2 Beresosɛm 25
1 Amasia dii hene no, na wadi mfirihyia aduonu anum, na odii ade mfirihyia aduonu akron wɔ Yerusalem. Na ne na din de Yehoadan a ofi Yerusalem.
Amaziah [was] a son of twenty-five years [when] he has reigned, and he has reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,
2 Amasia yɛɛ nea ɛteɛ wɔ Awurade ani, nanso na emfi ne koma nyinaa mu.
and he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH—only, not with a perfect heart.
3 Bere a Amasia tim wɔ nʼahenni mu yiye no, okunkum mmarima a wokum nʼagya a na ɔyɛ ɔhene no.
And it comes to pass, when the kingdom has been strong on him, that he slays his servants, those striking his father the king,
4 Nanso wankunkum awudifo no mma, efisɛ otiee Awurade ahyɛde a wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mose mmara nhoma no mu no se: Ɛnsɛ sɛ wokunkum awofo wɔ wɔn mma bɔne a wɔayɛ nti, anaa wokunkum mma wɔ awofo bɔne a wɔayɛ nti. Wɔn a wɔsɛ owu no, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum wɔn wɔ wɔn nnebɔne nti.
and he has not put their sons to death, but [did] as is written in the Law, in the Scroll of Moses, whom YHWH commanded, saying, “Fathers do not die for sons, and sons do not die for fathers, but they each die for his own sin.”
5 Ade foforo a Amasia yɛe ne sɛ, ɔyɛɛ nhyehyɛe foforo wɔ asraafo no mu, de ntuanofo tuatuaa Yuda ne Benyamin mmusua no mu biara ano. Afei, ɔkan wɔn huu sɛ nʼakofo a wɔadi mfe aduonu rekɔ no dodow yɛ mmarima mpem ahaasa, na wɔatetew wɔn nyinaa wɔ peawtow ne nkatabokura mu.
And Amaziah gathers Judah and appoints them according to the house of the fathers, for heads of the thousands and for heads of the hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin; and he inspects them from a son of twenty years and upward, and finds them [to be] three hundred thousand chosen ones, going forth to the host, holding spear and buckler.
6 Ɔsan tuaa dwetɛ tɔn 3.4 sɛ apaade maa Israel mmarima mpem ɔha a wonim akodi yiye.
And he hires out of Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of valor, with one hundred talents of silver;
7 Nanso Onyankopɔn nipa baa ɔhene no nkyɛn bɛkae se, “Ɔhene, ntua sika mfa asraafo mfi Israel, efisɛ Awurade nka Israel ho. Ɔremmoa saa nnipa a wofi Efraim no.
and a man of God has come to him, saying, “O king, the host of Israel does not go with you; for YHWH is not with Israel—all the sons of Ephraim;
8 Sɛ woma wɔkɔka wʼakofo ho kɔ ɔko, na moko sɛ dɛn ara a, wobedi mo so nkonim. Onyankopɔn betu mo agu, efisɛ ɔwɔ tumi sɛ ɔboa anaa ɔsɛe.”
but if you are going, do [it], be strong for battle, God causes you to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.”
9 Amasia bisaa Onyankopɔn nipa no se, “Na dwetɛ a mitua kɔbɔɔ Israel asraafo paa no nso menyɛ no dɛn?” Onyankopɔn nipa no buae se, “Awurade betumi ama wo nea ɛsen sɛɛ koraa.”
And Amaziah says to the man of God, “But what to do about the hundred talents that I have given to the troop of Israel?” And the man of God says, “YHWH has more to give to you than this.”
10 Enti Amasia pɔn asraafo a ɔbɔɔ wɔn paa no ma wɔsan kɔɔ Efraim. Eyi maa wɔn bo fuw Yuda, na wɔsan de abufuwhyew kɔɔ fie.
And Amaziah separates them, of the troop that has come to him from Ephraim, to go to their own place; and their anger burns mightily against Judah, and they return to their place in the heat of anger.
11 Na Amasia sii ne bo, dii nʼakofo anim, kɔɔ Nkyene Bon no mu. Ɛhɔ na wokum Edomfo asraafo a wofi Seir no mpem du.
And Amaziah has strengthened himself, and leads his people, and goes to the Valley of Salt, and strikes ten thousand of the sons of Seir.
12 Wɔkyekyeree mpem du bio de wɔn kɔɔ abotan tenten bi atifi, kosunsum wɔn ma wɔbɛhwee abotan a ɛwɔ bepɔw no ase no so, tetew pasapasa.
And the sons of Judah have taken captive ten thousand alive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.
13 Na asraafo a Amasia kɔbɔɔ wɔn paa a ɔma wɔsan kɔe no tow hyɛɛ Yuda nkurow bebree a ɛwɔ Samaria ne Bet-Horon ntam no so. Wokunkum nnipa mpensa, tasee asade bebree.
And the sons of the troop that Amaziah has sent back from going with him to battle—they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-Horon, and strike three thousand of them, and seize much prey.
14 Bere a ɔhene Amasia dii Edomfo so a ɔreba no, ɔde ahoni a ɔtase fii Seirfo nkyɛn kaa ne ho bae. Ɔde wɔn sisii hɔ sɛ ɔno ankasa anyame, kotow wɔn anim, bɔɔ afɔre maa wɔn.
And it comes to pass after the coming in of Amaziah from striking the Edomites, that he brings in the gods of the sons of Seir, and establishes them for gods for himself, and bows himself before them, and he makes incense to them.
15 Eyi hyɛɛ Awurade abufuw yiye nti, ɔsomaa odiyifo sɛ onkobisa se, “Adɛn nti na wosom anyame a mpo wontumi nnye wɔn ankasa nkurɔfo nkwa mfi wo nsam?”
And the anger of YHWH burns against Amaziah, and He sends a prophet to him, and he says to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people that have not delivered their people out of your hand?”
16 Nanso ɔhene no amma nʼano ansi, na ɔkae se, “Da bɛn na mibisaa wo afotu? Mua wʼano na mankum wo!” Enti ansa na odiyifo no rebɛkɔ no, ɔbɔɔ saa kɔkɔ yi, “Minim sɛ esiane sɛ woayɛ saa nti, Onyankopɔn ayɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔbɛsɛe wo, efisɛ woantie mʼafotu.”
And it comes to pass, in his speaking to him, that he says to him, “Have we appointed you for a counselor to the king? For you [must] cease; why do they strike you?” And the prophet ceases and says, “I have known that God has counseled to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
17 Akyiri a Yudahene Amasia kɔɔ nʼafotufo nkyɛn kobisaa afotu no, ɔde sii Israelhene Yoas a na ɔyɛ Yehoahas babarima, na ɔyɛ Yehu nena nso anim se, “Bra na yenni ako.”
And Amaziah king of Judah takes counsel, and sends to Joash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,
18 Na Israelhene Yoas buaa Yudahene Amasia se, “Nsɔe a ɛwɔ Lebanon mmepɔw so somaa abɔfo kɔɔ dutan sida nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Fa wo babea ma me babarima aware.’ Ɛhɔ ara na aboa bi fi wuram betiatiaa nsɔe no so sɛee no.
“Come, we look one another in the face.” And Joash king of Israel sends to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thorn that [is] in Lebanon has sent to the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife; and a beast of the field that [is] in Lebanon passes by and treads down the thorn.
19 Nokware woadi Edom so nkonim, ama woayɛ ahantan. Ma wʼani nsɔ wo nkonimdi no, na tena wo fi. Adɛn nti na wopere wo ho kɔ ɔhaw a ɛde amanehunu bɛba wo ne Yudafo nyinaa so yi?”
You have said, Behold, I have struck Edom; and your heart has lifted you up to boast; now, abide in your house, why do you stir yourself up in evil, that you have fallen, you and Judah with you?”
20 Amasia yɛɛ asoɔden, efisɛ na Onyankopɔn resiesie kwan bi afa so asɛe no, sɛ ɔsom Edom anyame no nti.
And Amaziah has not listened, for it [is] from God in order to give them into [their] hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;
21 Na Israelhene Yoas, boaboaa nʼakofo ano kotiaa Yudahene Amasia. Asraafodɔm abien no hyiaa wɔ Bet-Semes a ɛwɔ Yuda.
and Joash king of Israel goes up, and they look one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that [is] Judah’s,
22 Israel asraafo dii Yuda so nkonim ma wɔbɔɔ ahwete, guan kɔɔ wɔn kurom.
and Judah is struck before Israel, and they flee—each to his tents.
23 Israelhene Yoas kyeree Yudahene Amasia wɔ Bet-Semes, na ɔsan de no baa Yerusalem. Afei, Yehoas hyɛɛ nʼakofo sɛ, wɔnsɛe Yerusalem fasu no anammɔn ahansia a efi Efraim Pon ano, kosi Twɔtwɔw Pon no ano.
And Joash king of Israel has caught Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, in Beth-Shemesh, and brings him to Jerusalem, and breaks down in the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits,
24 Ɔtasee sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ ne nneɛma ahorow a ɛwɔ Onyankopɔn Asɔredan mu a na Obed-Edom hwɛ so no nyinaa. Afei, ɔfaa adekoradan a na ɛwɔ ahemfi hɔ mu nneɛma kaa nnommum no ho, na ɔsan kɔɔ Samaria.
and [takes] all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turns back to Samaria.
25 Israelhene Yoas, Yehoahas babarima wu akyi no, Yudahene Amasia tenaa ase mfe dunum.
And Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lives after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years;
26 Amasia ahenni ho nsɛm nkae, efi mfiase kosi awiei no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda ahemfo ne Israel ahemfo nhoma no mu ana?
and the rest of the matters of Amaziah, the first and the last, behold, are they not written on the scrolls of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27 Amasia dan ne ho fii Awurade akyidi no, wɔpam ne ti so wɔ Yerusalem. Ɛno nti, oguan kɔɔ Lakis. Nanso nʼatamfo somaa awudifo, tiw no kokum no wɔ hɔ.
And from the time that Amaziah has turned aside from after YHWH—they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he flees to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,
28 Wɔde no too ɔpɔnkɔ so baa Yerusalem besiee no kaa nʼagyanom ho wɔ Dawid kurom.
and lift him up on the horses, and bury him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
