2 Beresosɛm 23

1 Atalia dii ade mfe ason no, ɔsɔfo Yehoiada kyerɛɛ no tumi. Osii ne bo ne asraafodɔm ɔha so asahene baanum, a wɔne Yeroham babarima Asaria, Yehohanan babarima Ismael, Obed babarima Asaria, Adaia babarima Maaseia ne Sikri babarima Elisafat yɛɛ apam.

In the seventh year, Jehoiada showed his strength and entered into a covenant with the commanders of hundreds, Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

2 Saa mmarima yi faa sum ase, kyinii Yuda nyinaa, frɛfrɛɛ Lewifo ne mmusua ntuanofo a wɔwɔ Yuda nkurow so sɛ, wɔmmra Yerusalem.

They went about in Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

3 Wɔn nyinaa hyiaa wɔ Onyankopɔn Asɔredan mu ne ɔhenberante Yoas yɛɛ apam. Yehoiada ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Bere adu sɛ ɔhene babarima di ade. Awurade ahyɛ bɔ sɛ, Dawid aseni na ɔbɛyɛ yɛn hene.

All the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. Jehoiada said to them, “See, the king's son will reign, as Yahweh has said concerning the descendants of David.

4 Nea ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ ni. Sɛ asɔfo ne Lewifo ba adwuma Homeda a, wɔn mu nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako na wɔbɛyɛ apon ano ahwɛfo.

This is what you must do: A third of you priests and Levites who come to serve on the Sabbath will be guards at the doors.

5 Nkyemu abiɛsa mu baako nso bɛkɔ ahemfi, na nkyɛmu abiɛsa mu baako a wɔaka no akɔ Fapem Pon no ano. Afei, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔaka no nyinaa tenatena Awurade Asɔredan adiwo ahorow hɔ.

Another third will be at the king's house, and the other third will be at the Foundation Gate. All the people will be in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh.

6 Monkae sɛ, asɔfo ne Lewifo a wɔwɔ wɔn nnwuma so nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhyɛn Awurade Asɔredan no mu, efisɛ wɔn na wɔayi wɔn asi hɔ sɛ wɔyɛ kronkron. Ɛsɛ sɛ nnipa a wɔaka no di Awurade mmara so, na wɔtenatena afikyiri.

Allow no one to come into the house of Yahweh, except for the priests and the Levites who are serving. They may enter because they are consecrated. But all the other people must obey the commands of Yahweh.

7 Mo Lewifo na mobɛyɛ ɔhene ho awɛmfo kuw, a mukurakura mo akode. Onipa biara a wɔmmaa no kwan a ɔbɛbɛn mo no, munkum no. Bere biara, mommɛn ɔhene no.”

The Levites must surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes into the house, let him be killed. Stay with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.”

8 Enti Lewifo no ne nnipa no yɛɛ biribiara a ɔsɔfo Yehoiada hyɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ. Asahene no hwɛɛ wɔn a wɔkɔ adwuma saa Homeda no ne wɔn a ɛsɛ sɛ wogye wɔn ahome da no so. Ɔsɔfo Yehoiada amma obiara ankɔ fie.

So the Levites and all Judah served in every way in the manner in which Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each one took his men, those who were to come in to serve on the Sabbath, and those who were to leave off serving on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed any of their divisions.

9 Na Yehoiada de mpeaw ne nkatabo a na ɛyɛ Ɔhene Dawid de, na wɔkoraa wɔ Onyankopɔn Asɔredan mu no maa asahene no.

Then Jehoiada the priest brought to the commanders spears and small and large shields that had been King David's that were in the house of God.

10 Ɔde awɛmfo no twaa ɔhene no ho hyiae a wɔayɛ wɔn akode krado. Wogyinagyinaa saa wɔ Asɔredan no anafo fam, twaa hɔ kɔɔ atifi fam, twaa afɔremuka no ho nyinaa hyiae.

Jehoiada placed all the soldiers, each man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.

11 Afei, Yehoiada ne ne mmabarima yii ɔhene babarima Yoas bae, na wɔde ahenkyɛw no hyɛɛ no. Wɔmaa Yoas Onyankopɔn mmara nhoma no bi daa no adi sɛ ɔhene. Wɔsraa no ngo, maa obiara teɛɛ mu se, “Ɔhene nkwa so!”

Then they brought out the king's son, put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant decrees. Then they made him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him. Then they said, “Long live the king.”

12 Bere a Atalia tee gyegyeegye a ɔmanfo reyɛ, na wɔretutu mmirika, na wɔrekamfo ɔhene no, ɔyɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ Awurade asɔredan mu hɔ, kɔhwɛɛ asɛm ko a asi.

When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people in the house of Yahweh,

13 Na ohuu sɛ ɔhene foforo no gyina nʼafa baabi wɔ afadum no ho wɔ Asɔredan no kwan ano a ɛkyerɛ ne tumi. Na mpanyimfo ne torobɛntohyɛnfo atwa ne ho ahyia, ama nnipa a wɔwɔ asase no so nyinaa regye wɔn ani, rehyɛn ntorobɛnto. Nnwontofo a wɔnam nnwontode so bɔɔ nnwom de dii ɔmanfo no anim ahokeka so. Bere a Atalia huu eyi no, ɔde ahometew sunsuan ne ntade mu teɛteɛɛ mu se, “Amammɔsɛm! Amammɔsɛm!”

and she looked, and, behold, the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the commanders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers were playing musical instruments and leading the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and shouted, “Treason! Treason!”

14 Na ɔsɔfo Yehoiada hyɛɛ asafohene a wɔhwɛ asraafo no so no se, “Montwe no mfi Asɔredan mu ha, na obiara a ɔbɛyɛ sɛ ɔregye no no, munkum no. Nanso munnkum no wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu ha.”

Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the commanders of hundreds who were over the army and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks; anyone who follows her, let him be killed with the sword.” For the priest had said, “Do not kill her in the house of Yahweh.”

15 Enti wɔtwee no de no kɔɔ ɔkwan a apɔnkɔ fa so ba ahemfi hɔ no so, kum no wɔ hɔ.

So they seized her as she went into the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house, and there they killed her.

16 Na Yehoiada ne ɔhene no ne ɔmanfo no yɛɛ apam sɛ, wɔbɛyɛ Awurade nkurɔfo.

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they should be Yahweh's people.

17 Na nnipa no nyinaa kɔɔ Baal asɔredan no mu, kobubu gui. Wɔsɛee afɔremuka no, dwerɛw ohoni no, kum Baal sɔfo Matan wɔ afɔremuka no anim.

So all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down. They smashed Baal's altars and his images to pieces, and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of those altars.

18 Yehoiada nam ahyɛde a Dawid ka too hɔ so, de Lewifo asɔfo sisii Awurade Asɔredan no dwumadi ahorow no ano. Ɔhyɛɛ nso sɛ, wɔmmɔ ɔhyew afɔre mma Awurade, sɛnea Mose mmara kyerɛ no, na wɔnto nnwom nsɛpɛw wɔn ho, sɛnea Dawid ahyɛ no.

Jehoiada appointed officers for the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests, who were Levites, whom David had assigned to the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings to Yahweh, as it was written in the law of Moses, together with rejoicing and singing, as David had given direction.

19 Ɔde apon ano ahwɛfo no sisii Awurade Asɔredan apon ano, sɛnea wɔremma wɔn a wɔn ho ntew no nkɔ mu.

Jehoiada set guards at the gates of the house of Yahweh, so that no one that was unclean in any way should enter.

20 Afei, asahene, atitiriw, ntuanofo ne ɔmanfo nyinaa dii ɔhene no akyi, de no pue fii Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ. Wɔfaa atifi fam pon no ano, wuraa ahemfi hɔ, de ɔhene no kɔtenaa adehye ahengua no so.

Jehoiada took with him the commanders of hundreds, the noblemen, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land. He brought down the king from the house of Yahweh; the people came through the Upper Gate to the king's house and sat the king on the throne of the kingdom.

21 Enti nnipa a wɔwɔ asase no so nyinaa dii ahurusi, na asomdwoe baa ɔman no mu, efisɛ na wɔde afoa akum Atalia.

So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. As for Athaliah, they had killed her with the sword.