2 Beresosɛm 24
1 Yoas dii hene no, na wadi mfe ason, na odii ade wɔ Yerusalem mfirihyia aduanan. Na ne na din de Sibia a ofi Beer-Seba.
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2 Yoas yɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, ɔsɔfo Yehoiada nkwanna nyinaa.
And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Yehoiada maa Yoas ɔyerenom baanu a ɔne wɔn wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea.
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he begot sons and daughters.
4 Akyiri no, Yoas yɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ obesiesie Awurade Asɔredan no.
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Jehovah.
5 Enti ɔfrɛfrɛɛ asɔfo ne Lewifo no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Monkɔ Yuda nkurow nyinaa so ntɛm, na munkogyigye afirihyiatow, sɛnea yebetumi asiesie mo Nyankopɔn Asɔredan no. Monntwentwɛn koraa.” Nanso Lewifo no ankɔ prɛko pɛ.
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money from all Israel to repair the house of your God from year to year. And see that ye hasten the matter. However the Levites did not hasten it.
6 Na ɔhene no frɛɛ ɔsɔfopanyin Yehoiada bisaa no se, “Adɛn nti na wummisaa Lewifo no nea enti a wɔnkɔɔ Yuda nkurow so ne Yerusalem nkogyigyee Asɔredan ho tow no? Mose, Awurade somfo, gyigyee ɔman Israel saa tow yi, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a obetumi asiesie Apam Ntamadan no.”
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why have thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
7 Afei na otirimɔdenfo Atalia mma abɔ awura Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no mu, na nneɛma a wɔahyira so wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu no nyinaa, wɔafa de resom Baal ahoni.
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God, and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah they bestowed upon the Baalim.
8 Enti Yoas hyɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ adaka bi mfa nsi ɔkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan no akyi.
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Jehovah.
9 Enti wɔde too Yuda ne Yerusalemman anim sɛ, wɔmfa tow a Mose, Onyankopɔn somfo gyigyee Israelfo wɔ sare so no mmrɛ Awurade.
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
10 Ntuanofo no ne ɔmanfo no penee so, enti wɔde anigye de wɔn sika bɛhyɛɛ adaka no ma.
And all the rulers and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
11 Bere biara a adaka no bɛyɛ ma no, Lewifo no soa de kɔma ɔhene mpanyimfo. Na asennii kyerɛwfo ne ɔsɔfopanyin nanmusini bi akan sika no, na wɔasan de adaka no akosi Asɔredan no pon ano bio. Wɔyɛɛ saa daa, na wonyaa sika bebree.
And it was so, that, at what ever time the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 Ɔhene no ne Yehoiada de sika no maa adansi sohwɛfo, ma wɔfaa adansifo ne nnua dwumfo, ma wosiesiee Awurade Asɔredan no. Afei, wɔfaa nnade adwumfo ma wɔde nnade ne kɔbere mfrafrae yɛɛ Awurade Asɔredan no ho nneɛma.
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah. And they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of Jehovah.
13 Na mmarima a wɔhwɛ ɔdan no siesie so no yɛɛ adwumaden maa adwuma no kɔɔ so sɛnea ɛfata. Wosii Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no wɔ ne tebea dedaw no sɛso na wɔhyɛɛ mu den.
So the workmen labored, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
14 Wowiee asiesie no, wɔde sika no nkae brɛɛ ɔhene no ne Yehoiada. Wɔde yɛɛ nneɛma ahorow a wɔde bi som, de bi bɔ ɔhyew afɔre a nkwankora ne hweaseammɔ ahorow a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ ayɛ nso ka ho. Na wɔde koguu Awurade asɔredan no mu. Bere a na ɔsɔfo Yehoiada te ase no, na wɔtaa bɔ ɔhyew afɔre wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ.
And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Yehoiada nyinii yiye, owui no na wadi mfirihyia ɔha ne aduasa.
But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died. He was a hundred and thirty years old when he died.
16 Wosiee no wɔ ahemfo asiei wɔ Dawid kurom, efisɛ na wayɛ adwuma pa wɔ Israel, ama Onyankopɔn ne nʼAsɔredan no.
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17 Yehoiada wu akyi no, Yuda ntuanofo bɛkotow ɔhene Yoas anim, srɛɛ no se ontie wɔn afotu.
Now after the death of Jehoiada the rulers of Judah came, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.
18 Wɔyɛɛ wɔn adwene sɛ wobegyaw Awurade, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn Asɔredan no, na wɔasom Asera nnua no ne ahoni no mmom. Na Onyankopɔn abufuw baa Yuda ne Yerusalem so wɔ wɔn bɔne nti.
And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
19 Awurade somaa adiyifo sɛ wɔnkɔfa wɔn mmrɛ no, nanso nnipa no ampene.
Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again to Jehovah. And they testified against them, but they would not give ear.
20 Afei, Onyankopɔn Honhom baa ɔsɔfo Yehoiada babarima Sakaria so. Ogyinaa nnipa no anim kae se, “Sɛnea Onyankopɔn se ni: Adɛn nti na munni Awurade ahyɛde so? Morennya nkɔso, efisɛ moagyaw Awurade ama ɔno nso agyaw mo!”
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? Because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he has also forsaken you.
21 Na ntuanofo no pam Sakaria ti so sɛ wobekum no. Na ɔhene Yoas ankasa hyɛ ma wosiw no abo, kum no wɔ Asɔredan no adiwo hɔ.
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
22 Na ɔhene Yoas ankae adɔe a nʼagya Yehoiada de yɛɛ no no, na okum ne babarima. Sakaria rewu no, nsɛm a ɔka twaa to ne se, “Awurade nhu nea wɔreyɛ na ɔmma wommu ho akontaa!”
Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
23 Afe no mfiase no, Aram asraafo bɔɔ nsra baa Yoas so. Wɔkaa Yuda ne Yerusalem hyɛe, kunkum ntuanofo a wɔwɔ ɔman no mu nyinaa. Na wɔfaa asade a wonyae nyinaa, de kɔmaa wɔn hene wɔ Damasko.
And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him. And they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the rulers of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.
24 Ɛwɔ mu sɛ Aram dɔm a wɔkɔtow hyɛɛ wɔn so no sua de, nanso Awurade boaa wɔn ma wodii Yuda asraafodɔm kɛse no so nkonim. Yudafo gyaw Awurade, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn, ɛno nti Awurade buu atɛn tiaa Yoas.
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men. And Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.
25 Aramfo twee wɔn ho na wogyaw Yoas a na wapira yiye no hɔ. Nanso ɔno ankasa mpanyimfo dwenee ho sɛ, esiane sɛ okum ɔsɔfo Yehoiada babarima nti, wobekum no. Wokum no bere a ɔda mpa so. Na wosiee no Dawid kurom a wɔankosie no wɔ adehye amusiei.
And when they were departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the sepulchers of the kings.
26 Na awudifo no yɛ Yosabad a ɔyɛ Amonnibea Simeat babarima, ne Somer a ɔyɛ Moabnibea Simrit babarima.
And these are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
27 Wɔakyerɛw nsɛm a ɛfa Yoas mmabarima, ne ho nkɔmhyɛ, ne Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no asiesie wɔ Ahene nkyerɛmu nhoma no mu. Yoas wui no, ne babarima Amasia dii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
