2 Ahemfo 8
1 Na Elisa aka akyerɛ ɔbea a onyan ne ba no se, “Wo ne wo fifo ntu nkɔ baabi foforo, efisɛ Awurade ahyɛ sɛ ɔkɔm mmra Israel mfe ason.”
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.
2 Enti ɔbea no yɛɛ sɛnea Onyankopɔn nipa no hyɛe no. Ɔfaa ne fifo kɔtenaa Filistifo asase so mfe ason.
So the woman got up and did as the man of God said; and she and the people of her house were living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
3 Ɔkɔm no twaa mu no, ɔsan baa Israel asase so, kohuu ɔhene no sɛ ɔregye ne fi ne nʼasase.
And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.
4 Na ɔhene no ne Gehasi a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no somfo rekasa. Na ɔhene no rebisa se: Ka nneɛma akɛse a Elisa ayɛ no bi kyerɛ me.
Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.
5 Saa bere no ara na na Gehasi reka nyan a Elisa nyan abarimaa bi no ho asɛm akyerɛ no. Bere koro no ara mu na abarimaa no na kɔɔ ɔhene no anim, kɔsrɛɛ ɔhene no se ɔmfa ne fi ne ne dan mma no no. Gehasi teɛɛ mu se, “Hwɛ, me wura! Ɔbea no ni na, na ne babarima a Elisa nyan no no nso ni!”
And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.
6 Ɔhene no bisaa ɔbea no se, “Ɛyɛ nokware ana?” Ɔbea no buae se ɛyɛ ampa. Enti ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ ne mpanyimfo no mu baako se ɔnhwɛ na biribiara a wahwere no, wɔmfa mma no. Ne nnɔbae a wotwae a na onni hɔ nyinaa, wɔde maa no.
And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.
7 Na Elisa kɔɔ Damasko a ɛyɛ Aram kuropɔn no mu a na ɔhene Ben-Hadad yare da no. Obi ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no se, “Onyankopɔn nipa no aba hɔ,”
And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, was ill; and they said to him, The man of God has come.
8 na ɔka kyerɛɛ Hasael se, “Fa akyɛde kɔma Onyankopɔn nipa no. Na ka kyerɛ no, na ommisa Awurade se, ‘Me ho bɛtɔ me bio ana?’”
Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?
9 Na Hasael hyehyɛɛ yoma aduanan so nnepa a efi Damasko, sɛ akyɛde a ɔde rekɔma Elisa. Ɔkɔɔ ne nkyɛn ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Wo somfo Ben-Hadad a ɔyɛ Aramhene asoma me wo nkyɛn se mimmebisa se, ‘Menya ahotɔ ana?’”
So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?
10 Na Elisa ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Kɔ na kɔka kyerɛ no se, ‘Wubenya ahotɔ.’ Nanso Awurade ada no adi akyerɛ me sɛ, nea ɛbɛyɛ biara, obewu.”
And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.
11 Elisa hwɛɛ Hasael anim, kosii sɛ Hasael yɛɛ basaa. Na Onyankopɔn nipa no fii ase sui.
And he kept his eyes fixed on him till he was shamed, and the man of God was overcome with weeping.
12 Hasael bisae se, “Adɛn na me wura resu?” Elisa buae se, “Efisɛ minim bɔne a wobɛyɛ Israelfo. Wobɛhyew wɔn nkurow a wɔabobɔ ho ban, akunkum wɔn mmerante, de wɔn mma nketewa adwiradwira fam, apaapae apemfo yafunu!”
And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.
13 Na Hasael buae se, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na me a mensɛ hwee yi, betumi adi dwuma kɛse a ɛte sɛɛ yi?” Elisa buae se, “Awurade akyerɛ me se, wo na wobɛyɛ Aramhene.”
And Hazael said, How is it possible that your servant, who is only a dog, will do this great thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has made it clear to me that you will be king over Aram.
14 Bere a Hasael san kɔe no, ɔhene no bisaa no se, “Asɛm bɛn na Elisa ka kyerɛɛ wo?” Hasael buae se, “Ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, nea ɛbɛyɛ biara, wo ho bɛyɛ wo den.”
Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.
15 Nanso ade kyee no, Hasael faa ntama a mu yɛ duru, de nuu nsu mu, de kataa ɔhene no anim, kosii sɛ owui. Na Hasael sii nʼanan mu sɛ Aramhene.
Now on the day after, Hazael took the bed-cover, and making it wet with water, put it over Ben-hadad's face, causing his death: and Hazael became king in his place.
16 Ɔhene Yehosafat babarima Yehoram bedii Yuda so bere a ɔhene Yoram adi ade wɔ Israel mfe anum. Na Yoram yɛ Ahab babarima.
In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.
17 Bere a Yehoram dii hene no, na wadi mfe aduasa abien. Odii ade wɔ Yerusalem mfirihyia awotwe.
He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.
18 Nanso Yehoram dii Israel ahemfo anammɔn akyi. Na ɔyɛ omumɔyɛfo te sɛ ɔhene Ahab, efisɛ na waware Ahab mmabea no mu baako. Na Yehoram yɛɛ nea na ɛyɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so.
He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
19 Nanso na Awurade mpɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Yuda, efisɛ na ɔne Dawid ayɛ apam, ahyɛ bɔ sɛ, nʼasefo na wɔbɛkɔ so adi ɔman no so afebɔɔ.
But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.
20 Yehoram bere so na Edomfo sɔre tiaa Yuda, na wosii wɔn ankasa wɔn hene.
In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.
21 Enti Yehoram faa ne nteaseɛnam nyinaa, kɔtow hyɛɛ Sair kurow so. Edomfo twaa ɔne ne nteaseɛnamkafo ho hyiae, nanso ɔfaa anadwo sum no mu guanee. Yehoram asraafo nso guanee.
Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.
22 Edom atew Yuda so atua de besi nnɛ. Saa bere no ara mu na Libna kurow nso sɔre tiae.
So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.
23 Nsɛm a esisii wɔ Yehoram ahenni mu ne nea ɔyɛe nyinaa no wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana?
Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
24 Bere a Yehoram wui no, wosiee no wɔ ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne babarima Ahasia na odii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David: and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
25 Yehoram babarima Ahasia fii ase dii hene wɔ Yuda wɔ ɔhene Yoram adedi wɔ Israel ne mfe dumien mu no mu. Na Ahab babarima ne ɔhene Yoram no.
In the twelfth year that Joram, the son of Ahab, was king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king;
26 Bere a Ahasia dii ade no, na wadi mfirihyia aduonu abien, na odii ade wɔ Yerusalem afe. Ne na ne Atalia a na ɔyɛ Israelhene Omri nena.
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri, king of Israel.
27 Ahasia dii amumɔyɛsɛm, dii bɔne a ɔhene Ahab fifo yɛe no anammɔn akyi. Ɔyɛɛ amumɔyɛsɛm wɔ Awurade ani so, efisɛ wɔbɔɔ ne din bataa aware a ɔkɔwaree Ahabfini no ho.
He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.
28 Ahasia de ne ho kɔbɔɔ Israelhene Yoram ho wɔ ne ko a ɔko tiaa Aramhene Hasael wɔ Ramot-Gilead no.
He went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the Aramaeans.
29 Bere a wopiraa ɔhene Yoram wɔ ɔko no mu no, ɔsan baa Yesreel sɛ ɔrebɛsa nʼapirakuru no. Bere a Yoram wɔ hɔ no, Yudahene Ahasia kɔsraa no.
So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.
