2 Ahemfo 7
1 Elisa buae se, “Tie saa asɛm yi fi Awurade nkyɛn! Sɛnea Awurade se ni: Ebedu ɔkyena sesɛɛ, wɔbɛtɔn asikresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu lita asia agye dwetɛ gram dubaako wɔ Samaria egua biara so. Na atoko nso, wɔbɛtɔn lita du agye dwetɛ gram du abien pɛ.”
And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah. Thus says Jehovah, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Ɔpanyin a ɔboa ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no se, “Sɛ Awurade bue ɔsoro mfɛnsere mpo a, ɛremma saa da!” Na Elisa kae se, “Wubehu sɛ ɛbɛba mu saa, nanso worentumi nni emu biara bi.”
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shall see it with thine eyes, but shall not eat of it.
3 Afei, mmarima akwatafo baanan bi bɛtenatenaa kurow no apon ano. Wobisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛtena ha twɛn ara kosi sɛ yebewuwu?
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?
4 Sɛ yɛtena ha a, ɔkɔm bɛde yɛn dodo; saa ara na sɛ yɛsan kɔ kurow no mu nso a, ɔkɔm bɛwe yɛn ara ne no. Enti ebeye sɛ yɛbɛkɔ, na yɛde yɛn ho bɛma Aramfo asraafo no. Na sɛ wɔma yɛtena ase a, na ne yiye mu ne no. Na sɛ wokunkum yɛn nso a, na ɛno ara ne no.”
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we shall live, and if they kill us, we shall but die.
5 Enti saa anwummere no, wosii mu kɔɔ Aramfo nsraban no mu, nanso na obiara nni hɔ.
And they rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. And when they came to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
6 Na Awurade ama asraafo no nyinaa ate nteaseɛnam a ɛrekɔ mmirikaden no ne apɔnkɔ no ne asraafo dɔm kɛse a wɔrebɛn wɔn no nnyigyei. Wɔteɛteɛɛ mu se, “Israelhene afa Hetifo ne Misraimfo sɛ wɔmmɛtow nhyɛ yɛn so.”
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army. And they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
7 Enti wɔbɔɔ huboa, na woguan anadwo no, gyaw wɔn ntamadan, apɔnkɔ, mfurum ne wɔn biribiara, de peree wɔn nkwa.
Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
8 Bere a akwatafo no duu nsraban no ano no, wɔn nyinaa wurawuraa ntamadan no mu mmaako mmaako didii, nom nsa, tasee dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne ntade de kosiei.
And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried from there silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it. And they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried from there also, and went and hid it.
9 Akyiri no, wɔkeka kyerɛkyerɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Nea yɛreyɛ yi nye. Eyi yɛ asɛm papa a yɛmmɔɔ obiara amanneɛ. Na sɛ yɛtwɛn kosi adekyee a, nea ɛbɛyɛ biara, asotwe bi bɛda yɛn so. Momma yɛnkɔbɔ nnipa a wɔwɔ ahemfi no amanneɛ.”
Then they said one to another, We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we delay till the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.
10 Enti wɔsan baa kurow no mu, bɛbɔɔ aponanohwɛfo no asɛm a asi no ho amanneɛ sɛ wɔakɔ Aramfo no nsraban mu, na na obiara nni hɔ; nnyigyei biara nni hɔ. Na wɔasesa apɔnkɔ ne mfurum no ahama, na ntamadan no de, na ne nyinaa wɔ hɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ, nanso na onipa baako koraa nni hɔ.
So they came and called to the porter of the city. And they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
11 Aponanohwɛfo no teɛteɛɛ mu, kaa asɛm no maa nnipa a wɔwɔ ahemfi hɔ no tee.
And he called the porters, and they told it to the king's household within.
12 Ɔdasu mu na ɔhene no sɔre fii ne mpa so, ka kyerɛɛ ne mpanyimfo se, “Minim asɛm a asi. Aramfo nim sɛ ɔkɔm rekum yɛn nti, wɔatu afi wɔn nsraban mu, akɔtetɛw wuram baabi. Wɔrehwehwɛ sɛ yebefi kurow no mu, na wɔakyekyere yɛn anikann, na wɔafa kurow no.”
And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city we shall take them alive, and get into the city.
13 Mpanyimfo no mu baako kae se, “Eye sɛ yɛbɛsoma akwansrafo, na wɔakɔhwehwɛ mu. Momma wɔmfa apɔnkɔ a wɔaka no mu anum. Sɛ asɛm bi to wɔn koraa a, ɛrenyɛ adehwere kɛse biara sɛ wɔbɛtena ha ne yɛn a yɛaka no bewuwu.”
And one of his servants answered and said, Let, I pray thee, some men take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed), and let us send and see.
14 Enti wosiesiee nteaseɛnam abien ne apɔnkɔ, na ɔhene no somaa akwansrafo kɔhwɛɛ asɛm a ato Aramfo asraafo no.
Therefore they took two chariots with horses. And the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
15 Wɔkɔe ara koduu Asubɔnten Yordan, dii ntade ne ahyehyɛde a Aramfo atow agu no akyi, bere a na wɔde anikrakra reguan no. Akwansrafo no san bɛbɔɔ ɔhene no amanneɛ.
And they went after them to the Jordan. And, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
16 Enti Samariafo bɔɔ twi, kɔfow Aramfo nsraban no. Ɛno nti na ɛyɛ nokware sɛ wɔtɔn asikresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu lita asia saa da no, de gye dwetɛ gram dubaako, atoko lita du nso, na wɔtɔn de gye dwetɛ gram du abien, sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ ho bɔ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.
17 Ɔhene no yii ne panyin ma ɔhwɛɛ ɔpon no mu ahyɛmfiri so, nanso nnipadɔm no twiw faa ne so ma owui. Enti biribiara baa mu pɛpɛɛpɛ, sɛnea Onyankopɔn nipa no hyɛɛ ho nkɔm bere a ɔhene no baa ne fi no.
And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate. And the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
18 Onyankopɔn nipa no ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no se, “Ebedu ɔkyena sesɛɛ, wɔbɛtɔn asikresiam muhumuhu lita nsia agye dwetɛ gram du baako wɔ Samaria gua biara so. Na atoko nso, wɔbɛtɔn lita du agye dwetɛ gram du abien.”
And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.
19 Ɔhene no panyin no buae se, “Sɛ Awurade bue ɔsoro mfɛnsere mpo a, ɛremma saa da!” Na Onyankopɔn nipa no kae se, “Wubehu sɛ ɛbɛba mu saa, nanso worenni emu biara bi.”
And that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shall see it with thine eyes, but shall not eat of it.
20 Ɛno ara na ɛbaa mu, nnipa twiw faa ne so, kum no wɔ ɔpon no ano.
It came to pass even so to him, for the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died.
