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.

David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched 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, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

3 Afei, Dawid frɛɛ Israelfoɔ nyinaa kɔɔ Yerusalem sɛ wɔmfa Awurade Apam Adaka no nkɔsi baabi a wɔasiesie ama no no.

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the LORD’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.

4 Yeinom ne asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ a wɔfrɛɛ wɔn no:

David gathered together 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 the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred and twenty;

6 Wɔn a wɔfiri Merari abusua mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ ahanu aduonu, a Asaia da wɔn ano.

of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred and twenty;

7 Wɔn a wɔfiri Gersom abusua mu no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ ɔha ne aduasa, a Yoɛl da wɔn ano.

of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred and thirty;

8 Na Elisafan asefoɔ yɛ ahanu a Semaia da wɔn ano.

of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;

9 Na Hebron asefoɔ yɛ aduɔwɔtwe a Eliel yɛ wɔn ntuanoni.

of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;

10 Na Usiel asefoɔ yɛ ɔha ne dumienu a Aminadab yɛ wɔn ntuanoni.

of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred and twelve.

11 Afei, Dawid frɛɛ asɔfoɔ Sadok ne Abiatar ne saa Lewifoɔ mpanimfoɔ yi: Uriel, Asaia, Yoɛl, Semaia, Eliel ne Aminadab.

David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, 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 said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, up to the place that 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.”

For because you didn’t carry it at first, the LORD our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t 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.

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the 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.

The children of the Levites bore God’s ark on their shoulders with its poles, as Moses commanded according to the LORD’s word.

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.

David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with 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.

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the 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 of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

19 Wɔyii Heman, Asaf ne Etan sɛ wɔmmɔ kɔbere mfrafraeɛ kyankyan no.

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;

20 Wɔyii Sakaria, Asiel, Semiramot, Yehiel, Uni, Eliab, Maaseia ne Benaia sɛ wɔmmɔ mmɛnta no.

and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;

21 Wɔyii Matitia, Elifelehu, Miknela, Obed-Edom, Yeiel ne Asasia sɛ wɔmmɔ asankuten no.

and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.

22 Wɔyii Kenania a ɔyɛ Lewifoɔ panin no sɛ ɔnna nnwontokuo no ano, ɛsiane ne nimdeɛ enti.

Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skilful.

23 Wɔyii Berekia ne Elkana sɛ wɔnwɛn Apam Adaka no.

Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers 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.

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the shofars before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers 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.

So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant up out of 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.

When God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls 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.

David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the choir master with the singers; and David had an ephod of linen on him.

28 Enti, Israel nyinaa de ahokeka, osebɔ, mmɛnhyɛn ne totorobɛntohyɛn, kyankyanbɔ, mmɛnta ne asankutenbɔ de Awurade Apam Adaka no kɔɔ Yerusalem.

Thus all Israel brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with shofars, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments 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.

As the ark of the LORD’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.