< 2 Beresosɛm 21 >
1 Bere a Yehosafat wui no, wosiee no wɔ nʼagyanom nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne babarima Yehoram dii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Yehoram nuanom mmarima a na wɔyɛ Yehosafat mmabarima afoforo bi no ne Asaria, Yehiel, Sakaria, Asaria, Mikael ne Sefatia.
And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, and Michael, and Saphatias, all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.
3 Wɔn agya maa wɔn mu biara akyɛde a ɛsom bo, a ɛyɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne aboɔdenne; na afei, ɔde Yuda nkurow a wɔabɔ ho ban no bi kyekyɛɛ wɔn. Na esiane sɛ Yehoram yɛ abakan nti, ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔhene.
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda: but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the eldest.
4 Na bere a Yehoram ahenni timii no, okunkum ne nuabarimanom no nyinaa ne Israelfo ntuanofo bi.
So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
5 Bere a Yehoram dii ade no, na wadi mfirihyia aduasa abien. Na odii ade wɔ Yerusalem mfirihyia awotwe.
Joram was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6 Na Yehoram yɛɛ sɛnea Israel ahemfo yɛe. Na ɔyɛ otirimɔdenfo te sɛ ɔhene Ahab, efisɛ na waware Ahab mmabea no mu baako. Enti Yehoram yɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so.
And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
7 Nanso na Awurade mpɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Dawid ahenni nnidiso no, efisɛ na ɔne Dawid ayɛ apam ahyɛ bɔ sɛ, nʼasefo bɛkɔ so adi hene afebɔɔ.
But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.
8 Yehoram bere so na Edomfo sɔre tiaa Yuda, na wosii wɔn ankasa wɔn hene.
In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.
9 Enti Yehoram de asraafo ne ne nteaseɛnam nyinaa kɔtow hyɛɛ Edom so. Edomfo twaa ɔno ne ne nteaseɛnamkafo no ho hyiae, nanso ɔfaa anadwo sum mu guanee.
And Joram went over with his princes, and all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomites who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his cavalry.
10 Edom ade ne ho a ɔnhyɛ Yuda ase de besi nnɛ. Saa bere koro no ara mu, Libna kurow tew atua, efisɛ na Yehoram atwe ne ho afi Awurade, nʼagyanom Nyankopɔn ho.
However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers:
11 Na wasisi abosonsomfo nsɔree so wɔ Yuda mmepɔw asase so, ama nnipa a wɔwɔ Yerusalem ne Yuda akɔsom abosonsomfo anyame.
Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to transgress.
12 Na odiyifo Elia kyerɛw saa krataa yi kɔmaa Yehoram: “Asɛm a Awurade, wʼagya Dawid Nyankopɔn se ni: ‘Woanni wʼagya Yehosafat anaa wo nena Yudahene Asa nhwɛsopa so.
And there was a letter brought him from Elias the prophet, in which it was written: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,
13 Mmom, woayɛ omumɔyɛfo sɛ Israel ahemfo. Woama Yerusalemfo ne Yudafo akɔsom ahoni te sɛnea ɔhene Ahab yɛɛ wɔ Israel no. Na mpo, woakunkum wʼankasa wo nuanom mmarima a na wodi mu sen wo.
But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself,
14 Enti afei, Awurade de ɔhaw kɛse bɛba wo, wo nkurɔfo, wo mma, wo yerenom ne biribiara a ɛyɛ wo dea so.
Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance.
15 Wʼankasa de, wɔde nsono mu yare a ɛyɛ yaw yiye bɛto wo so akosi sɛ wʼayamude betu apue.’”
And thou shalt be sick of a very grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day.
16 Na Awurade kaa Filistifo ne Arabfo a na wɔte bɛn Etiopiafo so sɛ wɔnkɔtow nhyɛ Yehoram so.
And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians.
17 Wɔbɔɔ nsra kɔɔ Yuda so kotuaa wɔn ano, fow aboɔden nneɛma a ɛwɔ ahemfi hɔ a ne mmabarima ne ne yerenom ka ho. Ne babarima kumaa Yehoahas nko na wogyaw no.
And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, his sons also, and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.
18 Eyi akyi na Awurade maa nsono mu yare a ano yɛ den bɔɔ Yehoram.
And besides all this the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels.
19 Akyiri no, mfe abien akyi, ɔyare no maa nʼayamde puei, na owui ɔyaw mu. Ne nkurɔfo ammɔ ogyatannaa kɛse, amfa anhyɛ no anuonyam wɔ nʼayiyɛ mu sɛnea wɔyɛ maa nʼagyanom no.
And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption, so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended with his life. And he died of a most wretched illness, and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.
20 Yehoram dii ade no, na wadi mfirihyia aduasa abien, na odii ade wɔ Yerusalem mfirihyia awotwe. Owui no, anyɛ obiara awerɛhow. Wosiee no wɔ Dawid kurom, nanso ɛnyɛ adehye asiei.
He was two and thirty years old when he began his reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David: but not in the sepulchres of the kings.