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 to come (in): come Rehoboam Jerusalem and to gather [obj] house: household Judah and Benjamin hundred and eighty thousand to choose to make: do battle to/for to fight with Israel to/for to return: rescue [obj] [the] kingdom to/for Rehoboam

2 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn onipa Semaia sɛ,

and to be word LORD to(wards) Shemaiah man [the] God to/for to say

3 “Ka kyerɛ Salomo babarima Rehoboam a ɔdi ɔhene wɔ Yuda ne Israelfoɔ a wɔwɔ Yuda ne Benyamin sɛ,

to say to(wards) Rehoboam son: child Solomon king Judah and to(wards) all Israel in/on/with Judah and Benjamin to/for to say

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 to say LORD not to ascend: rise and not to fight with brother: male-relative your to return: return man: anyone to/for house: home his for from with me to be [the] word: thing [the] this and to hear: hear [obj] word LORD and to return: repent from to go: went to(wards) Jeroboam

5 Rehoboam tenaa Yerusalem, na ɔbɔɔ nkuro ahodoɔ ho ban, maa Yuda yɛɛ den.

and to dwell Rehoboam in/on/with Jerusalem and to build city to/for siege in/on/with Judah

6 Ɔkyekyeree Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

and to build [obj] Bethlehem Bethlehem and [obj] Etam and [obj] Tekoa

7 Bet-Sur, Soko, Adulam,

and [obj] Beth-zur Beth-zur and [obj] Soco and [obj] Adullam

8 Gat, Maresa, Sif,

and [obj] Gath and [obj] Mareshah and [obj] Ziph

9 Adoraim, Lakis, Aseka,

and [obj] Adoraim and [obj] Lachish and [obj] Azekah

10 Sora, Ayalon ne Hebron. Yeinom ne nkuro a wɔbɔɔ ho ban wɔ Yuda ne Benyamin.

and [obj] Zorah and [obj] Aijalon and [obj] Hebron which in/on/with Judah and in/on/with Benjamin city fortress

11 Rehoboam yeree wɔn banbɔ mu, na ɔde asahene duaduaa hɔ. Ɔkoraa nnuane, ngo ne nsã wɔ kuropɔn biara so.

and to strengthen: strengthen [obj] [the] fortress and to give: put in/on/with them leader and treasure 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/on/with all city and city shield and spear and to strengthen: strengthen them to/for to multiply much and to be to/for him Judah and Benjamin

13 Asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ a na wɔne Israel atifi fam mmusuakuo te no kɔɔ Rehoboam afa.

and [the] priest and [the] Levi which in/on/with all Israel to stand upon him from all border: boundary their

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 to leave: forsake [the] Levi [obj] pasture their and possession their and to go: come to/for Judah and to/for Jerusalem for to reject them Jeroboam and son: child his from to minister to/for LORD

15 Yeroboam yii nʼankasa asɔfoɔ, ma wɔsomm abosonsomfoɔ asɔreeɛ so a na wɔsom abirekyie ne nantwie mma ahoni a na wɔayɛ.

and to stand: appoint to/for him priest to/for high place and to/for satyr and to/for calf which to make

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 from all tribe Israel [the] to give: put [obj] heart their to/for to seek [obj] LORD God Israel to come (in): come Jerusalem to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD God father their

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 to strengthen: strengthen [obj] royalty Judah and to strengthen [obj] Rehoboam son: child Solomon to/for year three for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct David and Solomon to/for year three

18 Rehoboam waree Mahalat. Na ɔyɛ Dawid babarima Yerimot babaa. Na ɔyɛ Abihail a ɔyɛ Yisai babarima Eliab babaa nso.

and to take: marry to/for him Rehoboam woman: wife [obj] Mahalath (daughter *Q(K)*) Jerimoth son: child David Abihail daughter Eliab son: child Jesse

19 Mahalat woo mmammarima baasa a wɔne Yeus, Semaria ne Saham.

and to beget to/for him son: child [obj] Jeush and [obj] Shemariah and [obj] Zaham

20 Akyire no, ɔwaree Absalom babaa Maaka. Maaka woo Abia, Atai, Sisa ne Selomit.

and after her to take: marry [obj] Maacah daughter Absalom and to beget to/for him [obj] Abijah and [obj] Attai and [obj] Ziza and [obj] 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 to love: lover Rehoboam [obj] Maacah daughter Absalom from all woman: wife his and concubine his for woman: wife eight ten to lift: marry and concubine sixty and to beget twenty and eight son: child and sixty daughter

22 Rehoboam sii Maaka babarima Abia ahenemmahene maa ɛdaa adi pefee sɛ daakye, ɔno na ɔbɛdi nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.

and to stand: appoint to/for head: leader Rehoboam [obj] Abijah son: child Maacah to/for leader in/on/with brother: male-sibling his for to/for to reign him

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 to understand and to break through from all son: child his to/for all land: country/planet Judah and Benjamin to/for all city [the] fortress and to give: give to/for them [the] food to/for abundance and to ask crowd woman: wife