2 Ahemfo 5
1 Na Aramhene bu Naaman a ɔyɛ akodɔm sahene no yie. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛnam ne so na Awurade maa Aram dii nkonim akɛseɛ bebree. Ɛwom sɛ na Naaman yɛ ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ deɛ, nanso na ɔyare kwata.
And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for YHWH had given salvation to Aram by him, and the man was mighty in valor, [but] leprous.
2 Afei, na Aram akofoɔ adi Israel asase so, na abaawa ketewa bi ka wɔn a wɔkyeree wɔn nnommum no ho. Wɔde saa abaayewa no maa Naaman yere sɛ nʼabaawa.
And the Arameans have gone out [by] troops, and they take a little girl captive out of the land of Israel, and she is before the wife of Naaman,
3 Ɛda bi, abaawa no ka kyerɛɛ nʼawuraa sɛ, “Sɛ me wura kɔhunu odiyifoɔ no wɔ Samaria a, anka mɛpɛ. Anka ɔbɛsa no yadeɛ ama kwata no afiri ne honam ani.”
and she says to her mistress, “O that my lord [were] before the prophet who [is] in Samaria; then he recovers him from his leprosy.”
4 Enti, Naaman kaa asɛm a abaawa a ɔfiri Israel no ka kyerɛɛ no no kyerɛɛ ɔhene.
And [one] goes in and declares [it] to his lord, saying, “Thus and thus the girl who [is] from the land of Israel has spoken.”
5 Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔ, na kɔsra odiyifoɔ no. Mɛtwerɛ krataa aka wo ho, na wode akɔma Israelhene.” Enti, Naaman hyɛɛ nʼakwantuo no ase. Ɔfaa dwetɛ akyɛdeɛ kilogram ahasa aduanan, sikakɔkɔɔ kilogram aduosia nkron ne ntadeɛ mmɔho edu.
And the king of Aram says, “Go, enter, and I send a letter to the king of Israel”; and he goes and takes in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of garments.
6 Krataa a ɔde rekɔma Israelhene no mu asɛm ne sɛ, “Menam krataa yi so reda me ɔsomfoɔ Naaman adi, akyerɛ wo. Mepɛ sɛ wosa no yadeɛ ma ne kwata no firi ne honam ani.”
And he brings in the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “And now, at the coming in of this letter to you, behold, I have sent my servant Naaman to you, and you have recovered him from his leprosy.”
7 Ɛberɛ a Israelhene kenkan krataa no, ɔde ahometeɛ sunsuanee nʼatadeɛ mu, kaa sɛ, “Saa ɔbarima yi asoma ɔkwatani aba me nkyɛn, sɛ mensa no yadeɛ! Meyɛ Onyankopɔn a metumi kum, sane ma nkwa? Ɔrepɛ ɛkwan bi afa so, anya nnyinasoɔ bi, na wabɛto ahyɛ yɛn so bio.”
And it comes to pass, at the king of Israel’s reading the letter, that he tears his garments and says, “Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this [one] is sending to me to recover a man from his leprosy? For surely know now, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.”
8 Ɛberɛ a Elisa, Onyankopɔn onipa, tee ɔhene no nsɛnkaeɛ no, ɔtoo nkra kɔmaa no sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woasunsuane wo ntadeɛ mu saa? Soma Naaman na ɔmmra me nkyɛn na ɔbɛhunu sɛ, odiyifoɔ papa bi wɔ Israel.”
And it comes to pass, at Elisha the man of God’s hearing that the king of Israel has torn his garments, that he sends to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your garments? Please let him come to me, and he knows that there is a prophet in Israel.”
9 Enti, Naaman faa nʼapɔnkɔ ne ne nteaseɛnam, kɔtwɛn wɔ Elisa fie ɛpono ano.
And Naaman comes, with his horses and with his chariot, and stands at the opening of the house for Elisha;
10 Na Elisa somaa ɔbɔfoɔ kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔhohoro wo ho mprɛnson wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan mu, na wo honam bɛba mu, ama wo kwata no akɔ.”
and Elisha sends a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and you have washed seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh turns back to you—and be clean.”
11 Na Naaman bo fuiɛ, na ɔsii ɛkwan so. Ɔkaa sɛ, “Na menim sɛ, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara no, ɔbɛba abɛhyia me! Na menim sɛ ebia, ɔde ne nsa bɛfa kwata no so, na wabɔ Awurade a, ɔyɛ ne Onyankopɔn no din, nam so asa me yadeɛ.
And Naaman is angry, and goes on and says, “Behold, I said, He certainly comes out to me, and has stood and called in the Name of his God YHWH, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper.
12 Nsubɔntene Abana ne Parpar a ɛwɔ Damasko nsene nsubɔntene a ɛwɔ Israel nyinaa? Adɛn enti na menkɔhohoro me ho wɔ mu, na mennya ayaresa?” Enti, Naaman danee ne ho de abufuo sii mu.
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Do I not wash in them and I have been clean?” And he turns and goes on in fury.
13 Nanso, ne mpanimfoɔ bɔɔ mmɔden kasa kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Owura, sɛ odiyifoɔ no kaa sɛ yɛ adwuma kɛseɛ bi a, anka worenyɛ anaa? Ɛno enti, tie asɛm a waka sɛ kɔhohoro wo ho kɛkɛ, na wo ho bɛtɔ wo no, na di so.”
And his servants come near, and speak to him, and say, “My father, the prophet had spoken a great thing to you—do you not do [it]? And surely, when he has said to you, Wash, and be clean.”
14 Enti, Naaman kɔɔ Asubɔnten Yordan mu, kɔdɔɔ asukɔ mprɛnson, sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no hyɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no. Ne honam ani daa hɔ te sɛ abɔfra, maa ne kwata no nyinaa kɔeɛ.
And he goes down and dips in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh turns back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.
15 Naaman ne ne dɔm no sane kɔeɛ, kɔhwehwɛɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no akyiri kwan. Wɔkɔgyinaa nʼanim, maa Naaman kaa sɛ, “Afei na mahunu sɛ Onyankopɔn nni ewiase ha baabiara sɛ Israel nko ara. Afei, mesrɛ wo sɛ, gye mʼakyɛdeɛ yi.”
And he turns back to the man of God, he and all his camp, and comes in, and stands before him, and says, “Now behold, I have known that there is not a God in all the earth except in Israel; and now, please take a blessing from your servant.”
16 Nanso, Elisa buaa sɛ, “Mmerɛ dodoɔ a Awurade a mesom no te ase yi, merennye akyɛdeɛ biara.” Ɛwom sɛ Naaman hyɛɛ no biara sɛ ɔnnye akyɛdeɛ no, nanso Elisa annye.
And he says, “YHWH lives, before whom I have stood—if I take [it]”; and he presses on him to take, and he refuses.
17 Afei, Naaman kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, ɛnneɛ, ma me ɛkwan na memfa ɛha dɔteɛ atifi mmienu nsoa me mfunumpɔnkɔ mmienu, na memfa nka me ho nkɔ me kurom. Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ, Awurade akyi no, meremmɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ anaa afɔdeɛ biara mma onyame bi bio.
And Naaman says, “If not, please let a couple of mules’ burden of earth be given to your servant, for your servant makes no more burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but [only sacrifices] to YHWH.
18 Na mesrɛ sɛ, Awurade mfa saa bɔne yi nkyɛ me. Sɛ me wura ɔhene rekɔ Rimon abosomfie akɔsom, na mesosɔ ne mu a, me nso mɛkoto enti, Awurade mfa nkyɛ me.”
For in this thing may YHWH be propitious to your servant, in the coming in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was supported by my hand, and I bowed myself [in] the house of Rimmon; for my bowing myself in the house of Rimmon, may YHWH now be propitious to your servant in this thing.”
19 Elisa kaa sɛ, “Kɔ asomdwoeɛ mu.” Enti, Naaman sane sii ɛkwan so.
And he says to him, “Go in peace.” And he goes from him a distance of land,
20 Nanso, Elisa ɔsomfoɔ Gehasi kaa wɔ ne tirim sɛ, “Anka ɛnsɛ sɛ me wura ma Aramni yi kɔ a wannye akyɛdeɛ yi. Mmerɛ dodoɔ a Awurade te ase yi, mɛti no, na makɔgye biribi afiri ne nkyɛn.”
and Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, says, “Behold, my lord has spared this Aramean Naaman, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; for YHWH lives; if I have run after him, then I have taken something from him.”
21 Enti, Gehasi tii no. Ɛberɛ a Naaman hunuu no sɛ ɔde mmirika reba ne so no, ɔsi firii ne teaseɛnam mu kɔhyiaa no. Naaman bisaa no sɛ, “Wobaa no asomdwoeɛ mu anaa?”
And Gehazi pursues after Naaman, and Naaman sees one running after him, and comes down off the chariot to meet him, and says, “Is there peace?”
22 Gehasi buaa sɛ, “Aane, nanso me wura asoma me sɛ memmɛka nkyerɛ wo sɛ, mmabunu baanu bi a wɔyɛ adiyifoɔ a wɔfiri Efraim kuro a ɛda bepɔ so no mu abɛduru seesei ara. Ɔse ɔrepɛ dwetɛ kilogram aduasa ɛnan ne ntadeɛ nsakyeramu mmienu de ama wɔn.”
And he says, “Peace; my lord has sent me, saying, Behold, now, this, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; please give a talent of silver and two changes of garments to them.”
23 Naaman kaa sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ asɛm a ɛyɛ den, gye dwetɛ kilogram aduasa ɛnan yi.” Ɔmaa no ntadeɛ nsakyeramu mmienu, kyekyeree sika no wɔ nkotokuo mmienu mu, yii asomfoɔ baanu soaa akyɛdeɛ no, maa Gehasi.
And Naaman says, “Be pleased, take two talents”; and he urges him, and binds two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and gives [them] to two of his young men, and they carry [them] before him;
24 Nanso, wɔduruu bepɔ no so no, Gehasi gyee akyɛdeɛ no firii asomfoɔ no nkyɛn, ma wɔsane wɔn akyi kɔeɛ. Afei, ɔde akyɛdeɛ no kɔsiee efie no mu.
and he comes to the high place, and takes [them] out of their hand, and lays [them] up in the house, and sends the men away, and they go.
25 Ɛberɛ a ɔkɔɔ ne wura Elisa nkyɛn no, ɔbisaa no sɛ, “Gehasi, wokɔɔ he?” Ɔbuaa sɛ, “Menkɔɔ baabiara.”
And he has come in, and stands by his lord, and Elisha says to him, “From where—Gehazi?” And he says, “Your servant did not go here or there.”
26 Nanso, Elisa bisaa no sɛ, “Woanhunu sɛ ɛberɛ a Naaman si firii ne teaseɛnam mu bɛhyiaa wo no, na mewɔ hɔ honhom mu? Saa ɛberɛ yi na ɛsɛ sɛ wogye sika ne ntadeɛ ne ngo dua mfuo ne bobe mfuo ne nnwan ne anantwie ne asomfoɔ?
And he says to him, “My heart did not go when the man turned from off his chariot to meet you; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and menservants, and maidservants?
27 Deɛ woayɛ yi enti, wo ne wo mma ne wo mma mma bɛyare Naaman kwata no bi afebɔɔ.” Ɛberɛ a Gehasi firii dan no mu no, na kwata ayɛ no a ne ho ahoa ayɛ sɛ sukyerɛmma.
Indeed, the leprosy of Naaman cleaves to you and to your seed for all time”; and he goes out from before him—leprous as snow.
