1 Beresosɛm 15

1 Afei, Dawid sisii adan bebree wɔ Dawid kurom. Bio, osiesiee baabi, sii ntamadan wɔ hɔ a ɔde Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no besi.

David made him houses in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

2 Afei, ɔhyɛɛ se, “Sɛ yɛma Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no so de rekɔ a, obiara nni ho kwan sɛ ɔsoa bi gye Lewifo no nko ara. Awurade ayi wɔn sɛ, wɔn nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsoa Awurade Apam Adaka no na wɔsom wɔ nʼanim daa daa.”

Then David said, "No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites. For Jehovah has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever."

3 Dawid frɛɛ Israelfo nyinaa kɔɔ Yerusalem sɛ wɔmfa Apam Adaka no nkosi faako a wɔasiesie ama no no.

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to its place, which he had prepared for it.

4 Eyinom ne asɔfo ne Lewifo a wɔfrɛɛ wɔn no:

David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

5 Wɔn a wofi Kohat abusua mu no, na wɔn dodow yɛ ɔha aduonu a Uriel tua wɔn ano.

of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;

6 Wɔn a wofi Merari abusua mu no, na wɔn dodow yɛ ahannu aduonu, a Asaia da wɔn ano.

of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;

7 Wɔn a wofi Gersom abusua mu no, na wɔn dodow yɛ ɔha aduasa, a Yoel da wɔn ano.

of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;

8 Na Elisafan asefo yɛ ahannu a Semaia da wɔn ano.

of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;

9 Na Hebron asefo yɛ aduɔwɔtwe a Eliel tua wɔn ano.

of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;

10 Na Usiel asefo yɛ ɔha ne dumien a Aminadab tua wɔn ano.

of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.

11 Afei, Dawid frɛɛ asɔfo Sadok ne Abiatar ne saa Lewifo mpanyimfo yi: Uriel, Asaia, Yoel, Semaia, Eliel ne Aminadab.

David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

12 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mo na moyɛ Lewifo mmusua mu ntuanofo. Mo ne Lewifo a wɔka mo ho nyinaa nnwira mo ho, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mubetumi de Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, Apam Adaka no bɛba beae a masiesie ama no no.

and said to them, "You are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

13 Esiane sɛ kan no mo Lewifo ansoa Apam Adaka no nti, Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, abufuw sɔre tiaa yɛn. Yɛammisa Onyankopɔn ɔkwan pa a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfa so soa.”

For because you were not prepared the first time, Jehovah our God made an outbreak against us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance."

14 Enti asɔfo no ne Lewifo no dwiraa wɔn ho, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobetumi de Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn Apam Adaka no akɔ Yerusalem.

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

15 Na Lewifo no soaa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no wɔ wɔn mmati so a, nnua a wɔde soa no hyehyɛ ho pɛpɛɛpɛ, sɛnea Mose hyɛɛ wɔn no.

The descendants of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.

16 Dawid hyɛɛ Lewifo mpanyimfo no nso sɛ wɔntew Lewifo nnwontofo kuw, wɔn a wonim nnwonto, ne wɔn a wɔwɔ nnwonto ho nimdeɛ na wɔmfa mmɛnta, mmɛn, asankuten ne kyɛnkyɛn mmɛto anigye nnwom.

David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

17 Na Lewifo no yii Yoel babarima Heman, Berekia babarima Asaf ne Kusaia babarima Etan a wofi Merari abusua mu, ma wodii nnwontofo no anim.

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

18 Woyii saa mmarima yi sɛ wɔn aboafo: Sakaria, Ben, Yaasiel, Semiramot, Yehiel, Uni, Eliab, Benaia, Maaseia, Matitia, Elifelehu, Mikneia ne apon ano ahwɛfo Obed-Edom ne Yeiel.

and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah were doorkeepers.

19 Woyii Heman, Asaf ne Etan sɛ wɔmmɔ kɔbere mfrafrae kyɛnkyɛn no.

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;

20 Woyii Sakaria, Asiel, Semiramot, Yehiel, Uni, Eliab, Maaseia ne Benaia sɛ wɔmmɔ mmɛnta no.

and Zechariah, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;

21 Woyii Matitia, Elifelehu, Miknela, Obed-Edom, Yeiel ne Asasia sɛ wɔmmɔ asankuten no.

and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.

22 Woyii Kenania a ɔyɛ Lewifo panyin no sɛ ɔnna nnwontokuw no ano, esiane ne nimdeɛ nti.

Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

23 Woyii Berekia ne Elkana sɛ wɔnwɛn Apam Adaka no.

Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

24 Sebania, Yosafat, Netanel, Amasai, Sakaria, Benaia ne Elieser a wɔn nyinaa yɛ asɔfo no na wɔbɛto santen adi Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no anim, ahyɛn ntorobɛnto no. Woyii Obed-Edom ne Yehia sɛ wɔnwɛn Apam Adaka no.

Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

25 Enti Dawid ne Israel mpanyimfo ne asraafo so asahene no de ahokeka a ɛso bi nni kɔɔ Obed-Edom fi sɛ wɔrekɔfa Awurade Apam Adaka no akɔ Yerusalem.

So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

26 Na esiane sɛ akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ Awurade ka Lewifo a wɔso Awurade Apam Adaka no ho no nti, wɔde anantwinini ason ne adwennini ason bɔɔ afɔre.

It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

27 Wɔhyɛɛ Dawid sirikyi atade fɛfɛ bi. Saa ara na Lewifo a wɔsoaa Apam Adaka no, nnwontofo no ne Kenania a ɔyɛ nnwontofo no kwankyerɛfo no nso yɛe. Na Dawid hyɛ asɔfo nguguso bi nso.

David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.

28 Enti Israel nyinaa de ahokeka, osebɔ, mmɛnhyɛn ne ntorobɛntohyɛn, akasaewosow, mmɛnta ne asankutenbɔ de Awurade Apam Adaka no kɔɔ Yerusalem.

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.

29 Na bere a Awurade Apam Adaka no wuraa Dawid kurow mu no, Saulo babea Mikal too nʼani hwɛɛ fam, fii ne mfɛnsere mu. Bere a ohuu sɛ ɔhene Dawid resaw na ɔde anigye rehuruhuruw no, obuu no animtiaa wɔ ne koma mu.

It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the City of David, that Mikal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.