2 Ahemfo 14
1 Ɛberɛ a Yoas babarima Amasia hyɛɛ aseɛ dii adeɛ wɔ Yuda no, na ɔhene Yehoas adi adeɛ wɔ Israel mfeɛ mmienu.
In the second year of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the king of Israel: Amaziah, the son of Jehoash, reigned as king of Judah.
2 Amasia dii adeɛ no, na wadi mfeɛ aduonu enum, na ɔdii adeɛ wɔ Yerusalem mfeɛ aduonu nkron. Na wɔfrɛ ne maame Yehoadin a ɔfiri Yerusalem.
He was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.
3 Ɔyɛɛ deɛ ɛtene wɔ Awurade ani so, nanso anto deɛ nʼagya Dawid yɛeɛ. Ɔhwɛɛ nʼagya Yoas nhwɛsoɔ so.
And he did what is right before the Lord, yet truly, not like David, his father. He acted in accord with all the things that his father Jehoash did,
4 Amasia ansɛe abosonnan a na nnipa kɔbɔ afɔdeɛ, kɔhye nnuhwam wɔ hɔ no.
except for this alone: he did not take away the high places. For still the people were immolating, and burning incense, in the high places.
5 Ɛberɛ a Amasia ase timiiɛ sɛ ɔhene no, ɔkunkumm mpanimfoɔ a wɔkumm nʼagya no nyinaa.
And when he had obtained the kingdom, he struck down those of his servants who had killed his father, the king.
6 Nanso, wɔn a wɔkunkumm wɔn no mma deɛ, wankum wɔn, sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Mose Mmara Nwoma no mu no, ne sɛdeɛ Awurade ahyɛ no sɛ: Mma wɔnkunkum agyanom wɔ wɔn mma bɔne a wɔayɛ nti; na wɔnnkunkum mma wɔ wɔn agyanom bɔne a wɔayɛ enti. Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara wu wɔ ne bɔne ho.
But the sons of those who had been killed he did not put to death, in accord with what was written in the book of the law of Moses, just as the Lord instructed, saying: “The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers. Instead, each one shall die for his own sin.”
7 Amasia na ɔkunkumm Edomfoɔ ɔpedu wɔ Nkyene Bɔnhwa no mu no. Ɔno ara nso na ɔdii Sela so nkonim, na ɔtoo hɔ edin Yokteel, edin a wɔde frɛ hɔ de bɛsi ɛnnɛ no.
He struck down ten thousand men of Idumea, in the Valley of the Salt Pits. And he captured ‘the Rock’ in battle, and he called its name ‘Subdued by God,’ even to the present day.
8 Ɛda bi, Amasia ka sii Israelhene a ɔyɛ Yehoahas babarima ne Yehu nana anim sɛ, “Bɛhyia me ma yɛnko.”
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying: “Come, and let us see one another.”
9 Na Israelhene Yoas de abasɛm buaa Yudahene Amasia sɛ, “Nkasɛɛ a ɛwɔ Lebanon mmepɔ so somaa abɔfoɔ kɔɔ dutan ntweneduro nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ‘Fa wo babaa ma me babarima awadeɛ.’ Ɛhɔ ara na aboa bi firi wiram bɛtiatiaa nkasɛɛ no so sɛee no.
And Joash, the king of Israel, sent a reply to Amaziah, the king of Judah, saying: “A thistle of Lebanon sent to a cedar, which is in Lebanon, saying: ‘Give your daughter as wife to my son.’ And the beasts of the forest, which are in Lebanon, passed by and trampled the thistle.
10 Nokorɛm, woadi Edom so nkonim, ama woayɛ ahantan. Ma wʼani nsɔ wo nkonimdie no, na tena wo fie. Adɛn enti na wopere wo ho kɔ ɔhaw a ɛde amanehunu bɛba wo ne Yudafoɔ nyinaa so yi?”
You have struck and prevailed over Idumea. And your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your own glory, and be seated in your own house. Why would you provoke evil, so that you would fall, and Judah with you?”
11 Na Amasia antie enti, Israelhene Yoas boaboaa nʼakodɔm ano ne no kɔkoeɛ. Akodɔm mmienu no hyiaa mu koeɛ wɔ Bet-Semes a ɛwɔ Yuda.
But Amaziah was not quieted. And so Joash, the king of Israel, went up. And he and Amaziah, the king of Judah, saw one another at Beth-shemesh, a town in Judah.
12 Israel akodɔm dii Yuda so nkonim, maa Yuda akodɔm no bɔ hweteeɛ, dwane kɔɔ wɔn kurom.
And Judah was struck down before Israel, and they fled, each to their own tents.
13 Israelhene Yoas kyeree Yudahene, Yoas babarima Ahasia babarima Amasia wɔ Bet-Semes. Na Yoas bɔɔ nsra kɔɔ Yerusalem. Afei ɔhyɛɛ nʼakodɔm no ma wɔdwirii Yerusalem ɔfasuo no, firi Efraim Ɛpono no de kɔsii Twɛtwɛwaso Ɛpono no, a ne tenten bɛyɛ sɛ anammɔn ahansia no.
And truly, Joash, the king of Israel, captured Amaziah, the king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. And he brought him to Jerusalem. And he breached the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the Corner, four hundred cubits.
14 Ɔfaa sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ ne nnwinneɛ nyinaa firii Awurade asɔredan mu ne ahemfie akoradan mu hɔ. Ɔfaa nnipa no nnommum, na ɔsane kɔɔ Samaria.
And he took away all the gold and silver, and all the vessels, which were found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king, and he returned to Samaria with hostages.
15 Yoas ahennie mu nsɛm nkaeɛ ne deɛ ne tumi kɔsiiɛ ne ako a ɔne Yudahene Amasia diiɛ no nyinaa, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
But the rest of the words of Joash, which he accomplished, and his strength, with which he fought against Amaziah, the king of Judah, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
16 Ɛberɛ a Yoas wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ ne mpanimfoɔ nkyɛn wɔ Samaria. Na ne babarima Yeroboam a ɔtɔ so mmienu na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Joash slept with his fathers, and he was buried in Samaria, with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam, his son, reigned in his place.
17 Israelhene Yoas, Yehoahas babarima owuo akyi no, Yudahene Amasia tenaa ase mfeɛ dunum.
Now Amaziah, the son of Jehoash, the king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the king of Israel.
18 Amasia ahennie mu nsɛm nkaeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
And the rest of the words of Amaziah, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
19 Wɔpam Amasia tiri so wɔ Yerusalem enti, ɔdwane kɔɔ Lakis. Nanso, nʼatamfoɔ no somaa awudifoɔ, ma wɔtii no, kɔkumm no wɔ hɔ.
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. And he fled to Lachish. And they sent after him, to Lachish, and they killed him there.
20 Wɔsane de no too ɔpɔnkɔ so, baa Yerusalem, na wɔsiee no wɔ ne mpanimfoɔ nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurom.
And they carried him away on horses. And he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers, in the city of David.
21 Yudafoɔ sii Amasia babarima Asaria a na wadi mfeɛ dunsia no ɔhene.
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, at sixteen years from birth, and they appointed him as king in place of his father, Amaziah.
22 Nʼagya wuo akyi no, Asaria sane kyekyeree Elat kuro, dane maa Yuda.
He built up Elath, and he restored it to Judah, after which the king slept with his fathers.
23 Yudahene Yoas babarima Amasia adedie mfeɛ dunum mu no, Israelhene Yoas babarima Yeroboam a ɔtɔ so mmienu bɛdii ɔhene wɔ Israel. Ɔdii adeɛ wɔ Samaria mfirinhyia aduanan baako.
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, the son of Jehoash, the king of Judah: Jeroboam, the son of Joash, the king of Israel, reigned, in Samaria, for forty-one years.
24 Ɔyɛɛ bɔne Awurade ani so. Na wantwe ne ho amfiri abosonsom a Nebat babarima Yeroboam ma Israelfoɔ kɔɔ mu no ho.
And he did what is evil before the Lord. He did not withdraw from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
25 Yeroboam a ɔtɔ so mmienu gyegyee Israel nsase a ɛda Lebo Hamat ne Nkyene Ɛpo no ntam no sɛdeɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn nam Amitai babarima Yona, odiyifoɔ a ɔfiri Gat-Hefer so, hyɛɛ ho bɔ no.
He restored the borders of Israel, from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Wilderness, in accord with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke through his servant, the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, who was from Gath, which is in Hepher.
26 Awurade hunuu sɛdeɛ obiara a ɔwɔ Israel no reteetee, na wɔnni obiara a ɔbɛboa wɔn nso.
For the Lord saw the exceedingly bitter affliction of Israel, and that they were being consumed, even to those who were enclosed in prison, and even to the least ones, and that there was no one who would help Israel.
27 Esiane sɛ Awurade nkaa sɛ ɔbɛpepa Israel din koraa no enti, ɔnam Yoas babarima Yeroboam nso so gyee wɔn nkwa.
But the Lord did not say that he would wipe away the name of Israel from under heaven. So instead, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam, the son of Joash.
28 Yeroboam a ɔtɔ so mmienu ahennie mu nsɛm nkaeɛ ne dwuma a ɔdiiɛ nyinaa, deɛ ne tumi ano kɔsiiɛ, nʼakodie ne nsase a ɔgyegye maa Israel a Damasko ne Hamat a na ɛwɔ Yuda nsam no nyinaa ka ho no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
But the rest of the words of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his strength, with which he went to battle, and the manner in which he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah, in Israel, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
29 Ɛberɛ a Yeroboam wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no ne mpanimfoɔ a na wɔyɛ Israel ahemfo no nkyɛn. Na ne babarima Sakaria na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah, his son, reigned in his place.
