1 Ahemfo 9

1 Ɛberɛ a Salomo wiee Awurade asɔredan no ne ahemfie no sie no, ɔhunuu sɛ wayɛ deɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ no nyinaa awie.

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to perform,

2 Awurade daa ne ho adi kyerɛɛ no ne mprenu so, sɛdeɛ na wada ne ho adi akyerɛ no wɔ Gibeon dada no.

That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

3 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Mate wo mpaeɛbɔ ne wʼadesrɛ. Mate saa asɔredan yi a woasi no ho, sɛdeɛ wɔbɛhyɛ me din animuonyam wɔ hɔ afebɔɔ. Mɛhwɛ so na mama mʼani aku ho.

And the LORD said to him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

4 “Na wo, sɛ wode nokorɛ ne nyamesuro di mʼakyi, sɛdeɛ wʼagya Dawid yɛeɛ, na ɔdii me mmara ne mʼahyɛdeɛ nyinaa so no a,

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

5 mɛtim wʼahennie nnidisoɔ ase wɔ Israel afebɔɔ, sɛdeɛ meka kyerɛɛ wʼagya Dawid sɛ, ‘Ɛremma sɛ worennya ɔbarima bi nntena Israel ahennwa no so da no.’

Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

6 “Na sɛ wo anaa wo mmammarima dane firi me ho, na wɔbu me mmara ne mʼahyɛdeɛ a mede ama mo no so, na sɛ wɔfiri akyire kɔsom anyame afoforɔ sɔre wɔn a,

But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

7 ɛnneɛ, mɛtwa Israel afiri asase a mede ama wɔn no so, na mapo saa asɔredan a mate ho wɔ me din mu no. Ɛbɛma Israel atɔ sin, na ayɛ aseredeɛ wɔ nnipa nyinaa mu.

Then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

8 Na ɛwom sɛ saa Asɔredan yi yɛ fɛ deɛ, nanso, wɔn a wɔbɛtwam wɔ ho no bɛtwiri no, adi ho abooboo, abisa sɛ, ‘Adɛn enti na Awurade ayɛ asase yi ne Asɔredan yi saa?’

And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?

9 Nnipa bɛbua sɛ, ‘Ɛfiri sɛ, wɔapa Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn, a ɔyii wɔn agyanom firii Misraim no akyi, na wɔde wɔn ho akɔdan anyame afoforɔ a wɔresom wɔn, sɔre wɔn. Ɛno enti na Awurade ama saa ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ yi aba wɔn so no.’”

And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers from the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

10 Mfeɛ aduonu a Salomo de sii Awurade asɔredan no ne ahemfie no akyi,

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house,

11 ɔhene Salomo de nkurotoɔ aduonu a ɛwɔ Galilea maa Tirohene Huram, ɛfiri sɛ, Huram maa no ntweneduro nnua ne pepeaa nnua ne sikakɔkɔɔ a na ɔhia.

( Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire, ) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

12 Huram firii Tiro kɔhwɛɛ nkuro a Salomo de ama no no, nanso nʼani ansɔ koraa.

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

13 Ɔbisaa sɛ, “Me nua, na nkuro bɛn na wode ama me yi? Saa nkuro yi nni mu!” Enti, ɔfrɛɛ hɔ Kabul, “Deɛ ɛnni mu” de bɛsi ɛnnɛ.

And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul to this day.

14 Na Huram asoma ma wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ tɔno 4 akɔma Salomo.

And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

15 Ɛkwan a ɔhene Salomo faa so tintim, hyɛɛ nnipa, ma wɔsii Awurade asɔredan no ne nʼahemfie, Milo, Yerusalem ɔfasuo ne Hasor, Megido ne Geser nkuro no nie:

And this is the reason of the forced labour which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 Misraimhene kɔtuaa Geser, gyee hɔ faeɛ. Ɔkumm Kanaanfoɔ a wɔte kuro no mu nyinaa, hyee hɔ pasaa. Ɔde kuropɔn no maa ne babaa no sɛ akyɛdeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔwaree Salomo no.

For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

17 Enti, Salomo sane kyekyeree Geser kuropɔn no. Afei, ɔsane kyekyeree nkuro a ɛwɔ Bet-Horon anafoɔ,

And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the lower,

18 Baalat ne Tamar wɔ ɛserɛ so, nʼasase so.

And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

19 Ɔkyekyeree nkuro a na wɔkora nnuane wɔ hɔ, kyekyeree nkuropɔn nso a na wɔkora ne nteaseɛnam ne nʼapɔnkɔ wɔ hɔ. Ɔkyekyeree Yerusalem ne Lebanon ne nʼahemman nyinaa, sɛdeɛ nʼakoma pɛ.

And all the store cities that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

20 Na nnipa bi da so te asase no so a wɔnyɛ Israelfoɔ. Wɔne Amorifoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ.

And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel,

21 Yeinom ne aman a na Israel nwiee wɔn asetɔre korakora no asefoɔ. Enti, Salomo hyɛɛ wɔn ma wɔyɛɛ nʼadwumayɛfoɔ, na wɔda so yɛ de bɛsi ɛnnɛ.

Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon raise forced labour to this day.

22 Nanso, Salomo anhyɛ Israelfoɔ amma wɔanyɛ ɔhyɛ nnwuma. Mmom, ɔmaa wɔyɛɛ asraafoɔ, aban adwumayɛfoɔ. Ɔmaa ebinom yɛɛ nʼakodɔm, ne nteaseɛnam ne ne nteaseɛnamkafoɔ so asahene.

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no slaves: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

23 Afei, ɔyii wɔn mu ahanum ne aduonum maa wɔhwɛɛ ne nkɔso nnwuma ahodoɔ so.

These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work.

24 Ɛberɛ a Salomo yii ne yere a ɛyɛ Farao babaa no firii Dawid kuro no mu, de no kɔɔ ahemfie foforɔ a wasi ama no no mu no, ɔsii Milo.

But Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo.

25 Afe biara mu, na Salomo bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade wɔ afɔrebukyia a ɔsiiɛ no so mprɛnsa. Na ɔhye aduhwam nso ma Awurade. Enti, ɔde wiee asɔredan no si.

And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

26 Akyire no, ɔhene Salomo yɛɛ ɛpo so ahyɛn wɔ Esion-Geber, hyɛngyinabea a ɛbɛn Elot a ɛwɔ Edom asase so hɔ a ɛwɔ Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no mpoano.

And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

27 Na Huram maa nʼahyɛn mu adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔnim hyɛn mu adwuma yie no, ne Salomo nkurɔfoɔ de ahyɛn no yɛɛ adwuma.

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

28 Wɔyɛɛ adwuma kɔɔ Ofir, na wɔsane de sikakɔkɔɔ tɔno 16 brɛɛ Salomo.

And they came to Ophir, and obtained from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.