2 Ahemfo 7
1 Elisa buaa sɛ, “Tie saa asɛm yi firi Awurade nkyɛn! Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie: Ɛbɛduru ɔkyena sɛsɛɛ, wɔbɛtɔn asikyiresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu lita nsia agye dwetɛ gram dubaako wɔ Samaria edwa biara so. Na atokoɔ nso, wɔbɛtɔn lita edu agye dwetɛ gram dumienu pɛ.”
Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
2 Ɔpanin a ɔboa ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no sɛ, “Sɛ Awurade bue ɔsoro mfɛnsere mpo a, ɛremma saa da!” Na Elisa kaa sɛ, “Wobɛhunu sɛ ɛbɛba mu saa, nanso worentumi nni emu biara bi.”
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
3 Afei, mmarima akwatafoɔ baanan bi bɛtenatenaa kuro no apono ano. Wɔbisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Adɛn enti na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛtena ha twɛn ara wuwuo?
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
4 Sɛ yɛtena ha a, ɛkɔm bɛde yɛn dodo; saa ara nso na sɛ yɛsane kɔ kuro no mu nso a, ɛkɔm bɛwe yɛn ara ne no. Enti ɛbɛyɛ sɛ yɛbɛkɔ, na yɛde yɛn ho bɛma Aramfoɔ akodɔm no. Na sɛ wɔma yɛtena ase a, na ne yie mu ne no. Na sɛ wɔkunkum yɛn nso a, na ɛno ara ne no.”
If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
5 Enti, saa anwummerɛ no, wɔsiim kɔɔ Aramfoɔ nsraban no mu, nanso na obiara nni hɔ.
So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
6 Na Awurade ama akodɔm no nyinaa atɛ nteaseɛnam a ɛrekɔ mmirikaden no nan ase ne apɔnkɔ no ne akodɔm kɛseɛ a wɔrebɛn wɔn no nan ase. Wɔteateaam sɛ, “Israelhene afa Hetifoɔ ne Misraimfoɔ sɛ wɔmmɛto nhyɛ yɛn so.”
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
7 Enti, wɔbɔɔ huboa, na wɔdwanee anadwo no, gyaa wɔn ntomadan, apɔnkɔ, mfunumu ne wɔn biribiara, de peree wɔn nkwa.
Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
8 Ɛberɛ a akwatafoɔ no duruu sraban no ano no, wɔn nyinaa wurawuraa ntomadan no mu mmaako mmaako didiiɛ, nom nsã, tasee dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne ntadeɛ de kɔsieeɛ.
When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.
9 Akyire yi, wɔkeka kyerɛkyerɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Deɛ yɛreyɛ yi nyɛ. Yei yɛ asɛm papa a yɛmmɔɔ obiara amaneɛ. Na sɛ yɛtwɛn kɔsi adekyeeɛ a, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara, asotwe bi bɛda yɛn so. Mommra ma yɛnsane nkɔbɔ nnipa a wɔwɔ ahemfie no amaneɛ.”
Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
10 Enti, wɔsane wɔn akyi, baa kuro no mu, bɛbɔɔ apono anohwɛfoɔ no asɛm a asi no ho amaneɛ sɛ wɔakɔ Aramfoɔ sraban mu, na na obiara nni hɔ. Na wɔasesa apɔnkɔ ne mfunumu no nwoma, na ntomadan no deɛ, na ne nyinaa wɔ hɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ, nanso na onipa baako koraa nni hɔ.
So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
11 Apono anohwɛfoɔ no teateaam, kaa asɛm no maa nnipa a wɔwɔ ahemfie hɔ no teeɛ.
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
12 Ɔdasuom, ɔhene no sɔre firii ne mpa so, ka kyerɛɛ ne mpanimfoɔ sɛ, “Menim asɛm a asi. Aramfoɔ nim sɛ ɛkɔm rekum yɛn enti, wɔatu afiri wɔn sraban mu, akɔtetɛ wiram baabi. Wɔrehwehwɛ sɛ yɛbɛfiri kuro no mu, na wɔakyekye yɛn anikann, na wɔafa kuro no.”
So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
13 Mpanimfoɔ no mu baako kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ sɛ yɛbɛsoma akwansrafoɔ, na wɔakɔhwehwɛ mu. Momma wɔmfa apɔnkɔ a wɔaka no mu enum. Sɛ asɛm bi to wɔn koraa a, ɛrenyɛ adehwereɛ kɛseɛ biara sɛ wɔbɛtena ha ne yɛn a yɛaka no bɛwuwu.”
But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
14 Enti, wɔsiesiee nteaseɛnam mmienu ne apɔnkɔ, na ɔhene no somaa akwansrafoɔ kɔhwɛɛ asɛm a ato Aramfoɔ akodɔm no.
Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
15 Wɔkɔeɛ ara kɔduruu Asubɔnten Yordan, dii ntadeɛ ne ahyehyɛdeɛ a Aramfoɔ ato agu no akyi, ɛberɛ a na wɔde anikrakra redwane no. Akwansrafoɔ no sane bɛbɔɔ ɔhene no amaneɛ.
And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
16 Enti, Samariafoɔ bɔɔ twi, kɔfoo Aramfoɔ sraban no. Ɛno enti, na ɛyɛ nokorɛ sɛ wɔtɔn asikyiresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu lita nsia saa da no de gye dwetɛ gram dubaako, atokoɔ lita edu nso, na wɔtɔn de gye dwetɛ gram dumienu, sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ ho bɔ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
17 Ɔhene no yii ne panin, ma ɔhwɛɛ ɛpono no mu ahyɛnfirie so, nanso nnipadɔm no twi faa ne so ma ɔwuiɛ. Enti, biribiara baa mu pɛpɛɛpɛ, sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no hyɛɛ ho nkɔm ɛberɛ a ɔhene no baa ne fie no.
Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
18 Onyankopɔn onipa no ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Ɛbɛduru ɔkyena sɛsɛɛ, wɔbɛtɔn asikyiresiam muhumuhu lita asia agye dwetɛ gram dubaako wɔ Samaria edwa biara so. Na atokoɔ nso, wɔbɛtɔn lita edu agye dwetɛ gram dumienu.”
It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
19 Ɔhene no panin no buaa sɛ, “Sɛ Awurade bue ɔsoro mfɛnsere mpo a, ɛremma saa da!” Na Onyankopɔn onipa no kaa sɛ, “Wobɛhunu sɛ ɛbɛba mu saa, nanso worenni emu biara bi.”
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
20 Ɛno ara na ɛbaa mu, nnipa twi faa ne so, kumm no wɔ ɛpono no ano no.
And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
