2 Berɛsosɛm 24
1 Yoas dii ɔhene no, na wadi mfeɛ nson, na ɔdii adeɛ Yerusalem mfirinhyia aduanan. Na ne maame din de Sibia a ɔfiri Beer-Seba.
Joas was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Sabia of Bersabee.
2 Yoas yɛɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani, ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada nkwa nna nyinaa.
And Joas did that which right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jodae the priest.
3 Yehoiada maa Yoas ɔyerenom baanu a ɔne wɔn wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa.
And Jodae took to himself two wives, and they bore sons and daughters.
4 Akyire no, Yoas yɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔbɛsiesie Awurade Asɔredan no.
And it came to pass afterward that it came into the heart of Joas to repair the house of the Lord.
5 Enti, ɔfrɛfrɛɛ asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monkɔ Yuda nkuro nyinaa so ntɛm, na monkɔgyegye afirinhyiatoɔ, sɛdeɛ yɛbɛtumi asiesie mo Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no. Monntwentwɛn koraa.” Nanso, Lewifoɔ no ankɔ prɛko pɛ.
And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out into the cities of Juda, and collect money of all Israel to repair the house of the Lord from year to year, and make haste to speak [of it]. But the Levites hasted not.
6 Na ɔhene no frɛɛ ɔsɔfopanin Yehoiada bisaa no sɛ, “Adɛn enti na wommisaa Lewifoɔ no deɛ enti a wɔnkɔɔ Yuda nkuro so ne Yerusalem nkɔgyegyee Asɔredan ho toɔ no? Mose, Awurade ɔsomfoɔ, gyegyee ɔman Israel saa toɔ yi, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛtumi asiesie Apam Ntomadan no.”
And king Joas called Jodae the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not looked after the Levites, so that they should bring from Juda and Jerusalem that which was prescribed by Moses the man of God, when he assembled Israel at the tabernacle of witness?
7 Mfeɛ pii mu no, otirimuɔdenfoɔ Atalia akyidifoɔ bɔ wuraa Onyankopɔn Asɔredan mu, na nneɛma a wɔahyira so wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu no nyinaa, wɔfa de somm Baal ahoni.
For Gotholia was a transgressor, and her sons tore down the house of God; for they offered the holy things of the house of the Lord to Baalim.
8 Enti, afei, Yoas hyɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ adaka bi mfa nsi ɛkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan no akyi.
And the king said, Let a box be made, and let it be put at the gate of the house of the Lord without.
9 Enti, wɔde too Yudafoɔ ne Yerusalemfoɔ anim sɛ, wɔmfa ɛtoɔ a Mose, Onyankopɔn ɔsomfoɔ gyegyee Israelfoɔ wɔ ɛserɛ so no mmrɛ Awurade.
And let [men] proclaim in Juda an in Jerusalem, that [the people] should bring to the Lord, as Moses the servant of God spoke concerning Israel in the wilderness.
10 Ntuanofoɔ no ne ɔmanfoɔ no penee so, enti wɔde anigyeɛ de wɔn sika bɛhyɛɛ adaka no ma.
And all the princes and all the people gave, and brought in, and cast into the box until it was filled.
11 Ɛberɛ biara a adaka no bɛyɛ ma no, Lewifoɔ no soa de kɔma ɔhene mpanimfoɔ. Na asɛnniiɛ twerɛfoɔ ne ɔsɔfopanin ananmusini bi akan sika no, na wɔasane de adaka no akɔsi Asɔredan no ɛpono ano bio. Wɔyɛɛ saa daa, na wɔnyaa sika bebree.
And it came to pass, when they brought in the box to the officers of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the money was more than sufficient, then came the king's scribe, and the officer of the high priest, and emptied the box, and restored it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and collected much money.
12 Ɔhene no ne Yehoiada de sika no maa adansie sohwɛfoɔ, ma wɔfaa adansifoɔ ne nnua dwumfoɔ, ma wɔsiesiee Awurade Asɔredan no. Afei, wɔfaa nnadeɛ adwumfoɔ maa wɔde nnadeɛ ne kɔbere mfrafraeɛ yɛɛ Awurade Asɔredan no ho nneɛma.
And the king and Jodae the priest gave it to the workmen employed in the service of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, also smiths and braziers to repair the house of the Lord.
13 Na mmarima a wɔhwɛ ɛdan no nsiesie so no yɛɛ adwumaden ma adwuma no kɔɔ so sɛdeɛ ɛfata. Wɔsii Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no wɔ ne tebea dada no sɛso na wɔhyɛɛ mu den.
And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened [it].
14 Wɔwiee nsiesie no, wɔde sika no nkaeɛ brɛɛ ɔhene no ne Yehoiada. Wɔde yɛɛ nneɛma ahodoɔ a wɔde bi som, de bi bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ a nkwankoraa ne atam ahodoɔ a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ ayɛ nso ka ho. Na wɔde kɔguu Awurade asɔredan no mu. Ɛberɛ a na ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada te ase no, na wɔtaa bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ.
And when they had finished [it], they brought to the king and to Jodae the remainder of the money, and they made vessels for the house of the Lord, vessels of service for whole-burnt-offerings, and gold and silver [censers]: and they offered up whole-burnt-offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jodae.
15 Yehoiada nyinii yie, ɔwuiɛ no na wadi mfirinhyia ɔha ne aduasa.
And Jodae grew old, being full of days, and he died, being a hundred and thirty years old at his death.
16 Wɔsiee no ahemfo asieeɛ wɔ Dawid kurom, ɛfiri sɛ, na wayɛ adwuma pa wɔ Israel, ama Onyankopɔn ne nʼAsɔredan no.
And they buried him with the kings in the city of David, because he had dealt well with Israel, and with God and his house.
17 Yehoiada owuo akyi no, Yuda ntuanofoɔ bɛkotoo ɔhene Yoas anim, srɛɛ no sɛ ɔntie wɔn afotuo.
And it came to pass after the death of Jodae, [that] the princes of Juda went in, and did obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.
18 Wɔyɛɛ wɔn adwene sɛ wɔbɛgya Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no, na wɔasom Asera afɔrebukyia no ne ahoni no mmom. Na Onyankopɔn abufuo baa Yuda ne Yerusalem so wɔ wɔn bɔne enti.
And they forsook the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served the Astartes and idols: and there was wrath upon Juda and Jerusalem in that day.
19 Awurade somaa adiyifoɔ sɛ wɔnkɔfa wɔn mmrɛ no, nanso nnipa no ampene.
yet he sent prophets to them, to turn them to the Lord; but they hearkened not: and he testified to them, but they obeyed not.
20 Afei, Onyankopɔn Honhom baa ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada babarima Sakaria so. Ɔgyinaa nnipa no anim kaa sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn seɛ nie: Adɛn enti na monni Awurade ahyɛdeɛ so? Morennya nkɔsoɔ ɛfiri sɛ, moagya Awurade ama ɔno nso agya mo!”
And the Spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Jodae the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall ye not prosper; for ye have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you.
21 Na ntuanofoɔ no yɛɛ apam wɔ Sakaria ho sɛ wɔbɛkum no. Na ɔhene Yoas ankasa hyɛ ma wɔsii no aboɔ, kumm no wɔ Awurade Asɔredan no adihɔ hɔ.
And they conspired against him, and stone him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord's house.
22 Na ɔhene Yoas ankae adɔeɛ a nʼagya Yehoiada de yɛɛ no no, na ɔkumm ne babarima. Sakaria rewuo no, nsɛm a ɔka twaa toɔ ne sɛ, “Awurade nhunu deɛ wɔreyɛ na ɔmma wɔmmu ho akonta!”
So Joas remembered not the kindness which his father Jodae had exercised towards him, but slew his son. And as he died, he said, The Lord look upon [it], and judge.
23 Afe no ahyɛaseɛ no, Aram akodɔm bɔɔ nsra baa Yoas so. Wɔkaa Yuda ne Yerusalem hyɛeɛ, kunkumm ntuanofoɔ a wɔwɔ ɔman no mu nyinaa. Na wɔfaa asadeɛ a wɔnyaeɛ nyinaa, de kɔmaa wɔn ɔhene wɔ Damasko.
And it came to pass after the end of the year, [that] the host of Syria went up against him, and came against Juda and Jerusalem: and they slew all the chiefs of the people among the people, and all their spoils they sent to the king of Damascus.
24 Ɛwom sɛ Aram dɔm a wɔkɔto hyɛɛ wɔn so no sua deɛ, nanso, Awurade boaa wɔn maa wɔdii Yuda akodɔm kɛseɛ no so nkonim. Yudafoɔ gyaa Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn, ɛno enti Awurade buu atɛn tiaa Yoas.
For the army of Syria came with few men, yet God gave into their hands a very large army, because they had forsaken the God of their fathers; and he brought judgments on Joas.
25 Aramfoɔ twee wɔn ho na wɔgyaa Yoas a na wapira yie no hɔ. Nanso, ɔno ankasa mpanimfoɔ dwenee ho sɛ, ɛsiane sɛ ɔkumm ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada babarima enti, wɔbɛkum no. Wɔkumm no wɔ ɛberɛ a ɔda mpa so. Na wɔsiee no Dawid kurom a wɔankɔsie no wɔ adehyeɛ amusieeɛ.
And after they had departed from him, when they had left him in sore diseases, then his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jodae the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchre of the kings.
26 Na awudifoɔ no yɛ Yosabat a ɔyɛ Amonni baa Simeat babarima, ne Somer a ɔyɛ Moabni baa Simrit babarima.
And they that conspired against him were Zabed the son of Samaath the Ammanite, and Jozabed the son of Samareth the Moabite.
27 Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm a ɛfa Yoas mmammarima, ne ho nkɔmhyɛ, ne Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no nsiesie wɔ Ahene nwoma nkyerɛmu no mu. Yoas wuiɛ no, ne babarima Amasia dii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And all his sons, and the five came to him: and the other [matters], behold, they are written in the book of the kings. And Amasias his son reigned in his stead.
