2 Beresosɛm 29

1 Hesekia dii hene wɔ Yuda no, na wadi mfe aduonu anum. Na odii ade mfe aduonu akron wɔ Yerusalem. Na ne na yɛ Sakaria babea a ne din de Abia.

Hezekiah became king when five and twenty years old, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abiyah, the daughter of Zecharyahu.

2 Ɔyɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, sɛnea nʼagya Dawid yɛe pɛpɛɛpɛ.

And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that David his father had done.

3 Afe a edi kan wɔ nʼahenni mu, ɔsram a edi kan no, Hesekia buebuee Awurade Asɔredan apon no, siesiee no.

He it was that in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.

4 Ɔfrɛfrɛɛ asɔfo no ne Lewifo no sɛ, wommehyia no wɔ Asɔredan no adiwo a ɛwɔ apuei fam hɔ.

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the open place at the east;

5 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Lewifo, muntie me! Munnwira mo ho, na munnwira Awurade, mo agyanom Nyankopɔn Asɔredan no nso. Munyiyi biribiara a efi aka no mfi kronkronbea hɔ.

And he said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify yourselves now, and sanctity the house of the Lord the God of your fathers, and carry forth the unclean thing out of the sanctuary.

6 Yɛn agyanom anni nokware, na wɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn anim. Wogyaw Awurade ne nʼAsɔredan no; wɔdan wɔn akyi kyerɛɛ no.

For our fathers have dealt faithlessly, and have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him; and they have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

7 Afei, wɔtotoo Asɔredan no ntwironoo apon mu, dunum akanea no. Wogyaee nnuhuamhyew, gyaee ɔhyew afɔrebɔde a wɔde ba Israel Nyankopɔn, kronkronbea hɔ no.

They had also locked up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and incense have they not burnt, and the burnt-offerings have they not offered in the sanctuary, unto the God of Israel.

8 Ɛno nti na Awurade abufuw aba Yuda ne Yerusalem so no. Wama yɛadan ahufo, ayamhyehyefo ne aserewde, sɛnea muhu no pefee no.

Wherefore the wrath of the Lord is upon Judah and Jerusalem. and he hath rendered them to be a horror, an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

9 Wɔakunkum yɛn agyanom wɔ ɔko mu, na wɔakyekyere yɛn mmabarima, yɛn mmabea ne yɛn yerenom sɛ nneduafo.

And, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.

10 Nanso mprempren, me ne Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn bɛyɛ apam sɛnea nʼabufuwhyew no befi yɛn so.

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant for the Lord the God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

11 Me mma, afei monnto mo nnwuma asaworam. Awurade ayi mo sɛ munnyina nʼanim nsom no, na munni ɔmanfo anim nsom no na monhyew nnuhuam.”

My sons, be not negligent now; for of you hath the Lord made choice to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye might be unto him ministers and those that burn incense.

12 Afei saa Lewifo yi hyɛɛ dwumadi no ase. Wɔn a wofi Kohat abusua mu no yɛ: Amasai babarima Mahat ne Asaria babarima Yoel. Wɔn a wofi Merari abusua mu no yɛ: Abdi babarima Kis ne Yehalelel babarima Asaria. Wɔn a wofi Gerson abusua mu yɛ: Sima babarima Yoa ne Yoa babarima Eden;

Then arose the Levites, Machath the son of 'Amassai, and Joel the son of 'Azaryahu, of the sons of the Kehathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of 'Abdi, and 'Azaryahu the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershunites, Joach the son of Zimmah, and 'Eden the son of Joach:

13 Wɔn a wofi Elisafan abusua mu yɛ: Simri ne Yeiel. Wɔn a wofi Asaf abusua mu yɛ: Sakaria ne Matania.

And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri, and Je'iel; and of the sons of Assaph, Zecharyahu and Matthanyahu;

14 Wɔn a wofi Heman abusua mu yɛ: Yehiel ne Simei. Wɔn a wofi Yedutun abusua mu yɛ: Semaia ne Usiel.

And of the sons of Heman, Jechiel and Shim'i; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shema'yah and 'Uzziel;

15 Saa mmarima yi frɛfrɛɛ wɔn mfɛfo Lewifo, na wodwiraa wɔn ho. Na afei, wofii ase dwiraa Awurade Asɔredan no sɛnea ɔhene no hyɛe no. Wɔyɛɛ ahwɛyie, dii Awurade ahyɛde no so pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ wɔn dwumadi no mu.

And they gathered together their brethren, and they sanctified themselves, and came, according to the command of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.

16 Asɔfo no kɔɔ Awurade Asɔredan kronkronbea hɔ, kodwiraa hɔ, na wɔfaa biribiara a ɛho agu fi a wohui no fii hɔ de baa Asɔredan no adiwo. Lewifo no twee ne nyinaa fii hɔ, kɔtow guu Kidron Bon mu.

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it; and they brought out every thing unclean which they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord; and the Levites received it, to carry it out abroad unto the brook Kidron.

17 Wofii dwumadi no ase wɔ da bi a ɛwɔ ɔsram a edi kan no mu. Na da a ɛto so awotwe no, na wɔadu Awurade Asɔredan no ntwironoo mu hɔ. Na wɔde nnafua awotwe bio dwiraa Awurade Asɔredan no ankasa. Enti wɔde nnafua dunsia na ewiee dwumadi no nyinaa.

And they commenced on the first day of the first month to sanctify; and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the Lord, and they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

18 Na Lewifo no kɔɔ ɔhene Hesekia nkyɛn, kɔkaa sɛnea dwumadi no akosi kyerɛɛ no. Wɔkae se, “Yɛadwira Awurade Asɔredan no, ɔhyew afɔrebɔ afɔremuka no a nneɛma ahorow ka ho ne Daa Daa Brodo pon no ne ɛho nneɛma ho.

Then went they in the inner part [of the palace] to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of shewbread, and all its vessels.

19 Afei nso, nneɛma a ɔhene Ahas tasee bere a na ɔyɛ asoɔden, na ɔtoo asɔredan no mu no nso, yɛakogye ne nyinaa. Ne nyinaa gu Awurade afɔremuka no anim a wɔadwira ho na wobetumi de adi dwuma biara.”

Moreover all the vessels, which king Achaz had cast aside during his reign in his faithlessness, have we put in order and sanctified: and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.

20 Ade kyee anɔpahema no, ɔhene Hesekia boaboaa kurow no mpanyimfo ano ne wɔn kɔɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu.

Then arose king Hezekiah early, and gathered together the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

21 Wɔde anantwinini ason, adwennini ason, nguantenmma ason ne mpapo ason bae sɛ, ahenni, asɔredan no ne Yuda bɔne ho afɔrebɔde. Ɔhene no hyɛɛ asɔfo no a wɔyɛ Aaron asefo sɛ wɔmfa mmoa no mmɔ afɔre wɔ Awurade afɔremuka no so.

And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven sheep, and seven he-goats, as a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he ordered the sons of Aaron the priests to offer [them] on the altar of the Lord.

22 Na wokunkum anantwinini no, na asɔfo no de mogya no petee afɔremuka no so. Afei, wokunkum adwennini no de wɔn mogya petee afɔremuka no so. Na awiei no, wɔde nguantenmma no yɛɛ saa ara.

So they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar; they also slaughtered the sheep, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

23 Wɔde mpapo a wɔde rebɛbɔ bɔne ho afɔre no baa ɔhene no ne ɔmanfo no anim ma wɔde wɔn nsa guu wɔn so.

And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

24 Afei, asɔfo no kunkum mpapo no sɛ bɔne ho afɔrebɔ, de wɔn mogya petee afɔremuka no so, sɛ bɔne ho mpata maa Israel nyinaa. Ɔhene no sii so dua sɛ, saa ɔhyew ne bɔne ho afɔrebɔ no, wɔmmɔ mma Israel nyinaa.

And the priests slaughtered them, and they made an expiation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all the people, said the king, should be the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.

25 Afei, ɔhene Hesekia de Lewifo no gyinagyinaa Awurade Asɔredan no mu. Ɔde kyɛnkyɛn, mmɛnta ne asankuten maa wɔn. Odii ahyɛde a Awurade nam Gad, a ɔyɛ ɔhene nhumuni ne odiyifo Natan so de maa Dawid no so.

And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the command of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: because from the Lord was this commandment by means of his prophets.

26 Afei, Lewifo no faa Dawid nnwontode no kogyinagyina wɔn gyinabea wɔ Asɔredan no ho. Saa ara nso na asɔfo no faa wɔn ntorobɛnto kogyinagyina wɔn afa.

And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

27 Afei, ɔhene Hesekia hyɛɛ sɛ wɔmfa ɔhyew afɔre no nsi afɔremuka no so. Bere a wɔde ɔhyew afɔre no reba no, wofii ase too ayeyi nnwom maa Awurade, na wɔde ntorobɛnto ne Israelhene Dawid nnwontode no gyigyee ho.

And Hezekiah ordered to offer the burnt-offering on the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the Lord began [also] with the trumpets, and with the instruments of David the king of Israel.

28 Bagua no sɔree Awurade bere a na nnwontofo no reto nnwom, na wɔrehyɛn ntorobɛnto no ara kosii sɛ ɔhyew afɔrebɔde no nyinaa sae.

And all the assembly prostrated themselves, and the song sounded, and the trumpeters blew; all this [continued] until the burnt-offering was completed.

29 Na ɔhene no ne wɔn a wɔka ne ho no nyinaa kotow somee.

And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him kneeled down and prostrated themselves.

30 Ɔhene Hesekia ne ne mpanyimfo hyɛɛ Lewifo no sɛ, wɔmfa Dawid nnwom ne nhumuni Asaf de, nkamfo Awurade. Enti, wɔde anigye kamfoo Awurade, na wɔkotow sɔree.

And king Hezekiah and the princes then said to the Levites to sing praises unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Assaph the seer. And they sang praises with great joy, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.

31 Afei, Hesekia de too gua se, “Ɔsom no aba awiei. Momfa mo afɔrebɔde ne mo aseda mmra Awurade Asɔredan mu.” Enti ɔmanfo no de wɔn afɔrebɔde ne wɔn aseda afɔrebɔde bae, na wɔn a wɔpɛ no de ɔhyew afɔrebɔde nso kaa ho.

Then commenced Hezekiah, and said, Now have ye consecrated yourselves unto the Lord: come near and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving-offerings unto the house of the Lord. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thanksgiving-offerings, and every one who was liberal of heart, burnt-offerings.

32 Ɔmanfo no de anantwinini aduɔson, adwennini ɔha ne nguantenmma ahannu sɛ ɔhyew afɔrebɔde brɛɛ Awurade.

And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the assembly brought, was seventy bullocks, one hundred rams, [and] two hundred sheep: as a burnt-offering unto the Lord were all these.

33 Wɔsan de anantwinini ahansia ne nguan mpensa baa sɛ afɔrebɔde.

And the hallowed sacrifices were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

34 Nanso na asɔfo a wɔwɔ hɔ no sua sɛ wobetumi asiesie ɔhyew afɔre no nyinaa nti, wɔn abusuafo Lewifo no boaa wɔn kosii sɛ dwumadi no baa awiei. Wɔtew asɔfo no pii ho ansa na wɔreboa dwumadi no, efisɛ na Lewifo no adwene wɔ wɔn ahotew so sen asɔfo no.

Only the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites assisted them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests could sanctify themselves, for the Levites were of upright heart to sanctify themselves more than the priests.

35 Na ɔhyew afɔre ne daa nsa afɔre no buu so. Saa ara nso na asomdwoe afɔre srade nso yɛɛ bebree. Enti wosiesiee Awurade Asɔredan no maa ɔsom no.

But there were also burnt-offerings in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and the drink-offerings for the burnt-offerings. So was [again] established the service of the house of the Lord.

36 Na Hesekia ne ɔmanfo no nyinaa gyee wɔn ani wɔ nea Onyankopɔn ayɛ ama nnipa no ho, efisɛ wowiee biribiara ntɛm.

And Hezekiah rejoiced, with all the people, over that which God had prepared for the people; because the thing occurred suddenly.