2 Ahemfo 17
1 Ela babarima Hosea fii ase dii hene wɔ Israel no, na ɔhene Ahas nso adi hene wɔ Yuda mfirihyia dumien. Odii hene wɔ Samaria mfe akron.
In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda, Osee the son of Ela reigned in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 Ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so, nanso na ne bɔne no nnɔɔso sɛ Israel ahemfo a wodii ade ansa na ɔrebedi ade no.
And he did evil before the Lord: but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.
3 Asiriahene Salmaneser kɔɔ ɔhene Hosea so, kodii ne so nkonim nti, ɔhyɛɛ Israel ma wotuaa sonkahiri a emu yɛ duru maa Asiria.
Against him came up Salmanasar king of the Assyrians, and Osee became his servant, and paid him tribute.
4 Afei, ɔhene Hosea bisaa mmoa fii Misraimhene a wɔfrɛ no So nkyɛn sɛ ɔmmoa no na ɔntew ne ho mfi Asiriahene tumi ase. Ɔbɔɔ pɔw tiaa Asiriahene. Bere a Asiriahene huu pɔw bɔne a wabɔ no, ɔkyeree no de no too afiase wɔ nʼatuatew ho.
And when the king of the Assyrians found that Osee endeavouring to rebel had sent messengers to Sua the king of Egypt, that he might not pay tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had done every year, he besieged him, bound him, and cast him into prison,
5 Na Asiriahene ko faa asasetam no nyinaa, na otuaa Samaria ano mfe abiɛsa.
And he went through all the land: and going up to Samaria, he besieged it three years.
6 Akyiri no, ɔhene Hosea ahenni mfe akron mu no, Samaria hwee ase, ma wotwaa Israelfo asu kɔɔ Asiria. Wɔbɔɔ wɔn atenase wɔ Halah nkurow wɔ asu Habor a ɛwɔ Gosan a ɛfra Media nkuropɔn no mu no so.
And in the ninth year of Osee, the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria: and he placed them in Hala and Habor by the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.
7 Saa amanehunu yi baa Israelman so, efisɛ nnipa no som anyame afoforo, yɛɛ bɔne tia Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn a oyii wɔn fii wɔn nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim no.
For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they worshipped strange gods.
8 Wosuasuaa abosonsom aman nneyɛe a enti Awurade pam wɔn fii asase a ɛda wɔn anim no so, ne ɔsom a Israel ahemfo de aba no.
And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner.
9 Na Israelfo no nso nam sum ase, ayɛ nneɛma pii a na ɛnsɔ Awurade wɔn Nyankopɔn ani. Wosisii abosonnan maa wɔn ho wɔ wɔn nkurow nyinaa so, efi wɔn nkurow akɛse a wɔatwa afasu afa ho, kosi nkuraa.
And the children of Israel offended the Lord their God with things that were not right: and built them high places in all their cities from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
10 Wosisii afadum kronkron ne Asera nnua wɔ koko biara so ne dua biara a ɛyɛ frɔmfrɔm ase.
And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree:
11 Wɔhyew nnuhuam wɔ nsɔre so hɔ, te sɛnea aman a Awurade apam wɔn afi asase a ɛda wɔn anim no so no yɛe pɛ. Enti Israelfo yɛɛ bɔne bebree hyɛɛ Awurade abufuw.
And they burnt incense there upon altars after the manner of the nations which the Lord had removed from their face: and they did wicked things, provoking the Lord.
12 Yiw, Awurade kɔkɔbɔ pɔtee ne ne ntimu no nyinaa akyi no, wɔsom ahoni.
And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing.
13 Awurade somaa nʼadiyifo ne adehufo ntoatoaso ma wɔkɔbɔɔ Israel ne Yuda kɔkɔ se, “Monnan mfi mo akwammɔne nyinaa ho. Monyɛ osetie mma mʼahyɛde ne me mmara, nea mehyɛɛ mo agyanom sɛ wonni so no nyinaa, nea menam mʼasomfo adiyifo no so de maa mo no.”
And the Lord testified to them in Israel and in Juda by the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts, and ceremonies, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers: and as I have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets.
14 Nanso Israelfo no antie. Na wɔyɛɛ asoɔden sɛ wɔn agyanom, na wɔannye Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn, anni.
And they hearkened not, but hardened their necks like to the neck of their fathers, who would not obey the Lord their God.
15 Wɔpoo ne mmara ne nʼapam a ɔne wɔn agyanom yɛe no. Na wɔamfa ne kɔkɔbɔ no anyɛ hwee. Wɔsom abosomhuhuw, maa wɔdan nnipa teta. Wɔhwɛɛ aman a atwa wɔn ho ahyia no nhwɛso so, nam so yɛɛ asoɔden maa Awurade mmara nsɛm a ɔhyɛɛ sɛ wonnsuasua wɔn no.
And they rejected his ordinances and the covenant that he made with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified against them: and they followed vanities, and acted vainly: and they followed the nations that were round about them, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did.
16 Wɔantie Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn mmara nsɛm no nyinaa na wɔyɛɛ nantwimma abien ahoni a wɔagu. Wosii Asera dua, som Baal ne wim atumfo nyinaa.
And they forsook all the precepts of the Lord their God: and made to themselves two molten calves, and groves, and adored all the host of heaven: and they served Baal.
17 Na mpo, wɔde wɔn ankasa mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea bɔɔ afɔre wɔ ogya mu. Wɔkɔɔ abisa, wɔyɛɛ abayisɛm, nam so tɔn wɔn ho maa bɔne, de hyɛɛ Awurade abufuw.
And consecrated their sons, and their daughters through fire: and they gave themselves to divinations, and soothsayings: and they delivered themselves up to do evil before the Lord, to provoke him.
18 Na esiane sɛ Awurade bo fuw nti, ɔpepaa wɔn fii nʼanim. Yuda abusuakuw nko ara na ɛkaa wɔn wɔ asase no so.
And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from his sight, and there remained only the tribe of Juda.
19 Na mpo, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda anni Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn, ahyɛde so. Wɔfaa ɔkwan bɔne a Israel faa so no so.
But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.
20 Ɛno nti, Awurade poo Israel asefo nyinaa. Ɔde wɔn maa wɔn atamfo, nam so twee wɔn aso, kosii sɛ wɔsɛee wɔn.
And the Lord cast off all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, till he cast them away from his face:
21 Na bere a Awurade tew Israel fii Dawid ahemman ho no, wɔfaa Nebat babarima Yeroboam, de no dii wɔn so hene. Na Yeroboam maa Israelfo gyaee Awurade akyidi, ma wɔyɛɛ bɔne kɛse.
Even from that time, when Israel was rent from the house of David, and made Jeroboam son of Nabat their king: for Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and made them commit a great sin.
22 Na Israelfo no kɔɔ so nantew Yeroboam akwammɔne no so. Wɔannyae ahonisom ho bɔneyɛ no,
And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done: and they departed not from them,
23 kosii sɛ ne korakora no, Awurade pepaa wɔn fii hɔ, sɛnea nʼadiyifo hyɛɛ ho nkɔm sɛ ɛbɛba no. Enti wotwaa Israel asu kɔɔ Asiria asase so baabi a wɔte besi nnɛ yi.
Till the Lord removed Israel from his face, as he had spoken in the hand of all his servants the prophets: and Israel was carried away out of their land to Assyria, unto this day.
24 Na Asiriahene twee nnipa akuwakuw fii Babilonia, Kuta ne Awa, Hamat ne Sefarwaim, de wɔn beduaa Samaria nkurow so, ma wosii Israelfo anan mu. Enti Asiriafo no faa Samaria ne Israel nkurow a ɛkeka ho no.
And the king of the Assyrians brought people from Babylon, and from Cutha, and from Avah, and from Emath, and from Sepharvaim: and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
25 Nanso esiane sɛ saa ahɔho atutenafo yi ansom Awurade bere a woduu hɔ ara pɛ no nti, Awurade maa gyata kɔɔ wɔn mu, kokunkum wɔn mu bi.
And when they began to dwell there, they feared not the Lord: and the Lord sent lions among them, which killed them.
26 Enti wɔde nkra kɔmaa Asiriahene se, “Nnipa a woabɔ wɔn atenase wɔ Israel nkurow so no nnim sɛnea wɔsom asase no so Nyankopɔn. Wasoma gyata akɔ wɔn mu akɔsɛe wɔn, efisɛ wɔansom no anisɔ mu.”
And it was told the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: The nations which thou hast removed, and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria, know not the ordinances of the God of the land: and the Lord hath sent lions among them: and behold they kill them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
27 Na Asiriahene nso hyɛe se, “Soma asɔfo a wɔatwa wɔn asu no mu baako fi Samaria, na ɔnsan nkɔ Israel. Ma ɔnkyerɛ ahɔho no kwan a wɔfa so som asase no so Nyankopɔn.”
And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from thence captive, and let him go, and dwell with them: and let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.
28 Enti asɔfo a wɔatwa wɔn asu afi Samaria no mu baako san kɔɔ Bet-El, kɔkyerɛɛ ahɔho no ɔkwan a wɔfa so som Awurade.
So one of the priests who had been carried away captive from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should worship the Lord.
29 Nanso saa ahɔho akuwakuw ahorow yi kɔɔ so som wɔn ankasa anyame. Kurow biara a wɔtete mu no, wɔde wɔn ahoni kosisii abosonnan a Israelfo no asisi no mu.
And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the temples of the high places, which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities where they dwelt.
30 Wɔn a wofi Babilonia no som wɔn nyame Sukot-Benot ahoni. Wɔn a wofi Kuta som wɔn nyame Nergal. Na wɔn a wofi Hamat som Asima.
For the men of Babylon made Sochothbenoth: and the Cuthites made Nergel: and the men of Emath made Asima.
31 Awifo som wɔn anyame Nibhas ne Tartak. Na mpo, nnipa a wofi Sefarwaim hyew wɔn ankasa mma sɛ afɔrebɔde, de maa Adramelek ne Anamelek.
And the Hevites made Nebahaz and Tharthac. And they that were of Sepharvaim burnt their children in fire, to Adramelech and Anamelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 Saa ahɔho yi som Awurade de, nanso woyii asɔfo bi fii wɔn mu a, na wɔbɔ afɔre wɔ abosonnan mu.
And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord. And they made to themselves, of the lowest of the people, priests of the high places, and they placed them in the temples of the high places.
33 Na wɔsom Awurade de, nanso wɔkɔɔ so faa amanne kwan a wɔn aman a wofi so no fa so som no so.
And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:
34 Na eyi da so kɔ so wɔ wɔn mu de besi nnɛ. Na wɔda so yɛ kan nnebɔne no a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsom Awurade, di ne mmara, ne nkyerɛkyerɛ ne ahyɛde a ɔde maa Yakob a ɔsesaa ne din ma ɛbɛyɛɛ Israel asefo no so.
Unto this day they followed the old manner: they fear not the Lord, neither do they keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:
35 Nanso na Awurade ne Yakob asefo ayɛ apam, ahyɛ wɔn se, “Monnsom anyame foforo, monnkotow wɔn, na monnsom wɔn, na mommmɔ afɔre mma wɔn.
With whom he made a covenant, and charged them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods, nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
36 Awurade a ɔnam nsɛnkyerɛnne akɛse ne tumi so yii mo fii Misraim no nko ara na monsom no. Ɔno nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ mosom no, na mokotow no, na mobɔ afɔre ma no.
But the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a stretched out arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.
37 Monhwɛ yiye, na munni mmara, nkyerɛkyerɛ ne ahyɛde a ɔkyerɛw maa mo no so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mosom anyame foforo biara.
And the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do them always: and you shall not fear strange gods.
38 Mommma mo werɛ mmfi apam a me ne mo yɛe no, na monnsom anyame foforo biara.
And the covenant that he made with you, you shall not forget: neither shall ye worship strange gods,
39 Monsom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn nko ara. Ɔno na obegye mo afi mo atamfo nyinaa nsam.”
But fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
40 Nanso nnipa no antie, kɔɔ so faa wɔn akwan dedaw no so.
But they did not hearken, but did according to their old custom.
41 Enti bere a ahɔho yi resom Awurade no, bere koro no ara mu, na wɔresom wɔn ahoni. Na ebesi nnɛ, wɔn asefo yɛ ade koro no ara.
So these nations feared the Lord, but nevertheless served also their idols: their children also and grandchildren, as their fathers did, so do they unto this day.
