2 Ahemfo 16
1 Bere a ɔhene Peka adi hene wɔ Israel mfe dunson no, na Yotam babarima Ahas nso bedii ade wɔ Yuda.
In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign.
2 Ahas dii hene no, na wadi mfirihyia aduonu. Na odii Yerusalem nso so hene mfirihyia dunsia. Wanyɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn ani, sɛnea ne panyin Dawid yɛe no.
Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father [had done].
3 Mmom, ɔhwɛɛ Israel ahemfo nhwɛso so, na mpo ɔde ɔno ankasa ne babarima bɔɔ afɔre wɔ ogya mu. Osuasuaa abosonsom aman no nneyɛe a ɛyɛ akyiwade ma Awurade a ɛno nti ɔpam wɔn fii Israelfo anim no.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 Ɔbɔɔ afɔre, hyew nnuhuam wɔ abosomfi, mmepɔw so ne dua frɔmfrɔm biara ase.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places, and upon the hills, and under every shady tree.
5 Afei, Aramhene Resin ne Israelhene Peka tuu sa wɔ Ahas so. Wɔkɔtoaa Yerusalem, nanso wɔanni so nkonim.
Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not prevail [against him].
6 Saa bere no, Edomhene gyee Elat kurow maa Edom. Ɔpam Yudafo, na ɔmaa Edomfo no kɔtenaa hɔ, sɛnea ɛte nnɛ yi.
At that time Raasson king of Syria recovered Aelath to Syria, and drove out the Jews from Aelath, and the Idumeans came to Aelath, and dwelt there until this day.
7 Ɔhene Ahas somaa abɔfo kɔɔ Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser nkyɛn, de nkra kɔmaa no se, “Meyɛ wo somfo ne wo ba. Bra na begye me fi Aram ne Israel asraafo a wɔaka me ahyɛ no nsam.”
And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.
8 Na Ahas faa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ fii Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ, faa ahemfi hɔ sika de kyɛɛ Asiriahene no.
And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent gifts to the king.
9 Enti Asiriafo no kɔtoaa Aramfo no wɔ wɔn kuropɔn Damasko mu, kyekyeree ɛhɔfo no nnommum, de wɔn kɔ kɔtenaa Kir. Wokum ɔhene Resin.
And the king of the Assyrians hearkened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed the inhabitants, and slew king Raasson.
10 Ɔhene Ahas kɔɔ Damasko, kohyiaa Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser. Bere a ɔwɔ hɔ no, ohuu afɔremuka sononko bi. Enti ɔde saa afɔremuka no sɛso ho mfoni, kɔmaa ɔsɔfo Uria.
And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.
11 Uria nam ɔhene no asɛm so yɛɛ saa afɔremuka no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ, na bere a ofi Damasko bae no, na wɔayɛ awie.
And Urias the priest built the altar, according to all [the directions] which king Achaz sent from Damascus.
12 Ɔhene no fi Damasko bae no, ɔhwɛɛ afɔremuka no ho hyiae, bɔɔ so afɔre.
And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,
13 Ɔhene no bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne atoko afɔre, hwiee nsa afɔre guu so, na ɔpetee asomdwoe afɔre ho mogya guu so.
and offered his whole-burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, and poured out the blood of his peace-offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord.
14 Na ɔhene Ahas yii kɔbere mfrafrae afɔremuka a na esi ɔkwan no ano ne afɔremuka foforo yi ntam no fii Awurade Asɔredan no anim, de kosii afɔremuka foforo no atifi fam.
And he brought forward [the one] before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it openly by the side of the altar northwards.
15 Ɔka kyerɛɛ ɔsɔfo Uria se, “Bɔ anɔpa afɔre nyinaa a ɛyɛ ɔhyew afɔre no, anwummere atoko afɔre no, ɔhene ɔhyew afɔre ne atoko afɔre ne nnipa no nyinaa afɔre a wɔn nsa afɔre ka ho wɔ so. Mogya a efi ɔhyew afɔre no nyinaa mu no, wɔmfa mpete afɔremuka foforo no so. Me nko ara na mede kɔbere mfrafrae afɔremuka dedaw no bedi dwuma.”
And king Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole-burnt-offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole-burnt-offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole-burnt-offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and thou shalt pour all the blood of the whole-burnt-offering, and all the blood of [any other] sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning.
16 Na ɔsɔfo Uria yɛɛ nea ɔhene Ahas ka kyerɛɛ no se ɔnyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him.
17 Na afei, ɔhene no tutuu afasu no nkataanim nnua ne nsuhina nso fi nsu teaseɛnam no so. Afei oyii Po no fii kɔbere mfrafrae anantwi no akyi de sii abo nsɛmee no so.
And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base of stone.
18 Na nidi a ɔde ma Asiriahene no nti, oyii kyinii bi a na wɔayɛ wɔ ahemfi no mu a na wɔde di dwuma homeda no ne ɔhene no abɔntenkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu no fii hɔ.
And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord, and he turned the king's entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians.
19 Ahas ahenni ho nsɛm nkae no ne dwuma ahorow a odii no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
And the rest of the acts of Achaz, even all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
20 Bere a Ahas wui no, wosiee no ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurow mu. Na ne babarima Hesekia bedii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.
