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.
Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.
2 Yoas yɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, ɔsɔfo Yehoiada nkwanna nyinaa.
And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest.
3 Yehoiada maa Yoas ɔyerenom baanu a ɔne wɔn wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea.
And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters.
4 Akyiri no, Yoas yɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ obesiesie Awurade Asɔredan no.
After this Joas had a mind to repair the house of the Lord.
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 assembled the priests, and the Levites, and said to them: Go out to the cities of Juda, and gather of all Israel money to repair the temple of your God, from year to year: and do this with speed: but the Levites were negligent.
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 Joiada the chief, and said to him: Why hast thou not taken care to oblige the Levites to bring in out of Juda and Jerusalem the money that was appointed by Moses the servant of the Lord for all the multitude of Israel to bring into the tabernacle 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 that wicked woman Athalia, and her children have destroyed the house of God, and adorned the temple of Baal with all the things that had been dedicated in the temple of the Lord.
8 Enti Yoas hyɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ adaka bi mfa nsi ɔkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan no akyi.
And the king commanded, and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.
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 in Juda and Jerusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord the money which Moses the servant of God appointed for all Israel, in the desert.
10 Ntuanofo no ne ɔmanfo no penee so, enti wɔde anigye de wɔn sika bɛhyɛɛ adaka no ma.
And all the princes, and all the people rejoiced: and going In they contributed and cast so much into the chest of the Lord, that it was filled.
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 when it was time to bring the chest before the king by the hands of the Levites, (for they saw there was much money, ) the king’s scribe, and he whom the high priest had appointed went in: and they poured out the money that was in the chest: and they carried back the chest to its place: and thus they did from day to day, and there was gathered an immense sum of money.
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 Joiada gave it to those who were over the works of the house of the Lord: but they hired with it stonecutters, and artificers of every kind of work to repair the house of the Lord: and such as wrought in iron and brass, to uphold what began to be falling.
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.
And the workmen were diligent, and the breach of the walls was closed up by their hands, and they set up the house of the Lord in its former state, and made it stand firm.
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 finished all the works, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Joiada: and with it were made vessels for the temple for the ministry, and for holocausts and bowls, and other vessels of gold and silver: and holocausts were offered in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Joiada.
15 Yehoiada nyinii yiye, owui no na wadi mfirihyia ɔha ne aduasa.
But Joiada grew old and was full of days, and died when he was a hundred and thirty years old.
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 to Israel, and to his house.
17 Yehoiada wu akyi no, Yuda ntuanofo bɛkotow ɔhene Yoas anim, srɛɛ no se ontie wɔn afotu.
And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soothed by their services and 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 temple of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served groves and idols, and wrath came upon Juda and Jerusalem for this sin.
19 Awurade somaa adiyifo sɛ wɔnkɔfa wɔn mmrɛ no, nanso nnipa no ampene.
And he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear when they testified against them.
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!”
The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your good, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake 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 gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king’s commandment in the court of the house of the Lord.
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!”
And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said: The Lord see, 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 when a year was come about, the army of Syria came up against him: and they came to Juda and Jerusalem, and killed all the princes of the people, and they sent all the spoils 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.
And whereas there came a very small number of the Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers: and on Joas they executed shameful judgments.
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 departing they left him in diseases: and his servants rose up him, for revenge of the blood of the son of Joiada the priest, and they slew him in his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
26 Na awudifo no yɛ Yosabad a ɔyɛ Amonnibea Simeat babarima, ne Somer a ɔyɛ Moabnibea Simrit babarima.
Now the men that conspired against him were Zabad the son of Semmaath an Ammonitess, and Jozabad the son of Semarith a 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.
And concerning his sons, and the sum of money which was gathered under him, and the repairing the house of God; they are written more diligently in the book of kings: and Amasias his son reigned in his stead.
