1 Ahemfo 19
1 Ɛberɛ a Ahab duruu fie no, ɔkaa deɛ Elia ayɛ nyinaa ne sɛdeɛ wakunkum Baal adiyifoɔ nyinaa no kyerɛɛ Isebel.
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2 Enti, Isebel de saa nkra yi kɔmaa Elia sɛ, “Sɛ ɔkyena sɛsɛɛ na menkum wo, sɛdeɛ woakum nkurɔfoɔ yi a, anyame no nku me bi.”
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time."
3 Elia tee nkra no, ɔsuroeɛ, enti ɔdwane de peree ne ti. Ɔkɔɔ kuro bi a ɛwɔ Yuda a wɔfrɛ no Beer-Seba, gyaa ne ɔsomfoɔ wɔ hɔ.
And he was afraid, and he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 Na ɔno nko ara nantee da mu nyinaa kɔɔ ɛserɛ so. Ɔkɔtenaa dutan bi a na ayɛ frɔmm ase, na ɔbɔɔ mpaeɛ sɛ anka ɔnwu. Ɔkaa sɛ, “Deɛ mahunu no ara dɔɔ me so, Awurade. Twa me nkwa so na mennyɛ nsene mʼagyanom.”
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
5 Na ɔdaa dua no ase. Na ne nna mu no, ɔbɔfoɔ bɛkaa no, ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Sɔre na didi.”
He lay down and slept under a broom tree. And look, an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat."
6 Ɔhwɛɛ ne ho hyiaeɛ hunuu burodo bi a wɔato no ogyasramma so, ne kuruwa a nsuo wɔ mu. Enti, ɔdidiiɛ, nom nsuo no, sane daa bio.
He looked, and look, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
7 Na Awurade ɔbɔfoɔ no sane baa bio bɛkaa no kaa sɛ, “Sɔre na didi pii ka ho, na ɛkwan a ɛda wʼanim no ware.”
The angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you."
8 Enti, ɔsɔre didiiɛ, nomee. Aduane no maa no nyaa ahoɔden a ɔde bɛtwa ɛkwan adaduanan, awia ne anadwo akɔ Horeb a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn bepɔ no so.
And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
9 Ɔkɔduruu ɔbodan bi ho, na ɔdaa mu anadwo no. Na Awurade bisaa no sɛ, “Elia, ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ wɔ ha?”
And there he came to a cave and lodged there; and look, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
10 Elia buaa sɛ, “Mede ahoɔden asom Asafo Awurade Onyankopɔn. Nanso, Israelfoɔ abu apam a wɔne wo hyehyɛeɛ no so, nam so abubu wʼafɔrebukyia nyinaa, akunkum wʼadiyifoɔ a anka obiara. Me nko ara na maka, nanso wɔrepɛ me akum me nso.”
He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
11 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Firi adi kɔgyina mʼanim wɔ bepɔ no so.” Na ɛberɛ a Elia gyina hɔ no, Awurade bɛfaa hɔ, na mframa denden bi bɔ sii bepɔ no mu. Na mframa no ano den no dwidwaa abotan no mu. Nanso, na Awurade nni mframa no mu. Mframa no akyi no, asase wosooɛ. Nanso, na Awurade nni asasewosoɔ no mu.
And he said, "Go out tomorrow and stand on the mountain before the LORD." Look, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
12 Na asasewosoɔ no akyi, ogya pueeɛ. Nanso, na Awurade nni ogya no mu. Na ogya no akyi, nne bi a ɛyɛ bɔkɔɔ te sɛ deɛ wɔde ka asomusɛm baeɛ.
After the earthquake a fire passed; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 Elia tee nne no, ɔde nʼatadeɛ kataa nʼanim ɛnna ɔfiri ɔbodan no mu, kɔgyinaa ano kwan no ano. Na nne bi bisaa sɛ, “Elia, ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ wɔ ha?”
It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his cloak, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Look, a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
14 Ɔbuaa bio sɛ, “Mede ahoɔden asom Asafo Awurade Onyankopɔn. Nanso, Israelfoɔ abu apam a wɔne wo hyehyɛeɛ no so, nam so abubu wʼafɔrebukyia nyinaa, akunkum wʼadiyifoɔ a anka obiara. Me nko ara na maka, nanso wɔrepɛ me akum me nso.”
He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
15 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Sane wʼakyi kɔ baabi a wofiri baeɛ, na kɔ Damasko ɛserɛ so. Na sɛ woduru hɔ a, sra Hasael ngo, si no Aramhene.
The LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way, and you will come to the way of the wilderness of Damascus, and when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Aram.
16 Afei, sra Nimsi babarima Yehu, na ɔnyɛ Israelhene, na sra Safat babarima Elisa a ɔfiri Abel-Mehola, na ɔnsi wʼananmu sɛ me odiyifoɔ.
You shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
17 Obiara a ɔbɛdwane afiri Hasael ho no, Yehu bɛkum no, na obiara a ɔbɛdwane afiri Yehu ho nso no, Elisa bɛkum no.
It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
18 Yeinom akyi no, mɛbɔ nnipa afoforɔ mpem nson bi a wɔwɔ Israel a wɔnkotoo Baal, mfee nʼano da no ho ban.”
Yet I have kept for myself seven thousand people in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."
19 Na Elia kɔhunuu Safat babarima Elisa sɛ ɔde anantwie refuntum afuo. Na anantwie mpamho dubaako na wɔdi nʼanim, ɛnna Elisa nso de mpamho a ɛtɔ so dumienu refuntum. Elia kɔɔ ne nkyɛn kɔtoo nʼatadeɛ guu ne mmati so, na ɔsane nʼakyi kɔeɛ.
So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his cloak on him.
20 Elisa gyaa anantwie no hɔ, tuu mmirika dii Elia akyi, ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Deɛ ɛdi ɛkan no, ma menkɔkra mʼagya ne me maame ansa na me ne wo akɔ.” Elia buaa sɛ, “Sane wʼakyi na kɔ. Na deɛ mayɛ wo no, dwene ho.”
He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." He said to him, "Go back again; for what have I done to you?"
21 Afei, Elisa sane kɔɔ anantwie no ho kɔkunkumm wɔn. Ɔde funtumfidie no ho nnua no yɛɛ nnyensin de totoo ɛnam no. Ɔde ɛnam no kɔmaa mmarima a wɔde funtumfidie a aka no reyɛ adwuma no nyinaa, ma wɔweeɛ. Na ɔne Elia kɔeɛ sɛ ne ɔboafoɔ.
He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.
