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 twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
2 Amasia yɛɛ nea ɛteɛ wɔ Awurade ani, nanso na emfi ne koma nyinaa mu.
He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, but 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.
Now when the kingdom was established to him, he killed his servants who had killed 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.
But he didn’t put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the Torah in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall 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.
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin. He counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found that there were three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go out to war, who could handle spear and shield.
6 Ɔsan tuaa dwetɛ tɔn 3.4 sɛ apaade maa Israel mmarima mpem ɔha a wonim akodi yiye.
He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for 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.
A man of God came to him, saying, “O king, don’t let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel, with all the children 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 will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.”
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.”
Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The LORD is able to give you much more 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.
Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce 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.
Amaziah took courage, and led his people out and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children 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.
The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
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.
But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much plunder.
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.
Now after Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them and burned 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?”
Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own 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.”
As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined 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.”
Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come! Let’s look one another in the face.”
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.
Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
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 say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even 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.
But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
21 Na Israelhene Yoas, boaboaa nʼakofo ano kotiaa Yudahene Amasia. Asraafodɔm abien no hyiaa wɔ Bet-Semes a ɛwɔ Yuda.
So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
22 Israel asraafo dii Yuda so nkonim ma wɔbɔɔ ahwete, guan kɔɔ wɔn kurom.
Judah was defeated by Israel; so every man fled to his tent.
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.
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down 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.
He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in God’s house with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
25 Israelhene Yoas, Yehoahas babarima wu akyi no, Yudahene Amasia tenaa ase mfe dunum.
Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
26 Amasia ahenni ho nsɛm nkae, efi mfiase kosi awiei no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda ahemfo ne Israel ahemfo nhoma no mu ana?
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren’t they written in the book 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.
Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
28 Wɔde no too ɔpɔnkɔ so baa Yerusalem besiee no kaa nʼagyanom ho wɔ Dawid kurom.
They brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
