2 Ahemfo 15

1 Bere a Yeroboam a ɔto so abien di ade wɔ Israel no, ne mfe aduonu ason so na Amasia babarima Asaria fii ase dii ade wɔ Yuda.

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, has reigned;

2 Obedii hene no, na wadi mfe dunsia. Na odii ade wɔ Yerusalem mfirihyia aduonum abien. Na ne na din de Yekolia a ofi Yerusalem.

he was a son of sixteen years in his reigning, and he has reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jecholiah of Jerusalem,

3 Na ɔteɛ wɔ Awurade ani so, sɛnea nʼagya Amasia teɛ no.

and he does that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father Amaziah did,

4 Wansɛe abosonnan a na nnipa kɔbɔ afɔre, kɔhyew nnuhuam wɔ hɔ no.

only, the high places have not been removed—the people are still sacrificing and making incense in high places.

5 Awurade maa kwata yɛɛ ɔhene no, kosii da a owui. Ne saa nti, na ɔno nko te ofi bi mu. Yotam a na ɔyɛ ɔhene no babarima na ɔhwɛɛ ahemfi no so, na odii nnipa a wɔwɔ asase no so no so.

And YHWH strikes the king, and he is a leper to the day of his death, and he dwells in a separate house, and Jotham son of the king [is] over the house, judging the people of the land.

6 Na Asaria adedi ho nsɛm nkae ne dwuma a odii nyinaa no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?

And the rest of the matters of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

7 Asaria wui no, wosiee no wɔ ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurow mu. Na ne babarima Yotam na odii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.

And Azariah lies with his fathers, and they bury him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Jotham reigns in his stead.

8 Yudahene Asaria dii ade no, ne mfe aduasa awotwe mu no na Yeroboam a ɔto so abien babarima Sakaria nso dii ade Israel wɔ Samaria. Odii ade asram asia.

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam has reigned over Israel in Samaria, six months,

9 Ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so, sɛnea nʼagyanom yɛe no. Wamfi ahonisom a Nebat babarima Yeroboam maa Israelfo som no ho.

and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH as his fathers did; he has not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin.

10 Na Yabes babarima Salum bɔɔ pɔw de tiaa Sakaria, kum no wɔ bagua mu, dii akongua no.

And Shallum son of Jabesh conspires against him, and strikes him before the people, and puts him to death, and reigns in his stead.

11 Sakaria dwuma a odii nkae no, wɔankyerɛw angu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?

And the rest of the matters of Zechariah, behold, they are written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

12 Enti, Awurade asɛm a ɔka kyerɛɛ, Yehu se, “Wʼasefo na wɔbɛyɛ Israel ahemfo akosi awo ntoatoaso a ɛto so anan” mu no, baa mu.

It [is] the word of YHWH that He spoke to Jehu, saying, “Sons of the fourth [generation] sit on the throne of Israel for you”; and it is so.

13 Yabes babarima Salum bedii Israel so hene no, na ɛyɛ Yudahene Usia adedi mfe aduasa akron mu. Salum dii ade wɔ Samaria ɔsram baako pɛ.

Shallum son of Jabesh has reigned in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigns a month of days in Samaria;

14 Afei, Gadi babarima Menahem fii Tirsa kɔɔ Samaria. Ɔkɔtow hyɛɛ Yabes babarima Salum so kum no, na ɔtenaa akongua no so.

and Menahem son of Gadi goes up from Tirzah and comes to Samaria, and strikes Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and puts him to death, and reigns in his stead.

15 Salum ahenni ho nsɛm nkae ne pɔw a ɔbɔe no, wɔankyerɛw angu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu?

And the rest of the matters of Shallum and his conspiracy that he made, behold, they are written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

16 Saa bere no mu, Menahem fii Tirsa kɔtoaa Tifsa ne obiara a ɔwɔ hɔ ne ne nkurow nyinaa, efisɛ ɛhɔfo no ampene so sɛ wɔde kurow no bɛma. Okunkum kurow no mu nnipa nyinaa, paapae emu apemfo nyinaa yafunu mu.

Then Menahem strikes Tiphsah, and all who [are] in it, and its borders from Tirzah, for it did not open [to him], and he strikes [it], [and] he has ripped up all its pregnant women.

17 Gadi babarima Menahem fii ase dii Israelhene bere a na Usia adi ade wɔ Yuda ne mfe aduasa akron so. Odii hene wɔ Samaria mfirihyia du.

In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi has reigned over Israel in Samaria, ten years.

18 Nanso Menahem yɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Nʼahenni mu nyinaa, wannyae bɔne a ɛyɛ ahonisom no a na Nebat babarima Yeroboam adi Israelfo anim de wɔn asom no.

And he does evil in the eyes of YHWH; he has not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin, all his days.

19 Afei, Asiriahene Pul bedii asase no so. Na Menahem tuaa dwetɛ nkaribo tɔn aduasa ason maa no sɛnea ɔbɛtaa nʼakyi ama nʼahenni no atim.

Pul king of Asshur has come against the land, and Menahem gives one thousand talents of silver to Pul, for his hand being with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.

20 Menahem nam apoobɔ so gyigyee Israel asikafo no mu biara nkyɛn dwetɛ a ɛkari gram ahannum aduoson de maa Asiriahene. Ɛno nti, Asiriahene ankɔtow anhyɛ Israel so, na wantena asase no so nso.

And Menahem brings out the silver [from] Israel, [from] all the mighty men of wealth, to give to the king of Asshur, fifty shekels of silver for each one, and the king of Asshur turns back and has not stayed there in the land.

21 Na Menahem adedi ho nsɛm nkae ne dwuma a odii nyinaa, wɔankyerɛw angu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?

And the rest of the matters of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

22 Bere a Menahem wui no, ne babarima Pekahia na odii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.

And Menahem lies with his fathers, and his son Pekahiah reigns in his stead.

23 Menahem babarima Pekahia fii ase dii Israelhene wɔ Yudahene Usia ahenni ne mfe aduonum so. Odii hene wɔ Samaria mfe abien.

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem has reigned over Israel in Samaria, two years,

24 Nanso Pekahia yɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Wantwe ne ho amfi ahonisom a Nebat babarima Yeroboam dii Israelfo anim ma wɔsom no ho.

and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH; he has not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin.

25 Na Remalia babarima Peka a na ɔyɛ Pekahia asraafo so sahene no bɔɔ pɔw tiaa no. Ɔfaa mmarima aduonum fii Gilead, kaa ne ho, kokum ɔhene no ne Argob ne Arie wɔ Samaria ahemfi abangua mu. Peka na afei obedii hene wɔ Israel.

And Pekah son of Remaliah, his captain, conspires against him, and strikes him in Samaria, in the high place of the house of the king with Argob and Arieh; and fifty men of the sons of the Gileadites [were] with him, and he puts him to death, and reigns in his stead.

26 Pekahia ahenni ho nsɛm nkae ne dwuma a odii nyinaa, wɔankyerɛw angu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?

And the rest of the matters of Pekahiah and all that he did, behold, they are written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

27 Remalia babarima Peka bedii hene wɔ Israel wɔ bere a na Usia adi hene wɔ Yuda mfe aduonum abien. Odii ade wɔ Samaria mfirihyia aduonu.

In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah has reigned over Israel in Samaria, twenty years,

28 Nanso Peka yɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Wantwe ne ho amfi ahonisom a Nebat babarima Yeroboam dii Israel anim ma wɔsom no ho.

and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, he has not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin.

29 Peka ahenni so no, Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser kɔtoaa Israelfo bio, faa nkurow Iyon ne Abel-Bet-Maaka ne Yanoa ne Kedes ne Hasor ne Gilead ne Galilea ne Naftali nsase nyinaa. Na ɔfaa nnipa no nnommum kɔɔ Asiria.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur has come, and takes Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and removes them to Asshur.

30 Na Ela babarima Hosea bɔɔ pɔw, tiaa Peka na okum no. Ofii ase dii Israel so hene bere a na Usia babarima Yotam nso adi ade mfe aduonu wɔ Yuda.

And Hoshea son of Elah makes a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, and strikes him, and puts him to death, and reigns in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

31 Peka adedi mu nsɛm nkae ne dwuma a odii nyinaa, wɔankyerɛw angu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?

And the rest of the matters of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

32 Usia babarima Yotam dii hene wɔ Yuda bere a na ɔhene Peka adi ade wɔ Israel mfirihyia abien.

In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, has reigned.

33 Odii ade no, na wadi mfirihyia aduonu anum, na odii Yerusalem so hene mfe dunsia. Na ne na a ɔyɛ Sadok babea no din de Yerusa.

He was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerusha daughter of Zadok,

34 Yotam yɛɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani, sɛnea nʼagya Usia yɛe no ara pɛ.

and he does that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH; he has done according to all that his father Uzziah did.

35 Nanso wansɛe abosonnan a na nnipa kɔbɔ afɔre, kɔhyew nnuhuam wɔ hɔ no. Ɔno ne obi a ɔsan sii Awurade Asɔredan no atifi pon.

Only, the high places have not been removed—the people are still sacrificing and making incense in high places; he has built the high gate of the house of YHWH.

36 Yotam ahenni ho nsɛm nkae ne nea ɔyɛe nyinaa, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?

And the rest of the matters of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

37 Saa mmere no mu, Awurade fii ase somaa Aramhene Resin ne Israelhene Peka, sɛ wɔnkɔtow nhyɛ Yuda so.

In those days YHWH has begun to send Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

38 Bere a Yotam wui no, wosiee no wɔ ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurow mu. Na ne babarima Ahas bedii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.

And Jotham lies with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and his son Ahaz reigns in his stead.