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 Beer-sheba.

2 Yoas yɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, ɔsɔfo Yehoiada nkwanna nyinaa.

And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

3 Yehoiada maa Yoas ɔyerenom baanu a ɔne wɔn wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea.

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; 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 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 gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them: 'Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter.' Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

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 unto him: 'Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation 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 hallowed things of the house of the LORD did they bestow 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 without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

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 the LORD 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 princes 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 time the chest was brought unto 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 back to its place. 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 the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of the LORD.

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 wrought, and the work was perfected by them, 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, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels wherewith to minister, and buckets, and pans, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

15 Yehoiada nyinii yiye, owui no na wadi mfirihyia ɔha ne aduasa.

But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he 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 came the princes of Judah, and prostrated themselves before the king. Then the king hearkened unto 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 the LORD, 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 back unto the LORD; and they admonished 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 clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them: 'Thus saith God: Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, He hath 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 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!”

Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said: 'The LORD 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, when the year was come about, that the army of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto 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 Arameans came with a small company of men; and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD, 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 in great diseases — his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him 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.

And these are they that 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 multitude of the burdens against 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.