2 Berɛsosɛm 11
1 Ɛberɛ a Rehoboam duruu Yerusalem no, ɔboaboaa Yuda ne Benyamin akodɔm a ɛyɛ akodɔm papa ɔpeha aduɔwɔtwe ano, sɛ wɔrekɔko atia Israel akodɔm, na wagye ahennie no afa.
And Rehoboam comes to Jerusalem, and assembles the house of Judah and Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors—to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn onipa Semaia sɛ,
And a word of YHWH is to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
3 “Ka kyerɛ Salomo babarima Rehoboam a ɔdi ɔhene wɔ Yuda ne Israelfoɔ a wɔwɔ Yuda ne Benyamin sɛ,
“Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4 Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie: ‘Nko ntia wʼabusuafoɔ. Sane wʼakyi kɔ efie, ɛfiri sɛ, me na memaa asɛm a asie no ho kwan!’” Enti, wɔtiee Awurade asɛm no, na wɔanko antia Yeroboam.
Thus said YHWH: You do not go up nor fight with your brothers! Let each return to his house, for this thing has been from Me”; and they hear the words of YHWH, and turn back from going against Jeroboam.
5 Rehoboam tenaa Yerusalem, na ɔbɔɔ nkuro ahodoɔ ho ban, maa Yuda yɛɛ den.
And Rehoboam dwells in Jerusalem, and builds cities for a bulwark in Judah,
6 Ɔkyekyeree Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
indeed, he builds Beth-Lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7 Bet-Sur, Soko, Adulam,
and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,
8 Gat, Maresa, Sif,
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lakis, Aseka,
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10 Sora, Ayalon ne Hebron. Yeinom ne nkuro a wɔbɔɔ ho ban wɔ Yuda ne Benyamin.
and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.
11 Rehoboam yeree wɔn banbɔ mu, na ɔde asahene duaduaa hɔ. Ɔkoraa nnuane, ngo ne nsã wɔ kuropɔn biara so.
And he strengthens the bulwarks, and puts leaders in them, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,
12 Ɔde akokyɛm ne mpea siee wɔ saa nkuro yi mu, de hyɛɛ wɔn banbɔ mu den. Enti, Yuda ne Benyamin nko ara na wɔbɛhyɛɛ nʼase.
and in each and every city [he puts] bucklers and spears, and strengthens them very greatly; and he has Judah and Benjamin.
13 Asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ a na wɔne Israel atifi fam mmusuakuo te no kɔɔ Rehoboam afa.
And the priests and the Levites that [are] in all Israel have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,
14 Na Lewifoɔ no mpo gyaa wɔn afie ne wɔn agyapadeɛ kɔɔ Yuda ne Yerusalem, ɛfiri sɛ, Yeroboam ne ne mmammarima amma wɔn kwan ansom Awurade sɛ asɔfoɔ.
for the Levites have left their outskirts and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests for YHWH,
15 Yeroboam yii nʼankasa asɔfoɔ, ma wɔsomm abosonsomfoɔ asɔreeɛ so a na wɔsom abirekyie ne nantwie mma ahoni a na wɔayɛ.
and he establishes for himself priests for high places, and for goat [idols] and for calf [idols] that he made.
16 Israelman mu nyinaa, wɔn a na wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsom Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn no dii Lewifoɔ no akyi kɔɔ Yerusalem baabi a wɔbɛtumi de ayɛyɛdeɛ ama Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn no.
And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek YHWH, God of Israel, have come to Jerusalem to sacrifice to YHWH, God of their father.
17 Yei maa Yuda ahennie nyaa ahoɔden, na wɔde mfeɛ mmiɛnsa boaa Salomo babarima Rehoboam, na wɔhwehwɛɛ Awurade nokorɛm, sɛdeɛ wɔyɛɛ wɔ Dawid ne Salomo ahennie mu no.
And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
18 Rehoboam waree Mahalat. Na ɔyɛ Dawid babarima Yerimot babaa. Na ɔyɛ Abihail a ɔyɛ Yisai babarima Eliab babaa nso.
And Rehoboam takes a wife for himself, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and of] Abigail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.
19 Mahalat woo mmammarima baasa a wɔne Yeus, Semaria ne Saham.
And she bears sons to him: Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.
20 Akyire no, ɔwaree Absalom babaa Maaka. Maaka woo Abia, Atai, Sisa ne Selomit.
And after her he has taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she bears to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Na Rehoboam dɔ Maaka yie sene ne yerenom a wɔaka ne ne mpenafoɔ nyinaa. Na ɔwɔ yerenom dunwɔtwe ne mpenafoɔ aduosia, na wɔwowoo mmammarima aduonu nwɔtwe ne mmammaa aduosia.
And Rehoboam loves Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines—for he has taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines—and he begets twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22 Rehoboam sii Maaka babarima Abia ahenemmahene maa ɛdaa adi pefee sɛ daakye, ɔno na ɔbɛdi nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Rehoboam appoints Abijah son of Maachah for head, for leader among his brothers, for to cause him to reign.
23 Bio, Rehoboam faa nyansakwan so de dwumadie hyehyɛɛ ne mmammarima a wɔaka no nsa, de wɔn tuatuaa nkuro a wɔabɔ ho ban, wɔ nsase no nyinaa so. Ɔmaa wɔn wɔn ahiadeɛ nyinaa, hyehyɛɛ awadeɛ bebree maa wɔn mu biara.
And he has understanding, and disperses from all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and gives provision in abundance to them; and he asks for a multitude of wives [for them].
