2 Berɛsosɛm 29

1 Hesekia dii ɔhene wɔ Yuda no, na wadi mfeɛ aduonu enum. Na ɔdii adeɛ mfeɛ aduonu nkron wɔ Yerusalem. Na ne maame yɛ Sakaria babaa a ne din de Abia.

Hezekiah hath reigned — a son of twenty and five years, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abijah daughter of Zechariah;

2 Ɔyɛɛ deɛ ɛfata wɔ Awurade ani so, sɛdeɛ ne tete agya Dawid yɛeɛ no.

and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did.

3 Afe a ɛdi ɛkan wɔ nʼahennie mu wɔ bosome a ɛdi ɛkan no, Hesekia buebuee Awurade Asɔredan apono no, siesieeɛ.

He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, hath opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and strengtheneth them,

4 Ɔfrɛfrɛɛ asɔfoɔ no ne Lewifoɔ no sɛ, wɔmmɛhyia no wɔ Asɔredan no adihɔ a ɛwɔ apueeɛ fam hɔ.

and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.

5 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Lewifoɔ, montie me! Monnwira mo ho, na monnwira Awurade, mo agyanom Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no nso. Monyiyi biribiara a efi aka no mfiri kronkronbea hɔ.

And he saith to them, 'Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary,

6 Yɛn agyanom anni nokorɛ, na wɔyɛɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn anim. Wɔgyaa Awurade ne nʼAsɔredan no; wɔdanee wɔn akyi kyerɛɛ no.

for our fathers have trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and forsake him, and turn round their faces from the tabernacle of Jehovah, and give the neck.

7 Afei, wɔtotoo Asɔredan no abankua apono mu, dundumm nkanea no. Wɔgyaee nnuhwamhyeɛ, gyaee ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ a wɔde ba Israel Onyankopɔn, kronkronbea hɔ no.

'Also — they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel,

8 Ɛno enti na Awurade abufuo aba Yuda ne Yerusalem so no. Wama yɛadane ahufoɔ, ayamhyehyefoɔ ne aseredeɛ, sɛdeɛ mohunu no pefee no.

and the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He giveth them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as ye are seeing with your eyes.

9 Wɔakunkum yɛn agyanom wɔ ɔko mu, na wɔakyekyere yɛn mmammarima, yɛn mmammaa ne yɛn yerenom sɛ nneduafoɔ.

And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives [are] in captivity for this.

10 Nanso, seesei, me ne Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn bɛyɛ apam sɛdeɛ nʼabufuhyeɛ no bɛfiri yɛn so.

'Now — with my heart — to make a covenant before Jehovah, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from us.

11 Mʼadɔfonom Lewifoɔ, monnnyae mo nnwuma mu bio. Awurade ayi mo sɛ monnyina nʼanim nsom no, na monni ɔmanfoɔ anim nsom no, mmɔ afɔdeɛ mma no.”

My sons, be not now at rest, for on you hath Jehovah fixed to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be to Him ministering and making perfume.'

12 Afei saa Lewifoɔ yi hyɛɛ dwumadie no ase. Wɔn a wɔfiri Kohat abusua mu no ne: Amasai babarima Mahat ne Asaria babarima Yoɛl. Wɔn a wɔfiri Merari abusua mu no ne: Abdi babarima Kis ne Yehalelel babarima Asaria. Wɔn a wɔfiri Gerson abusua mu ne: Sima babarima Yoa ne Yoa babarima Eden;

And the Levites rise — Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;

13 Wɔn a wɔfiri Elisafan abusua mu ne: Simri ne Yeiel. Wɔn a wɔfiri Asaf abusua mu ne: Sakaria ne Matania.

and of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri, and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14 Wɔn a wɔfiri Heman abusua mu ne: Yehiel ne Simei. Wɔn a wɔfiri Yedutun abusua mu ne: Semaia ne Usiel.

and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel —

15 Saa mmarima yi frɛfrɛɛ wɔn mfɛfoɔ Lewifoɔ, na wɔdwiraa wɔn ho. Na afei, wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ dwiraa Awurade Asɔredan no sɛdeɛ ɔhene no hyɛeɛ no. Wɔyɛɛ ahwɛyie, dii Awurade ahyɛdeɛ no so pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ wɔn dwumadie no mu.

and they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah,

16 Asɔfoɔ no kɔɔ Awurade Asɔredan kronkronbea hɔ, kɔdwiraa hɔ, na wɔfaa biribiara a ɛho agu fi a wɔhunuiɛ no firii hɔ de baa Asɔredan no adihɔ. Lewifoɔ no twee ne nyinaa firii hɔ, kɔto guu Kidron Bɔnhwa mu.

and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse [it], and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive [it], to take [it] out to the brook Kidron without.

17 Wɔhyɛɛ dwumadie no ase wɔ da bi a ɛwɔ bosome a ɛdi ɛkan no mu. Na ɛda a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe no, na wɔaduru Awurade Asɔredan no abankua mu hɔ. Na wɔde nnafua nwɔtwe bio dwiraa Awurade Asɔredan no ankasa. Enti wɔde nnafua dunsia na ɛwiee dwumadie no nyinaa.

And they begin on the first of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they have come to the porch of Jehovah, and they sanctify the house of Jehovah in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished.

18 Na Lewifoɔ no kɔɔ ɔhene Hesekia nkyɛn, kɔkaa sɛdeɛ dwumadie no akɔsi kyerɛɛ no. Wɔkaa sɛ, “Yɛadwira Awurade Asɔredan no, ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔ afɔrebukyia no a nneɛma ahodoɔ ka ho ne Hyiadan mu Burodo no ɛpono no ne ɛho nneɛma ho.

And they come in within unto Hezekiah the king, and say, 'We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels,

19 Afei, nso, nneɛma a ɔhene Ahas tasee wɔ ɛberɛ a na ɔyɛ asoɔden, na ɔtoo asɔredan no mu no nso, yɛakɔgye ne nyinaa. Ne nyinaa gu Awurade afɔrebukyia no anim a wɔadwira ho na wɔbɛtumi de adi dwuma biara.”

and all the vessels that king Ahaz cast away in his reign — in his trespass — we have prepared and sanctified, and lo, they [are] before the altar of Jehovah.'

20 Adeɛ kyee anɔpahema no, ɔhene Hesekia boaboaa kuro no mpanimfoɔ ano ne wɔn kɔɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu.

And Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah;

21 Wɔde anantwinini nson, nnwennini nson, nnwammaa nson ne mpapo nson baa sɛ, ahennie, asɔredan no ne Yuda bɔne ho afɔrebɔdeɛ. Ɔhene no hyɛɛ asɔfoɔ no a wɔyɛ Aaron asefoɔ sɛ, wɔmfa mmoa no mmɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ Awurade afɔrebukyia no so.

and they bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he saith to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause [them] to ascend on the altar of Jehovah.

22 Na wɔkunkum anantwinini no, na asɔfoɔ de mogya no petee afɔrebukyia no so. Afei, wɔkunkumm nnwennini no de wɔn mogya petee afɔrebukyia no so. Na awieeɛ no, wɔde nnwammaa no yɛɛ saa ara.

And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar;

23 Mpapo a wɔde rebɛbɔ bɔne ho afɔdeɛ no, wɔde baa ɔhene no ne ɔmanfoɔ no anim, ma wɔde wɔn nsa guu wɔn so.

and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;

24 Afei, asɔfoɔ no kunkumm mpapo no sɛ bɔne ho afɔrebɔ, de wɔn mogya petee afɔrebukyia no so, sɛ bɔne ho mpatadeɛ maa Israel nyinaa. Ɔhene no sii so dua sɛ, saa ɔhyeɛ ne bɔne ho afɔrebɔ no, wɔmmɔ mma Israel nyinaa.

and the priests slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, for 'For all Israel,' said the king, '[is] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.'

25 Afei, ɔhene Hesekia de Lewifoɔ no gyinagyinaa Awurade Asɔredan no mu. Ɔde kyankyan, mmɛnta ne asankuten maa wɔn. Ɔdii ahyɛdeɛ a Awurade nam Gad, a ɔyɛ ɔhene nhunumuni ne odiyifoɔ Natan so de maa Dawid no so.

And he appointeth the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for by the hand of Jehovah [is] the command, by the hand of His prophets;

26 Afei, Lewifoɔ no faa Dawid nnwontodeɛ no kɔgyinagyinaa wɔn gyinaberɛ wɔ Asɔredan no ho. Saa ara nso na asɔfoɔ no faa wɔn ntotorobɛnto kɔgyinagyinaa wɔn afa.

and the Levites stand with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

27 Afei, ɔhene Hesekia hyɛɛ sɛ wɔmfa ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no nsi afɔrebukyia no so. Ɛberɛ a wɔde ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no reba no, wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ too ayɛyie nnwom maa Awurade, na wɔde ntotorobɛnto ne Israelhene Dawid nnwontodeɛ no gyegyee ho.

And Hezekiah saith to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began — began the song of Jehovah, and the trumpets, even by the hands of the instruments of David king of Israel.

28 Badwa no sɔree Awurade wɔ ɛberɛ a na nnwomtofoɔ no reto nnwom, na wɔrehyɛn ntotorobɛnto no ara kɔsii sɛ ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ no nyinaa saeɛ.

And all the assembly are doing obeisance, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; the whole [is] till the completion of the burnt-offering.

29 Na ɔhene no ne wɔn a wɔka ne ho no nyinaa koto someeɛ.

And at the completion of the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him, and do obeisance.

30 Ɔhene Hesekia ne ne mpanimfoɔ hyɛɛ Lewifoɔ no sɛ, wɔmfa Dawid nnwom ne nhunumuni Asaf deɛ, nkamfo Awurade. Enti, wɔde anigyeɛ kamfoo Awurade, na wɔkoto sɔreeɛ.

And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise — unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.

31 Afei, Hesekia de too dwa sɛ, “Ɔsom no aba awieeɛ. Momfa mo afɔrebɔdeɛ ne mo aseda mmra Awurade Asɔredan mu.” Enti, ɔmanfoɔ no de wɔn afɔrebɔdeɛ ne wɔn aseda afɔrebɔdeɛ baeɛ, na wɔn a wɔpɛ no de ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ nso kaa ho.

And Hezekiah answereth and saith, 'Now ye have filled your hand to Jehovah, come nigh, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah;' and the assembly bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one — burnt-offerings.

32 Ɔmanfoɔ no de anantwinini aduɔson, nnwennini ɔha ne nnwammaa ahanu sɛ ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ brɛɛ Awurade.

And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly have brought in, is seventy oxen, a hundred rams, lambs two hundred; for a burnt-offering to Jehovah [are] all these.

33 Wɔsane de anantwinini ahansia ne nnwan mpem mmiɛnsa baa sɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ.

And the sanctified things [are] oxen six hundred, and sheep three thousand.

34 Nanso, na asɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ hɔ no sua sɛ wɔbɛtumi asiesie ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no nyinaa enti, wɔn abusuafoɔ Lewifoɔ no boaa wɔn, kɔsii sɛ dwumadie no baa awieeɛ. Wɔtee asɔfoɔ no pii ho ansa na wɔreboa dwumadie no, ɛfiri sɛ, na Lewifoɔ no adwene wɔ wɔn ahoteɛ so sene asɔfoɔ no.

Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites [are] more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

35 Na ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne daa nsa afɔdeɛ no buu so. Saa ara nso na asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ sradeɛ nso yɛɛ bebree. Enti, wɔsiesiee Awurade Asɔredan no maa ɔsom no.

And also, burnt-offerings [are] in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and with oblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah is established,

36 Na Hesekia ne ɔmanfoɔ no nyinaa gyee wɔn ani wɔ deɛ Onyankopɔn ayɛ ama nnipa no, ɛfiri sɛ wɔwiee biribiara ntɛm.

and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.