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 Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah, began 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.
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, as David his ancestor 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.
Instead, he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; indeed, he made his son pass through the fire, following the detestable practices of the nations, which Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
4 Ɔbɔɔ afɔre, hyew nnuhuam wɔ abosomfi, mmepɔw so ne dua frɔmfrɔm biara ase.
He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops, and under every green 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 son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to attack. They besieged Ahaz, but they could not conquer 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, Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram and drove the men of Judah out of Elath. Then the Arameans came to Elath where they have lived to 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.”
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have attacked me.”
8 Na Ahas faa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ fii Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ, faa ahemfi hɔ sika de kyɛɛ Asiriahene no.
So Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Yahweh and among the treasures of the king's palace and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
9 Enti Asiriafo no kɔtoaa Aramfo no wɔ wɔn kuropɔn Damasko mu, kyekyeree ɛhɔfo no nnommum, de wɔn kɔ kɔtenaa Kir. Wokum ɔhene Resin.
Then the king of Assyria listened to him, and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, conquered it and carried off its people as prisoners to Kir. He also killed Rezin the king of Aram.
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.
King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. At Damascus he saw an altar. He sent to Uriah the priest a model of the altar and its pattern and the design for all the workmanship needed.
11 Uria nam ɔhene no asɛm so yɛɛ saa afɔremuka no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ, na bere a ofi Damasko bae no, na wɔayɛ awie.
So Uriah the priest built an altar to be just like the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. He finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus.
12 Ɔhene no fi Damasko bae no, ɔhwɛɛ afɔremuka no ho hyiae, bɔɔ so afɔre.
When the king came from Damascus he saw the altar; the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.
13 Ɔhene no bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne atoko afɔre, hwiee nsa afɔre guu so, na ɔpetee asomdwoe afɔre ho mogya guu so.
He made his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his fellowship offerings on 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.
The bronze altar that was before Yahweh—he brought it from the front of the temple, from between his altar and the temple of Yahweh and put it on the north side of his 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.”
Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, “On the large altar burn the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, and the king's burnt offering and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze altar will be for me to consult for guidance.”
16 Na ɔsɔfo Uria yɛɛ nea ɔhene Ahas ka kyerɛɛ no se ɔnyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
Uriah the priest did just what King Ahaz 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.
Then King Ahaz removed the panels and the basins from the portable stands; he also took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone pavement.
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.
He removed the covered walkway for the Sabbath that they had built at the temple, along with the king's entry outside the temple of Yahweh, because of the king of Assyria.
19 Ahas ahenni ho nsɛm nkae no ne dwuma ahorow a odii no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
As for the other matters concerning Ahaz and what he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?
20 Bere a Ahas wui no, wosiee no ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurow mu. Na ne babarima Hesekia bedii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Ahaz slept with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. Hezekiah his son became king in his place.
