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.”
Elisha replied to the king, “Listen to what Yahweh says: ‘He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy (ten pounds/five kg.) of fine wheat or (20 pounds/ten kg.) of barley for [only] one piece of silver.’”
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.”
The king’s officer said to Elijah, “That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky [and send grain down to us], that certainly could not [RHQ] happen!” Elisha replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”
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?
That day there were four men who had (leprosy/a dreaded skin disease) who were sitting outside the gate of Samaria [city. They said to each other, “(Why should we] wait here until we die?/[It is ridiculous for us to] wait here until we die.) [RHQ]
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 go into the city, we will die there, because there is no food there. If we remain sitting here, we will die here. So let’s go to where the army of Syria has set up their tents. If they kill us, we will die. But if they allow us to remain alive, we will not die.”
5 Enti saa anwummere no, wosii mu kɔɔ Aramfo nsraban no mu, nanso na obiara nni hɔ.
So when it was getting dark, those four men went to the camp where the army of Syria had set up their tents. But when they reached the camp, they saw that there was no one 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.”
What had happened was that Yahweh had caused the army of Syria to hear something that sounded like a large army marching with chariots and horses. So they said to each other, “Listen! The king of Israel has hired the kings of Egypt and the Heth people-group [and their armies], and they have come to attack us!”
7 Enti wɔbɔɔ huboa, na woguan anadwo no, gyaw wɔn ntamadan, apɔnkɔ, mfurum ne wɔn biribiara, de peree wɔn nkwa.
So they all ran away that evening and left their tents and their horses and donkeys there, because [they were afraid that] they would be killed [if they stayed there].
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.
When those four lepers came to the edge of the area where the soldiers of Syria had set up their tents, they went into one tent, [and saw all the things that had been left there]. So they ate and drank what was there, and they took the silver and the gold and clothes. Then they went [outside the tent] and hid those things. Then they entered another tent, and took things from there, and then went outside and hid them, also.
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.”
But then they said to each other, “We are not doing what is right. We have good news [to tell others] today. If we do not tell it to anyone now, and if we wait until morning to tell it, we will certainly be punished [by Yahweh]. So let’s go right now to the palace and tell it to the king’s officials!”
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 went to the guards at the city gates and called out to them, “We went to where the army of Syria had set up their tents, but we did not see or hear anyone there. Their horses and donkeys were still tied up, but their tents were all deserted/abandoned!”
11 Aponanohwɛfo no teɛteɛɛ mu, kaa asɛm no maa nnipa a wɔwɔ ahemfi hɔ no tee.
The guards shouted the news, and some people [who heard it] went to the palace and reported it there.
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.”
[When] the king [heard it, he] got up out of his bed and said to his officials, “I will tell you what the army of Syria is planning to do. They know that we have no food here, so they have left their tents and are hiding in the fields. They think that we will leave the city [to find some food], and then they will capture us and capture 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.”
But one of his officials said, “Many of our Israeli people have already died [from (hunger/not having anything to eat]). If those of us who are still alive all stay here, we also will die anyway. So let’s send some men with five of our horses that are still alive to go and see [what has really happened].”
14 Enti wosiesiee nteaseɛnam abien ne apɔnkɔ, na ɔhene no somaa akwansrafo kɔhwɛɛ asɛm a ato Aramfo asraafo no.
So they chose some men and told them to go in a chariot and find out what had happened to the army of Syria.
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.
They went as far as the Jordan [River]. All along the road they saw clothes and equipment that the soldiers from Syria had thrown away while they were running away very quickly. So the men returned to the king and reported [what they had seen].
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.
Then many of the people of Samaria also went [out of the city and went] to where the army of Syria had previously set up their tents. They entered all the tents and took everything. [So there was now plenty of everything!] As a result people could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver, which was what Yahweh had said would happen!
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.
The king of Israel had appointed the officer who was his assistant to supervise what was happening at the marketplace. But as he was standing near the gate, all the people [who were rushing outside the city] trampled on him, and he died, which was what Elisha had said would happen to him when Elisha previously went to talk to the king.
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.”
Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver.
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 the officer had answered, “That certainly cannot [RHQ] happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the sky and send down some grain, that could not happen.” And Elisha had replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”
20 Ɛno ara na ɛbaa mu, nnipa twiw faa ne so, kum no wɔ ɔpon no ano.
And that is what happened to him. The people [who were rushing out of] the city gate trampled on him, and he died.
