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 Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] 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 that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were 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 Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him presents.
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 the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
5 Na Asiriahene ko faa asasetam no nyinaa, na otuaa Samaria ano mfe abiɛsa.
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and 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.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, [on] the river of Gozan, and 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.
And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other 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 walked in the statutes of the nations, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
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 did secretly things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they 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 set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green 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 there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
12 Yiw, Awurade kɔkɔbɔ pɔtee ne ne ntimu no nyinaa akyi no, wɔsom ahoni.
and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall 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.”
Yet the LORD testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets.
14 Nanso Israelfo no antie. Na wɔyɛɛ asoɔden sɛ wɔn agyanom, na wɔannye Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn, anni.
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in 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 statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them.
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 commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and 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 they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
18 Na esiane sɛ Awurade bo fuw nti, ɔpepaa wɔn fii nʼanim. Yuda abusuakuw nko ara na ɛkaa wɔn wɔ asase no so.
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
19 Na mpo, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda anni Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn, ahyɛde so. Wɔfaa ɔkwan bɔne a Israel faa so no so.
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
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 rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
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.
For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin 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 did; 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.
until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by the hand of all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own 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 Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and 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 so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of 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.”
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay 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.”
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner 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 whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear 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.
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein 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.
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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 Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, 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.
So they feared the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses 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.
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
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 do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named 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 the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve 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, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:
37 Monhwɛ yiye, na munni mmara, nkyerɛkyerɛ ne ahyɛde a ɔkyerɛw maa mo no so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mosom anyame foforo biara.
and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods:
38 Mommma mo werɛ mmfi apam a me ne mo yɛe no, na monnsom anyame foforo biara.
and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods:
39 Monsom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn nko ara. Ɔno na obegye mo afi mo atamfo nyinaa nsam.”
but the LORD your God shall ye fear; 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.
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
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, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children’s children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
