2 Ahemfo 16

1 Bere a ɔhene Peka adi hene wɔ Israel mfe dunson no, na Yotam babarima Ahas nso bedii ade wɔ Yuda.

The seuenteenth yeere of Pekah the sonne of Remaliah, Ahaz the sonne of Iotham King of Iudah began to reigne.

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.

Twentie yeere olde was Ahaz, when hee began to reigne, and he reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and did not vprightly in the sight of the Lord his God, like Dauid his father:

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.

But walked in the way of ye kings of Israel, yea, and made his sonne to go through the fire, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

4 Ɔbɔɔ afɔre, hyew nnuhuam wɔ abosomfi, mmepɔw so ne dua frɔmfrɔm biara ase.

Also he offred and burnt incense in the hie places and on the hilles, and vnder euery greene tree.

5 Afei, Aramhene Resin ne Israelhene Peka tuu sa wɔ Ahas so. Wɔkɔtoaa Yerusalem, nanso wɔanni so nkonim.

Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah sonne of Remaliah King of Israel came vp to Ierusalem to fight: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not ouercome him.

6 Saa bere no, Edomhene gyee Elat kurow maa Edom. Ɔpam Yudafo, na ɔmaa Edomfo no kɔtenaa hɔ, sɛnea ɛte nnɛ yi.

At the same time Rezin king of Aram restored Elath to Aram, and droue the Iewes from Elath: so the Aramites came to Elath, and dwelt there vnto 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.”

Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Asshur, saying, I am thy seruant and thy sonne: come vp, and deliuer me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the King of Israel which rise vp against me.

8 Na Ahas faa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ fii Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ, faa ahemfi hɔ sika de kyɛɛ Asiriahene no.

And Ahaz tooke the siluer and the golde that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the Kings house, and sent a present vnto the King of Asshur.

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 Asshur consented vnto him: and the King of Asshur went vp against Damascus. and when he had taken it, he caryed the people away to Kir, and slew Rezin.

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 Ahaz went vnto Damascus to meete Tiglath Pileser King of Asshur: and when King Ahaz sawe the altar that was at Damascus, he sent to Vriiah the Priest the paterne of the altar, and the facion of it, and all the workemanship thereof.

11 Uria nam ɔhene no asɛm so yɛɛ saa afɔremuka no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ, na bere a ofi Damasko bae no, na wɔayɛ awie.

And Vriiah the Priest made an altar in al poyntes like to that which King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Vriiah the Priest against King Ahaz came from Damascus.

12 Ɔhene no fi Damasko bae no, ɔhwɛɛ afɔremuka no ho hyiae, bɔɔ so afɔre.

So when the King was come from Damascus, the King sawe the altar: and the King drewe neere to the altar and offered thereon.

13 Ɔhene no bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne atoko afɔre, hwiee nsa afɔre guu so, na ɔpetee asomdwoe afɔre ho mogya guu so.

And hee burnt his burnt offering, and his meate offring, and powred his drinke offring, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offrings besides the altar,

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 set it by the brasen altar which was before the Lord, and brought it in farther before the house betweene the altar and the house of the Lord, and set it on the North side of the altar.

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 Ahaz commanded Vriiah the Priest, and sayde, Vpon the great altar set on fire in the morning the burnt offring, and in the euen the meate offring, and the Kings burnt offring and his meate offering, with the burnt offring of all the people of the lande, and their meate offring, and their drinke offrings: and powre thereby all the blood of the burnt offring, and all the blood of the sacrifice, and the brasen altar shalbe for me to inquire of God.

16 Na ɔsɔfo Uria yɛɛ nea ɔhene Ahas ka kyerɛɛ no se ɔnyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.

And Vriiah the Priest did according to all that King Ahaz had commanded.

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 Ahaz brake the borders of the bases, and tooke the caldrons from off them, and tooke downe the sea from the brasen oxen that were vnder it, and put it vpon a pauement of stones.

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 the vaile for the Sabbath (that they had made in the house) and the Kings entrie without turned he to the house of the Lord, because of the King of Asshur.

19 Ahas ahenni ho nsɛm nkae no ne dwuma ahorow a odii no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?

Concerning the rest of the actes of Ahaz, which he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

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

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid, and Hezekiah his sonne reigned in his steade.