1 Berɛsosɛm 15
1 Afei, Dawid sisii adan bebree wɔ Dawid kurom. Bio, ɔsiesiee baabi, sii ntomadan wɔ hɔ a ɔde Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no bɛsi.
And he makes houses for himself in the City of David, and prepares a place for the Ark of God, and stretches out a tent for it.
2 Afei, ɔhyɛɛ sɛ, “Sɛ yɛma Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no so de rekɔ a, obiara nni ho kwan sɛ ɔsoa bi agye Lewifoɔ no nko ara. Awurade ayi wɔn sɛ, wɔn nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsoa Awurade Apam Adaka no na wɔsom wɔ nʼanim daa daa.”
Then David said, “None [are] to carry the Ark of God, except the Levites, for YHWH has fixed on them to carry the Ark of God and to serve Him for all time.”
3 Afei, Dawid frɛɛ Israelfoɔ nyinaa kɔɔ Yerusalem sɛ wɔmfa Awurade Apam Adaka no nkɔsi baabi a wɔasiesie ama no no.
And David assembles all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the Ark of YHWH to its place that he had prepared for it.
4 Yeinom ne asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ a wɔfrɛɛ wɔn no:
And David gathers the sons of Aaron and the Levites—
5 Wɔn a wɔfiri Kohat abusua mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ ɔha aduonu a Uriel yɛ wɔn ntuanoni.
of sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief and one hundred and twenty of his brothers;
6 Wɔn a wɔfiri Merari abusua mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ ahanu aduonu, a Asaia da wɔn ano.
of sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief and two hundred and twenty of his brothers;
7 Wɔn a wɔfiri Gersom abusua mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ ɔha ne aduasa, a Yoɛl da wɔn ano.
of sons of Gershom: Joel the chief and one hundred and thirty of his brothers;
8 Na Elisafan asefoɔ yɛ ahanu a Semaia da wɔn ano.
of sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and two hundred of his brothers;
9 Na Hebron asefoɔ yɛ aduɔwɔtwe a Eliel yɛ wɔn ntuanoni.
of sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief and eighty of his brothers;
10 Na Usiel asefoɔ yɛ ɔha ne dumienu a Aminadab yɛ wɔn ntuanoni.
of sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief and one hundred and twelve of his brothers.
11 Afei, Dawid frɛɛ asɔfoɔ Sadok ne Abiatar ne saa Lewifoɔ mpanimfoɔ yi: Uriel, Asaia, Yoɛl, Semaia, Eliel ne Aminadab.
And David calls to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mo na moyɛ Lewifoɔ mmusua mu ntuanofoɔ. Mo ne Lewifoɔ a wɔka mo ho nyinaa nnwira mo ho, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, mobɛtumi de Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, Apam Adaka bɛba beaeɛ a masiesie ama no no.
and says to them, “You [are] heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, and you have brought up the Ark of YHWH, God of Israel, to [the place] I have prepared for it;
13 Esiane sɛ, kane no, mo Lewifoɔ ansoa Apam Adaka no enti, Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn, abufuo sɔre tiaa yɛn. Yɛammisa Onyankopɔn ɛkwan pa a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfa so soa.”
because you [did] not [do it] at the first, our God YHWH made a breach on us, because we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”
14 Enti, asɔfoɔ no ne Lewifoɔ no dwiraa wɔn ho, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛtumi de Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no akɔ Yerusalem.
And the priests and the Levites sanctify themselves to bring up the Ark of YHWH, God of Israel;
15 Na Lewifoɔ no soaa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no wɔ wɔn mmati so a, nnua a wɔde soa no hyehyɛ ho pɛpɛɛpɛ, sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ Mose no.
and sons of the Levites carry the Ark of God, as Moses commanded, according to the word of YHWH, above them with poles on their shoulder.
16 Dawid hyɛɛ Lewifoɔ mpanimfoɔ no nso sɛ, wɔnte Lewifoɔ nnwomtofoɔ kuo, wɔn a wɔnim nnwontoɔ, ne wɔn a wɔwɔ nnwontoɔ ho nimdeɛ na wɔmfa mmɛnta, mmɛn, asankuten ne kyankyan mmɛto anigyeɛ nnwom.
And David says to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy.
17 Na Lewifoɔ no yii Yoɛl babarima Heman, Berekia babarima Asaf ne Kusaia babarima Etan a wɔfiri Merari abusua mu, ma wɔdii nnwomtofoɔ no anim.
And the Levites appoint Heman son of Joel, and of his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah, and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
18 Wɔyii saa mmarima yi sɛ wɔn aboafoɔ: Sakaria, Ben, Yaasiel, Semiramot, Yehiel, Uni, Eliab, Benaia, Maaseia, Matitia, Elifelehu, Mikneia ne apono ano ahwɛfoɔ Obed-Edom ne Yeiel.
and with them their brothers, the seconds [in rank]: Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;
19 Wɔyii Heman, Asaf ne Etan sɛ wɔmmɔ kɔbere mfrafraeɛ kyankyan no.
and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [are] to sound with cymbals of bronze;
20 Wɔyii Sakaria, Asiel, Semiramot, Yehiel, Uni, Eliab, Maaseia ne Benaia sɛ wɔmmɔ mmɛnta no.
and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jeheil, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries over the girls’ [voices],
21 Wɔyii Matitia, Elifelehu, Miknela, Obed-Edom, Yeiel ne Asasia sɛ wɔmmɔ asankuten no.
and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, to oversee with harps on the eighth.
22 Wɔyii Kenania a ɔyɛ Lewifoɔ panin no sɛ ɔnna nnwontokuo no ano, ɛsiane ne nimdeɛ enti.
And Chenaniah, head of the Levites, [is] over the burden; he instructs about the burden, for he [is] intelligent.
23 Wɔyii Berekia ne Elkana sɛ wɔnwɛn Apam Adaka no.
And Berechiah and Elkanah [are] gatekeepers for the Ark.
24 Sebania, Yosafat, Netanel, Amasai, Sakaria, Benaia ne Elieser a wɔn nyinaa yɛ asɔfoɔ no na wɔbɛto santen adi Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no anim, ahyɛn ntotorobɛnto no. Wɔyii Obed-Edom ne Yehia nso sɛ wɔnwɛn Apam Adaka no.
And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, are blowing with trumpets before the Ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah [are] gatekeepers for the Ark.
25 Afei, Dawid ne Israel mpanimfoɔ ne akodɔm asahene no de ahokeka a ɛso bi nni kɔɔ Obed-Edom fie sɛ wɔrekɔfa Awurade Apam Adaka no akɔ Yerusalem.
And it is David, and [the] elderly of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, who are going to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH from the house of Obed-Edom with joy;
26 Na ɛsiane sɛ akyinnyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ Awurade ka Lewifoɔ a wɔso Awurade Apam Adaka no ho no enti, wɔde anantwinini nson ne nnwennini nson bɔɔ afɔdeɛ.
and it comes to pass, in God’s helping the Levites carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, that they sacrifice seven bullocks and seven rams.
27 Wɔhyɛɛ Dawid serekye atadeɛ fɛfɛ bi. Saa ara na Lewifoɔ a wɔsoaa Apam Adaka no, nnwomtofoɔ no ne Kenania a ɔyɛ nnwomtofoɔ kwankyerɛfoɔ no nso yɛeɛ. Na Dawid hyɛ asɔfoɔ ngugusoɔ bi nso.
And David is wrapped in an upper robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who are carrying the Ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah head of the burden of the singers; and an Ephod of linen [is] on David.
28 Enti, Israel nyinaa de ahokeka, osebɔ, mmɛnhyɛn ne totorobɛntohyɛn, kyankyanbɔ, mmɛnta ne asankutenbɔ de Awurade Apam Adaka no kɔɔ Yerusalem.
And all of Israel is bringing up the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding with psalteries and harps,
29 Na ɛberɛ a Awurade Apam Adaka no wuraa Dawid kuro mu no, Saulo babaa Mikal too nʼani hwɛɛ fam, firii ne mpomma mu. Ɛberɛ a ɔhunuu sɛ ɔhene Dawid resa na ɔde anigyeɛ rehurihuri no, ɔbuu no animtiaa nʼakoma mu.
and it comes to pass, the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH is entering into the City of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and sees King David dancing and playing, and despises him in her heart.
