1 Berɛsosɛm 29
1 Afei, Ɔhene Dawid danee nʼani kyerɛɛ ɔmanfoɔ no kaa sɛ, “Me babarima Salomo a Onyankopɔn ayi no sɛ ɔnni Israel so sɛ ɔhene foforɔ no da so yɛ abɔfra a ɔnni suahunu biara. Adwuma a ɛda nʼanim no so, na Asɔredan a ɔbɛsi no nyɛ ɛdan hunu bi. Ɛyɛ Awurade Onyankopɔn no ankasa dea.
And king David said unto all the assembly, Solomon, the only son of mine whom God hath made choice of, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; because not for man is the palace to be, but for the Lord God.
2 Mede deɛ metumi yɛ biara adi dwuma, maboaboa deɛ mɛtumi anya nyinaa ano ama me Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no sie. Seesei, sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere mfrafraeɛ, nnadeɛ ne nnua ne apopobibirieboɔ ne aboɔdemmoɔ, aboɔden agudeɛ ne abopa ne abohemaa ahodoɔ nyinaa pii wɔ hɔ.
But with all my might have I made ready for the house of my God, the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the copper for the things of copper, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, bright stones, and stones of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
3 Na ɛsiane me ho a mede ama me Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no enti, mede mʼankasa sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ bɛboa ɛdan no sie. Yeinom bɛka adansie no ho nneɛma a maboaboa ano, ama asɔredan kronkron no ho.
Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, have I acquired as my own property gold and silver; [and this] have I given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house:
4 Mama Ofir sikakɔkɔɔ a ɛboro tɔno 112 ne dwetɛ a wɔahoa ho tɔno 262 a wɔde bɛgu adan no afasuo anim,
Three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;
5 ne sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ nnwuma a aka a adwumfoɔ no bɛyɛ no. Afei, hwan na ɔbɛyi ne yam de nʼayɛyɛdeɛ ama Awurade ɛnnɛ?”
All that is needed of gold and of silver, and for every manner of work [to be made] by the hands of artificers. And who [now] is willing to consecrate his hand this day unto the Lord?
6 Na abusua ntuanofoɔ, Israel mmusuakuo ntuanofoɔ, asahene ne asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ ne ɔhene adwumayɛfoɔ nyinaa firii ɔpɛ pa mu maeɛ.
Thereupon offered voluntarily the chiefs of the family divisions and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds, with the supervisors of the king's work;
7 Wɔmaa sikakɔkɔɔ bɛyɛ tɔno 188, sika ankasa ɔpedu, ɛnna dwetɛ bɛyɛ tɔno 375, kɔbere mfrafraeɛ bɛyɛ tɔno 675 ne nnadeɛ bɛyɛ tɔno 3,750, de boaa Asɔredan no sie.
And they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drachms, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of copper eighteen thousand talents, and of iron one hundred thousand talents.
8 Wɔmaa aboɔdemmoɔ bebree a wɔkɔkoraa no wɔ sikakorabea a ɛwɔ Awurade fie maa Yehiel a ɔyɛ Gerson aseni hwɛɛ so.
And those with whom stones were found gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, under the supervision of Jechiel the Gershunite.
9 Nnipa no ani gyee ɔma no ho, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔfiri ɔpɛ pa ne akoma pa mu na wɔyiyi maa Awurade, na Ɔhene Dawid ani gyee yie.
Then did the people rejoice, because they had voluntarily offered: for with an undivided heart did they offer to the Lord: and also king David rejoiced with great joy.
10 Na ɔhene Dawid kamfoo Awurade wɔ nnipa no nyinaa anim sɛ, “Ao Awurade, yɛn agya Israel Onyankopɔn, ayɛyie nka wo daa nyinaa.
And David blessed the Lord before the eyes of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Lord the God of Israel our father, from everlasting even unto everlasting.
11 Kɛseyɛ, ahoɔden, animuonyam, nkonimdie ne tumi yɛ wo dea Ao Awurade. Biribiara a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ne asase so yɛ wo dea, Ao Awurade, na ahennie yi nso wɔ wo. Yɛma wo so sɛ wone adeɛ nyinaa so otumfoɔ.
Thine, O Lord, are the greatness, and the might, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, yea, all that is in the heavens and on the earth: thine, O Lord, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as the head above all.
12 Ahonya ne animuonyam firi wo nko ara, ɛfiri sɛ, woyɛ adeɛ nyinaa sodifoɔ. Tumi ne ahoɔden nyinaa wɔ wo nsam na wopɛ mu na wofiri ma nnipa yɛ kɛseɛ na wɔnya ahoɔden.
And riches and honor come from thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand are power and might; and it is in thy hand to make great, and to give strength unto all.
13 Ao, yɛn Onyankopɔn, yɛda wo ase, na yɛkamfo wo din kronkron no.
And now, O our God, we give thanks unto thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14 “Na me ne hwan na me nkurɔfoɔ ne nnipa bɛn a yɛtumi kyɛ wo biribi? Biribiara a yɛwɔ no firi wo nkyɛn, na deɛ yɛde ma wo no yɛ deɛ wode ama yɛn dada.
For who am I, and what is my people, that we should possess the power to offer voluntarily after this sort? for from thee is every thing, and out of thy own have we given unto thee.
15 Yɛwɔ ha mmerɛ tiawa bi sɛ nsrahwɛfoɔ ne ahɔhoɔ wɔ asase a yɛn agyanom dii ɛkan wɔ so no so. Yɛn nna wɔ asase so te sɛ sunsumma a ɛtwam kɔ ntɛm so a wɔnhunu bio.
For strangers are we before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: like a shadow are our days on the earth, and there is no hope [of abiding].
16 Ao Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn, saa nneɛma a yɛaboaboa ano de rebɛsi asɔredan de ahyɛ wo din kronkron animuonyam yi mpo firi wo nkyɛn! Ne nyinaa yɛ wo dea.
O Lord our God! all this abundant store which we have prepared to build for thee a house for thy holy name, is out of thy own hand, and thine is all.
17 Me Onyankopɔn, menim sɛ wohwehwɛ yɛn akoma mu, na sɛ wohunu nokorɛdie wɔ mu a, wʼani gye. Wonim sɛ mede adwene pa na ɛyɛɛ yeinom nyinaa, na mahwɛ ahunu sɛdeɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ firi akoma pa ne anigyeɛ mu de wɔn akyɛdeɛ aba.
And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.
18 Ao, Awurade, yɛn agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Israel Onyankopɔn, ma wo nkurɔfoɔ nyɛ ɔsetie mma wo daa. Mma ɔdɔ a wɔde dɔ wo no nsesa.
O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our father, preserve this for ever as the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and direct their heart firmly unto thee.
19 Ma me babarima Salomo akoma nyinaa mu ɔpɛ pa, na ɔnni wʼahyɛdeɛ, wo mmara ne wo nkyerɛkyerɛ so, na ɔnsi saa Asɔredan yi a mayɛ ho ahoboa nyinaa yi.”
And unto Solomon my son do thou give an undivided heart to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made preparation.
20 Afei, Dawid ka kyerɛɛ ɔmanfoɔ no nyinaa sɛ, “Monkamfo Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn!” Na ɔmanfoɔ no nyinaa kamfoo Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn, na wɔkoto buu nkotodwe wɔ Awurade ne ɔhene no anim.
And David said to all the assembly. Bless now the Lord your God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers, and bent down their heads, and prostrated themselves to the Lord, and to the king.
21 Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, wɔde anantwinini apem, nnwennini apem ne nnwanmmaa anini apem bɛbɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ maa Awurade. Wɔsane gyinaa Israel ananmu, de ɔnom afɔrebɔdeɛ pii ne afɔrebɔdeɛ ahodoɔ baeɛ.
And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and they offered burnt-offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, one thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand sheep, with their drink-offerings, and [other] sacrifices in abundance for all Israel;
22 Wɔde ahosɛpɛ didi nomee da no wɔ Awurade anim. Na bio, wɔhyɛɛ Dawid babarima Salomo ahenkyɛ sɛ wɔn ɔhene foforɔ. Wɔsraa no ngo wɔ Awurade anim sɛ wɔn ntuanoni, na wɔsraa Sadok nso ngo sɛ wɔn ɔsɔfoɔ.
And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great joy. And they declared the second time Solomon the son of David to be king, and they anointed him unto the Lord as chief ruler, and Zadok as priest.
23 Na Salomo tenaa Awurade ahennwa no so sɛ nʼagya Dawid ɔnanmusini, na ɔkɔɔ so yie, na Israel nyinaa tiee no.
Then sat Solomon on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and he was prosperous; and all Israel obeyed him.
24 Adehyeɛ mpanimfoɔ nyinaa, asahene ne Dawid mmammarima nyinaa suae kyerɛɛ ɔhene Salomo.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and also all the sons of king David, submitted themselves unto king Solomon.
25 Na Awurade pagyaa Salomo maa Israelman no maa no nidie nwanwasoɔ, na ɔmaa Salomo ahonya ne animuonyam sene nʼagya.
And the Lord made Solomon exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel; and he bestowed upon him a royal majesty such as had not been on any king over Israel before him.
26 Enti, Yisai babarima Dawid dii Israel nyinaa so ɔhene.
Thus did David the son of Jesse reign over all Israel.
27 Ɔdii ɔhene wɔ Israel mfeɛ aduanan a ne nkyerɛmu ne sɛ, ɔtenaa Hebron mfeɛ nson dii adeɛ, na mfeɛ aduasa mmiɛnsa nso, ɔtenaa Yerusalem.
And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three [years].
28 Ɔtenaa ase kyɛree, nyinii yie, nyaa ahodeɛ ne animuonyam ansa na ɔrewu. Na ne babarima Salomo dii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son became king in his stead.
29 Ɛfiri Ɔhene Dawid adedie ahyɛaseɛ de kɔsi nʼawieeɛ mu nsɛm nyinaa, wɔatwerɛ agu ɔdehunufoɔ Samuel abakɔsɛm nwoma, odiyifoɔ Natan abakɔsɛm nwoma ne ɔdehunufoɔ Gad abakɔsɛm nwoma mu.
And the acts of king David, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
30 Nʼadedie mu akokoɔdurusɛm ne biribiara a ɛbaa ne so, Israel ne ahennie ahodoɔ a atwa ne ho ahyia nyinaa nso yɛ nsɛm a wɔatwerɛ.
Together with all his reign and his mighty deeds, and the times that passed over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the [various] countries.
