1 Berɛsosɛm 22
1 Afei, Dawid kaa sɛ, “Ɛha ne baabi a wɔbɛsi Awurade Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no ne afɔrebukyia a Israel bɛbɔ so ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no.”
And David said, This is the house of the Lord the [true] God, and this is the altar for the burnt-offering for Israel.
2 Ɛno enti, Dawid hyɛ ma wɔfrɛfrɛɛ ahɔhoɔ a wɔte Israel nyinaa boaa ano. Ɔmaa wɔtwaa aboɔ a wɔde bɛsi Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no.
And David ordered to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel: and he appointed [them] to be masons to hew cut stones to build the house of God.
3 Dawid maa nnadeɛ pii a wɔde bɛyɛ nnadewa a ɛho bɛhia ama apono ne mfɛwa. Ɔmaa kɔbere mfrafraeɛ nso bebree a na wɔntumi nkari mpo.
And iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings, did David prepare; and copper in abundance, [which] could not be weighed;
4 Ɔmaa ntweneduro nnua pii nso, ɛfiri sɛ na mmarima a wɔfiri Tiro ne Sidon de bebree abrɛ Dawid dada.
Also cedar-trees [which] could not be counted; for the Zidonians and the Tyrians had brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.
5 Dawid kaa sɛ, “Me babarima Salomo nnyiniiɛ, na ɔnni osuahunu bi, nanso ɛsɛ sɛ Awurade asɔredan yi yɛ kɛseɛ, gye edin na ɛyɛ animuonyamhyɛdeɛ wɔ ewiase afanan nyinaa. Enti, mɛfiri aseɛ ayɛ ahoboa ama ne sie ɛnnɛ yi ara.” Enti, Dawid pɛɛ adansie ho nneɛma bebree guu hɔ ansa na ɔrewu.
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built [in honor] of the Lord must be exceedingly great, for fame and for glory throughout all the countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David made abundant preparation before his death.
6 Afei, Dawid soma kɔfaa ne babarima Salomo, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnsi asɔredan mma Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn.
And he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the Lord the God of Israel.
7 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Me ba, na anka mepɛ sɛ mesi asɔredan de hyɛ Awurade, me Onyankopɔn, din animuonyam.
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord my God;
8 Nanso, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Woakunkum nnipa bebree akodie akɛseɛ a wodii no mu. Na ɛsiane sɛ woahwie mogya bebree agu wɔ mʼanim enti, ɛnyɛ wo na wobɛsi asɔredan de ahyɛ me din animuonyam.
But there came concerning me the word of the Lord, saying, Blood in abundance hast thou shed, and great wars hast thou made: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because much blood hast thou shed upon the earth before me.
9 Na wobɛwo ɔbabarima a ne berɛ so asomdwoeɛ ne ahotɔ bɛba. Mɛma asomdwoeɛ abɛda ɔne nʼatamfoɔ a wɔwɔ nsase a atwa ha ahyia no nyinaa ntam. Wɔbɛfrɛ no Salomo. Nʼahennie mu no, mɛma asomdwoeɛ ne ahotɔ aba Israel.
Behold, a son will be born to thee, he it is who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for Solomon [[The Peaceful]] shall be his name, and peace and quietness will I bestow on Israel in his days.
10 Ɔno ne obi a ɔbɛsi asɔredan, de ahyɛ me din animuonyam. Ɔbɛyɛ me babarima na mayɛ nʼagya. Na mɛma nʼahennie ahennwa atim wɔ Israel afebɔɔ.’
He it is who shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be unto me as a son, and I will be unto him as a father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
11 “Afei, me ba, Awurade nka wo ho na ɔmma wo nkɔsoɔ wɔ ɛberɛ a wodi nʼahyɛdeɛ so, na woresi Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn, asɔredan yi.
Now, my son, may the Lord be with thee, that thou mayest prosper, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee.
12 Na Awurade mma wo nyansa ne nteaseɛ, na woadi Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn mmara so wɔ ɛberɛ a wodi Israel so ɔhene yi.
Only may the Lord give thee intelligence and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel, so that thou mayest observe the law of the Lord thy God.
13 Sɛ wodi mmara ne ahyɛdeɛ a Awurade nam Mose so de maa Israel no so yie a, ɛbɛsi wo yie. Yɛ den na yɛ nnam. Nsuro na mma wʼakoma ntu.
Then wilt thou prosper, if thou observe to practise the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; be not afraid, nor be thou dismayed.
14 “Mayɛ adwumaden apɛ Awurade Asɔredan no sie ho nneɛma, sikakɔkɔɔ bɛyɛ tɔno 4,000, dwetɛ bɛyɛ tɔno 40,000 ne nnadeɛ ne kɔbere mfrafraeɛ pii a wɔntumi nkari mpo. Maboaboa nnua ne aboɔ a wɔde bɛyɛ afasuo no, nanso ebia ɛsɛ sɛ wopɛ bi ka ho.
And, behold, during my affliction have I prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand times thousand talents of silver; and of copper and iron [as much as] cannot be weighed; for in [such] abundance was it: and wood and stone have I prepared; and thou must add thereto.
15 Wowɔ aboɔ adansifoɔ, nnua adwumfoɔ ne nnwuma ahodoɔ mu adwumfoɔ bebree.
Moreover there are with thee in abundance workmen, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of skilful men for every kind of work.
16 Wɔyɛ abenfoɔ wɔ sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ adwinnie mu, kɔbere mfrafraeɛ ne nnadeɛ ho adwumayɛfoɔ. Afei hyɛ adwuma no ase, na Awurade nka wo ho.”
The gold, the silver, and the copper, and the iron cannot be numbered: arise, [therefore, ] and be doing, and may the Lord be with thee.
17 Na Dawid hyɛɛ Israel ntuanofoɔ nyinaa sɛ wɔmmoa Salomo wɔ saa dwumadie no mu.
And David gave a charge to all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying, ]
18 Ɔkaa sɛ, “Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn ka wo ho. Wama asomdwoeɛ aba wo ne aman a atwa wo ho ahyia no ntam. Ɔde wɔn ama me, enti wɔyɛ Awurade ne ne nkurɔfoɔ nkoa.
Behold the Lord your God is with you; and he hath given you rest on every side; for he hath given up into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
19 Afei firi wʼakoma nyinaa mu hwehwɛ Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn. Si Awurade Onyankopɔn kronkronbea sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, wobɛtumi de Awurade Apam Adaka no ne Onyankopɔn akronkronneɛ no nyinaa akɔ asɔredan a wɔasi de rehyɛ Awurade din animuonyam no mu.”
Now direct your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; and arise, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord the [true] God, [in order] to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built unto the name of the Lord.
