2 Chronicles 28

1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what is right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David did.

Ahas dii adeɛ no, na wadi mfirinhyia aduonu. Ɔdii ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem mfirinhyia dunsia. Wanyɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani sɛdeɛ ne tete agya Dawid yɛeɛ no.

2 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he also cast statues for the Baals.

Mmom, ɔyɛɛ deɛ Israel ahemfo yɛeɛ no bi, yɛɛ ahoni a wɔde som Baal.

3 It is he who burned incense in the Valley of the son of Hinnom. And he purified his sons by fire, in accord with the ritual of the nations that the Lord put to death at the advent of the sons of Israel.

Ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ Hinom babarima bɔnhwa mu, na mpo ɔde ne mmammarima bɔɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ ogya mu. Ɔsuaa akyiwadeɛ a abosonsom aman no yɛeɛ a enti Awurade pamoo wɔn firii asase no so ansa na Israelfoɔ rekɔduru hɔ.

4 Also, he was sacrificing and burning incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

Ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ, hyee nnuhwam wɔ abosomfie, mmepɔ so ne dua frɔmfrɔm biara ase.

5 And so the Lord, his God, delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, who struck him and took great plunder from his kingdom. And he carried it away to Damascus. Also, he was delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, and he struck him with great affliction.

Ɛno enti na Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn, maa Aramhene kwan dii Ahas so nkonim, twaa ne nkurɔfoɔ bebree asuo kɔɔ Damasko no. Israel akodɔm bebree nso dii Ahas so nkonim, kunkumm nʼakodɔm no bebree nso.

6 And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, killed, on one day, one hundred twenty thousand, all of them men of war from Judah, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.

Israelhene Peka, a ɔyɛ Remalia babarima de da koro kunkumm Yuda akodɔm no nnipa ɔpeha aduonu, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔapo Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn.

7 In the same time, Zichri, a powerful man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the son of the king, and Azrikam, the governor of his house, and also Elkanah, who was second to the king.

Afei, Sikri, ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ a ɔfiri Efraim, kunkumm Maaseia a ɔyɛ ɔhene babarima Asrikam, a ɔyɛ ahemfie so sahene ne Elkana, a ɔyɛ ɔhene sahene abadiakyire no.

8 And the sons of Israel seized, from their brothers, two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls, and immense plunder. And they took it away to Samaria.

Israelfoɔ akodɔm kyekyeree mmaa ne Yuda mmɔfra ɔpehanu, faa asadeɛ bebree, de kɔɔ Samaria.

9 At that time, there was a prophet of the Lord there, named Oded. And going out to meet the army arriving in Samaria, he said to them: “Behold, the Lord, the God of your fathers, having become angry against Judah, has delivered them into your hands. But you have killed them by atrocities, so that your cruelty has reached up to heaven.

Na Awurade odiyifoɔ a ne din de Oded wɔ Samaria hɔ wɔ ɛberɛ a Israel akodɔm sane baa efie no. Ɔkɔhyiaa wɔn ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Awurade, mo agyanom Onyankopɔn, bo fuu Yuda, na ɔmaa modii wɔn so nkonim. Nanso, moayɛ ma aboro so dodo sɛ mode atirimuɔden akunkum wɔn, ama aha ɔsoro nyinaa.

10 Moreover, you wanted to subjugate the sons of Judah and Jerusalem as your men and women servants, which is a work that should never be done. And so you sinned in this matter against the Lord your God.

Na seesei, moredwene sɛ mobɛfa saa nnipa yi a wɔfiri Yuda ne Yerusalem nkoa. Na mo ankasa mo bɔne a moyɛ tiaa Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no, ho asɛm te sɛn?

11 But listen to my counsel, and release the captives, whom you have brought from your brothers. For a great fury of the Lord is hanging over you.”

Montie me, na monnyaa saa nneduafoɔ a wɔwɔ mo nsam no, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔyɛ mo ankasa mo abusuafoɔ. Monhwɛ no yie, ɛfiri sɛ, seesei, wɔadane Awurade abufuhyeɛ no aba mo so!”

12 And so, some of the leaders of the sons of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa, the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were arriving from the battle.

Na Israel ntuanofoɔ bi a wɔn ne Yehohanan babarima Asaria, Mesilemot babarima Berekia, Salum babarima Yehiskia ne Hadlai babarima Amasa penee yei so, na wɔne mmarima a wɔfiri akono reba no kaa sɛ,

13 And they said to them: “You shall not lead back captives to here, lest we sin against the Lord. Why are you willing to add to our sins, and to build upon our old offenses? For indeed, the sin is great, and the furious anger of the Lord is hanging over Israel.”

“Mommfa nneduafoɔ no mma ha! Yɛrentumi mfa nka yɛn bɔne ne yɛn afɔdie ho. Yɛn afɔdie so dada, na wɔadane Awurade abufuhyeɛ no aba Israel so dada.”

14 And the warriors released the spoils and all that they had seized, in the sight of the leaders and the entire multitude.

Enti, akofoɔ no gyaee nneduafoɔ no de asadeɛ no maeɛ, wɔ ɔmanfoɔ no ne ntuanofoɔ no anim.

15 And the men, whom we mentioned above, rose up and took the captives. All those who were naked, they clothed from the spoils. And when they had clothed them, and had given them shoes, and had refreshed them with food and drink, and had anointed them because of the hardship, and had cared for them, whoever was not able to walk and whoever was feeble in body, they set them upon beasts of burden, and they led them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers, and they themselves returned to Samaria.

Afei, nnipa baanan a wɔbobɔɔ wɔn din no baa anim, bɛkyekyɛɛ ntadeɛ a ɛwɔ asadeɛ no mu no maa nneduafoɔ a wɔda adagya no. Wɔmaa wɔn ntadeɛ ne mpaboa sɛ wɔnhyɛ ne nnuane pii ne nsuo, de ngo guguu wɔn apirakuro mu. Wɔde wɔn a wɔyɛ mmrɛ no tenatenaa mfunumu so, de nneduafoɔ no nyinaa sane baa wɔn asase Yeriko, mmɛkuro, no so. Afei, wɔsane kɔɔ Samaria.

16 In that time, king Ahaz sent to the king of the Assyrians, requesting assistance.

Saa ɛberɛ no mu, Yudahene Ahas kɔsrɛɛ Asiriahene sɛ ɔmmɛboa no na ɔnkɔko ntia nʼatamfoɔ.

17 And the Edomites arrived and struck down many of Judah, and they seized great plunder.

Bio, na Edom akodɔm adi Yuda so nkonim, akyekyere binom nnommum.

18 Also, the Philistines spread out among the cities of the plains, and to the south of Judah. And they seized Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and also Soco, and Timnah, and Gimzo, with their villages, and they lived in them.

Na Filistifoɔ ato ahyɛ nkuro a ɛwɔ Yuda mmepɔ ayaase ne Negeb so. Na wɔako afa Bet-Semes, Ayalon, Gederot ne Soko ne wɔn nkurotoɔ ne Timna ne Gimso ne wɔn nkurotoɔ no. Na Filistifoɔ no tenatenaa saa nkuro yi so.

19 For the Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz, the king of Judah, since he had stripped it of help, and had shown contempt for the Lord.

Na Awurade rebrɛ Yuda ase, ɛsiane Yudahene Ahas enti, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔboa ne nkurɔfoɔ ma wɔyɛ bɔne, na na ɔnni Awurade nokorɛ korakora nso.

20 And he led against him Tilgath-pilneser, the king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him and laid waste to him, without resistance.

Enti, ɛberɛ a Asiriahene Tilgat-Pilneser bɛduruiɛ no a anka ɛsɛ sɛ ɔboa ɔhene Ahas no, ɔhyɛɛ no so mmom.

21 And so Ahaz, despoiling the house of the Lord, and the house of the kings and the leaders, gave gifts to the king of the Assyrians, and yet it profited him nothing.

Ahas tasee nneɛma a ɛsom bo firii Awurade asɔredan no mu, ahemfie hɔ ne ne mpanimfoɔ afie mu, de kɔmaa Asiriahene sɛ ne toɔ. Nanso, yei mpo, ammoa no.

22 Moreover, in the time of his anguish, he also added to his contempt against the Lord. King Ahaz himself, by himself,

Na sɛ ɔhaw bi ba ɔhene Ahas so mpo a, ɔkɔ so yɛ asoɔden ma Awurade.

23 immolated victims to the gods of Damascus, those who had struck him. And he said: “The gods of the kings of Syria assist them, and so I will please them with victims, and they will help me.” But to the contrary, they had been the ruin of him and of all Israel.

Ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa Damasko anyame a wɔdii ne so nkonim no, na ɔkaa sɛ, “Saa anyame yi na wɔboaa Aram ahemfo enti, sɛ mebɔ afɔdeɛ ma wɔn a, wɔbɛboa me nso.” Nanso, wɔmaa no sɛeeɛ, ma Israel nyinaa sɛeeɛ.

24 And so, Ahaz, having despoiled and broken apart all the vessels of the house of God, closed up the doors of the temple of God, and made for himself altars in all the corners of Jerusalem.

Ɔhene no tasee nneɛma ahodoɔ a ɛwɔ Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no mu nyinaa, bubuu mu asinasini. Ɔtotoo Awurade asɔredan no apono mu, sɛdeɛ obiara ntumi nkɔsom wɔ hɔ. Ɔsisii afɔrebukyia maa abosonsom anyame wɔ Yerusalem twɛtwɛwa so baabiara.

25 Also, he constructed altars in all the cities of Judah, in order to burn frankincense, and so he provoked the Lord, the God of his fathers, to wrath.

Ɔyɛɛ abosonsom asɔreeɛ wɔ Yuda nkuro nyinaa so a wɔbɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ hɔ ma anyame foforɔ no. Ɔnam saa ɛkwan yi so, hyɛɛ Awurade, nʼagyanom Onyankopɔn, abufuo.

26 But the rest of his words, and all his works, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Ahas ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ no firi ahyɛaseɛ kɔsi awieeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda ahemfo ne Israel ahemfo nwoma mu.

27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the city of Jerusalem. And they did not allow him to be in the sepulchers of the kings of Israel. And his son, Hezekiah, reigned in his place.

Ɔhene Ahas wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Yerusalem, nanso wɔansie no wɔ adehyeɛ amusieeɛ. Ne babarima Hesekia na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.