1 Ahemfo 15
1 Yeroboam dii adeɛ wɔ Israel ne mfeɛ dunwɔtwe soɔ no, Abiyam hyɛɛ nʼadedie ase sɛ ɔhene wɔ Yuda.
And in the eighteenth yeere of King Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, reigned Abiiam ouer Iudah.
2 Ɔdii ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem mfeɛ mmiɛnsa. Na ne maame din de Maaka a ɔyɛ Absalom babaa.
Three yeere reigned hee in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.
3 Nʼagya bɔne a ɔyɛeɛ nyinaa no, ɔyɛɛ bi. Na nʼakoma nni Awurade ne Onyankopɔn mu, sɛdeɛ ne nana Dawid yɛeɛ no.
And hee walked in all the sinnes of his father, which hee had done before him: and his heart was not perfit with the Lord his God as the heart of Dauid his father.
4 Nanso, ɛsiane Dawid enti, Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn maa nʼasefoɔ kwan ma wɔkɔɔ so dii adeɛ, na ɔmaa Abiyam ɔbabarima a ɔbɛdi nʼadeɛ wɔ Yerusalem.
But for Dauids sake did the Lord his God giue him a light in Ierusalem, and set vp his sonne after him, and established Ierusalem,
5 Na Dawid ayɛ deɛ ɛyɛ wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii Awurade ahyɛdeɛ so ne nkwa nna nyinaa, agye Hetini Uria no ho asɛm no nko ara.
Because Dauid did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and turned from nothing that he commanded him, all the dayes of his life, saue onely in the matter of Vriah the Hittite.
6 Abiyam nkwa nna mu nyinaa, na akokoakoko da ɔno ne Yeroboam ntam.
And there was warre betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam as long as he liued.
7 Nsɛm a aka a ɛsisii wɔ Abiyam ahennie mu ne deɛ ɔyɛeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ wɔ Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu. Ɔko daa Abia ne Yeroboam ntam ɛberɛ biara.
The rest also of the actes of Abiiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah? there was also warre betweene Abiiam, and Ieroboam.
8 Na Abiyam wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Asa dii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Abiiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne reigned in his steade.
9 Yeroboam dii ɔhene wɔ Israel ne mfeɛ aduonu so no, Asa bɛdii ɔhene wɔ Yuda.
And in the twentie yeere of Ieroboam King of Israel reigned Asa ouer Iudah.
10 Ɔdii ɔhene Yerusalem mfeɛ aduanan baako. Na wɔfrɛ ne nanabaa Maaka a na ɔyɛ Absalom babaa.
He reigned in Ierusalem one and fourtie yeere, and his mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.
11 Asa yɛɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani, sɛdeɛ ne nana Dawid yɛeɛ no.
And Asa did right in the eyes of the Lord, as did Dauid his father.
12 Ɔpamoo asɔreeɛ so nnwamanfoɔ nyinaa firii asase no so, na ɔyiyii ahoni a nʼagyanom yɛeɛ no nyinaa.
And he tooke away the Sodomites out of the lande, and put away all the idoles that his fathers had made.
13 Na mpo, ɔtuu ne nanabaa Maaka firii ahemaadwa no so, ɛfiri sɛ, na wayɛ Asera ahoni dua a na ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ. Asa twaa dua no na ɔhyee no wɔ Kidron bɔnhwa mu.
And he put downe Maachah his mother also from her estate, because shee had made an idole in a groue: and Asa destroyed her idoles, and burnt them by the brooke Kidron.
14 Ɛwom sɛ wɔansɛe abosonnan no nyinaa koraa deɛ, nanso, Asa kɔɔ so de nʼakoma hyɛɛ Awurade mu nʼasetena nyinaa mu.
But they put not downe the hie places. Neuertheles Asas heart was vpright with the Lord all his dayes.
15 Ɔde dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne nneɛma a ɔno ne nʼagya too edin de maa Awurade Asɔredan no baeɛ.
Also he brought in the holy vessels of his father, and the things that he had dedicated vnto ye house of the Lord, siluer, and golde, and vessels.
16 Na akokoakoko wɔ Yudahene Asa ne Israelhene Baasa ntam.
And there was warre betweene Asa and Baasha King of Israel all their dayes.
17 Israelhene Baasa kɔko tiaa Yuda, na ɔmaa Rama banbɔ sɛdeɛ obi ntumi nni ahyɛnfirie wɔ Yudahene Asa asase so.
Then Baasha king of Israel went vp against Iudah, and buylt Ramah, so that he woulde let none go out or in to Asa King of Iudah.
18 Asa tasee dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ no a ɛkaa wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no akoradan mu ne deɛ na ɛwɔ ahemfie no akoradan no mu. Ɔde hyɛɛ ne mpanimfoɔ no mu bi nsa, na ɔsomaa wɔn ma wɔkɔɔ Hesion babarima Tabrimon babarima Siriahene Ben-Hadad a na ɔdi ɔhene wɔ Damasko no nkyɛn, na ɔde saa nsɛm yi kaa ho.
Then Asa tooke all the siluer and the gold that was left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the kings house, and deliuered them into the handes of his seruantes, and King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the sonne of Tabrimon, the sonne of Hezion king of Aram that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
19 “Ma yɛnyɛ apam a na ɛda wʼagya ne mʼagya ntam no foforɔ. Tie, mede akyɛdeɛ a ɛyɛ dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ resoma de abrɛ wo. Afei, twa wo ne Israelhene Baasa apam no mu, sɛdeɛ ɔremfa ne nsa nka me.”
There is a couenant betweene me and thee, and betweene my father and thy father: behold, I haue sent vnto thee a present of siluer and golde: come, breake thy couenant with Baasha King of Israel, that he may depart from me.
20 Ben-Hadad penee ɔhene Asa abisadeɛ no so, na ɔsomaa nʼakodɔm, ma wɔkɔto hyɛɛ Israel so. Wɔdii nkuro Iyon, Dan, Abel-Bet-Maaka ne Kineret a Naftali nsase nyinaa ka ho no so.
So Ben-hadad hearkened vnto King Asa, and sent the captaines of the hosts, which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote lion, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 Na Israelhene Baasa tee asɛm a asi no, ɔgyaee nʼadwuma a na ɔreyɛ de abɔ Rama ho ban no, kɔɔ Tirsa kɔtenaa hɔ.
And when Baasha heard thereof, hee left buylding of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
22 Afei, ɔhene Asa soma kɔɔ Yuda mmaa nyinaa, kɔkaa sɛ ɔhwehwɛ sɛ obiara biara bɛboa asoa ɛdansie aboɔ ne nnua a na Baasa de reyɛ banbɔdwuma wɔ Rama no afiri hɔ. Asa de saa banbɔ nneɛma no kyekyeree kuro Geba a ɛwɔ Benyamin ne Mispa kuro no.
Then king Asa assembled al Iudah, none excepted. and they tooke the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had buylt, and King Asa built with them Geba of Beniamin and Mizpah.
23 Asa ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ ne deɛ ne tumi kɔduruiɛ no, ne nkuro a ɔkyekyereɛ no nyinaa din no, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu. Ne nkɔkoraabɔ mu no, ɔyaree ne nan.
And the rest of all the actes of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he buylt, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah? but in his olde age he was diseased in his feete.
24 Ɛberɛ a Asa wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no nʼagyanom nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kuropɔn mu. Na ne babarima Yehosafat bɛdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father. And Iehoshaphat his sonne reigned in his steade.
25 Yeroboam babarima Nadab hyɛɛ aseɛ dii adeɛ wɔ Israel ɛberɛ a na ɔhene Asa adi adeɛ wɔ Yuda mfeɛ mmienu mu. Ɔdii adeɛ Israel mfeɛ mmienu.
And Nadab the sonne of Ieroboam began to reigne ouer Israel the second yere of Asa King of Iudah, and reigned ouer Israel two yeere.
26 Na ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii nʼagya anammɔn akyi, toaa so yɛɛ bɔne, somm abosom sɛdeɛ na Yeroboam adi Israel anim ama wɔayɛ no.
And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of his father, and in his sinne wherewith he made Israel to sinne.
27 Na Ahiya babarima Baasa a ɔfiri Isakar abusuakuo mu no pam Nadab tiri so, kumm no ɛberɛ a na ɔne Israel akodɔm akyere sraban, retua Filistifoɔ kuro Gibeton no.
And Baasha the sonne of Ahijah of ye house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha slue him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistims: for Nadab and all Israel layde siege to Gibbethon.
28 Baasa kumm Nadab wɔ ɔhene Asa adedie wɔ Yuda mfeɛ mmiɛnsa mu no so, na ɔbɛyɛɛ Israelhene a ɔdi hɔ.
Euen in the third yeere of Asa King of Iudah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his steade.
29 Ntɛm ara, ɔkunkumm ɔhene Yeroboam asefoɔ nyinaa a adehyeɛ abusua no mu baako koraa anka, sɛdeɛ Awurade nam odiyifoɔ Ahiya a ɔfiri Silo ahyɛ bɔ afa Yeroboam ho no.
And when he was King, he smote all the house of Ieroboam, he left none aliue to Ieroboam, vntill hee had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord which he spake by his seruant Ahijah the Shilonite,
30 Saa asɛm yi siiɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Yeroboam di a ɔdii Israel anim ma wɔyɛɛ bɔne no, ɛhyɛɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, abufuo.
Because of the sinnes of Ieroboam which he committed, and wherewith he made Israel to sinne, by his prouocation, wherewith he prouoked the Lord God of Israel.
31 Nadab ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ ne dwuma a ɔdiiɛ nyinaa no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma mu.
And the residue of the actes of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
32 Na akokoakoko wɔ Asa ne Israelhene Baasa ntam.
And there was warre betweene Asa and Baasha King of Israel, all their dayes.
33 Ahiya ba Baasa hyɛɛ aseɛ dii Israel so wɔ ɔhene Asa adedie wɔ Yuda no mfeɛ mmiɛnsa mu. Baasa dii adeɛ Tirsa mfeɛ aduonu ɛnan.
In the thirde yeere of Asa King of Iudah, began Baasha the sonne of Ahijah to reigne ouer all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned foure and twentie yeeres.
34 Na ɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade ani so. Ɔdii Yeroboam anammɔn akyi, somm abosom, sɛdeɛ Yeroboam dii Israel anim yɛeɛ no.
And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinne, wherewith he made Israel to sinne.
