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.
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Yoas yɛɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani, ɔsɔfoɔ Yehoiada nkwa nna nyinaa.
And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Yehoiada maa Yoas ɔyerenom baanu a ɔne wɔn wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa.
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 Akyire no, Yoas yɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔbɛsiesie Awurade Asɔredan no.
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore 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 together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it 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 the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
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 the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon the Baalim.
8 Enti, afei, Yoas hyɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ adaka bi mfa nsi ɛkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan no akyi.
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
9 Enti, wɔde too Yudafoɔ ne Yerusalemfoɔ anim sɛ, wɔmfa ɛtoɔ a Mose, Onyankopɔn ɔsomfoɔ gyegyee Israelfoɔ wɔ ɛserɛ so no mmrɛ Awurade.
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon 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 rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
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 was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
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 Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass 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.
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God in its state, 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 made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Yehoiada nyinii yie, ɔwuiɛ no na wadi mfirinhyia ɔha ne aduasa.
But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
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 in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17 Yehoiada owuo akyi no, Yuda ntuanofoɔ bɛkotoo ɔhene Yoas anim, srɛɛ no sɛ ɔntie wɔn afotuo.
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto 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, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
19 Awurade somaa adiyifoɔ sɛ wɔnkɔfa wɔn mmrɛ no, nanso nnipa no ampene.
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
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 Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken 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 stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
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!”
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
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 at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto 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 the Syrians came with a small company of men; and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.
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 when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases, ) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada 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 sepulchres of the kings.
26 Na awudifoɔ no yɛ Yosabat a ɔyɛ Amonni baa Simeat babarima, ne Somer a ɔyɛ Moabni baa Simrit babarima.
And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
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.
Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
