɛ ɔbenfo wɔ ntama bibiri, tuntum ne kɔkɔɔ hyɛ mu. Na otumi de sirikyitam di dwuma nso. Afei nso, ɔyɛ sika dwumfo a otumi di adwinni biara a wɔde ma no. Ɔne wʼadwumfo ne wɔn a me wura Dawid a ɔyɛ wʼagya no yii wɔn no bɛyɛ adwuma.
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving, and to execute any design; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
15 “Fa atoko, ngo ne nsa a wokaa ho asɛm no bra.
"Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants:
16 Nnua biara a ɛho hia no, yebetwa afi Lebanon mmepɔw so, na yɛde ayɛ mpata agu asu ani, fi Ntam Po no mpoano akosi Yopa. Na efi hɔ no, wubetumi de akɔ Yerusalem.”
and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need; and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem."
17 Salomo kan ahɔho dodow a wɔwɔ Israel asase so, te sɛ nea nʼagya kenkan nnipa no. Onyaa nnipa mpem ɔha aduonum abiɛsa ne ahansia.
Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
18 Ɔmaa wɔn mu mpem aduɔson yɛɛ apaafo. Wɔn mu mpem aduɔwɔtwe yɛɛ abotwafo wɔ wɔn mmepɔw nkurow no so, na wɔn mu mpem abiɛsa ne ahansia yɛɛ wɔn a wodi nnwuma no anim.
He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
