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Sodom Ne Gomora Amumuyɛ
1Ɔsoro abɔfoɔ baanu no duruu Sodom anwummerɛ. Na Lot te kuro no ɛpono ano. Ɛberɛ a Lot hunuu sɛ wɔreba no, ɔsɔre kɔhyiaa wɔn ɛkwan. Ɔbuu nkotodwe, de nʼanim butuu fam, nam so maa wɔn akwaaba. 2Ɔkaa sɛ, “Me wuranom, mesrɛ mo, mommɛsoɛ mo akoa fie, na memma mo nsuo nhohoro mo nan ho, na monna, na ɔkyena anɔpatutuutu, moatoa mo akwantuo no so.”
Nanso, abɔfoɔ no buaa sɛ, “Dabi, mmom, yɛbɛda adwabɔeɛ.”
3Nanso, Lot kɔɔ so srɛɛ wɔn anibereɛ so enti, wɔne no kɔɔ ne fie. Ɔtoo burodo a wamfa mmɔreka amfra ɛda no ara, de too wɔn ɛpono, ma wɔdiiɛ. 4Ansa na wɔbɛkɔ akɔda no, Sodomfoɔ mpanin ne mmɔfra nyinaa firi kuro no afanan bɛtwaa efie no ho hyiaeɛ. 5Wɔteateaam frɛɛ Lot bisaa no sɛ, “Mmarima a wɔbaa wo nkyɛn anadwo yi wɔ he? Fa wɔn brɛ yɛn, na yɛne wɔn nkɔda.”
6Lot firii adi, too ne ɛpono mu, kɔhyiaa Sodom mmarima no. 7Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Me nuanom, mesrɛ mo, monnyɛ amumuyɛsɛm a ɛte saa. 8Montie! Mewɔ mmammaa baanu a wɔnhunuu mmarima da. Momma memfa wɔn mmrɛ mo, na deɛ mopɛ biara, moayɛ wɔn. Na saa mmarima baanu yi deɛ, mommfa mo nsa nka wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔaba me suhyɛ banbɔ mu.”
9Ɛdɔm no teateaam sɛ, “Twe wo ho! Woyɛ hwan? Yɛn na yɛama wo baabi atena wɔ ha, na afei deɛ worebɛkyerɛ yɛn deɛ yɛnyɛ. Yɛne wo bɛdi no anibereɛ so asene nkurɔfoɔ no.” Ɛdɔm no twi faa Lot so, na wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ bubuu apono no.
10Nanso, ɔsoro abɔfoɔ baanu a wɔhyɛ efie hɔ no pue bɛtwee Lot kɔhyɛɛ efie hɔ, too ɛpono no mu. 11Ɔsoro abɔfoɔ baanu no maa mpanin ne mmɔfra a wɔgyinagyina ɛpono no akyiri no ani firafiraeɛ enti, wɔanhunu ɛpono no koraa.
Sodom Ne Gomora Sɛeɛ
12Afei, ɔsoro abɔfoɔ baanu no bisaa Lot sɛ, “Wowɔ abusuafoɔ bi wɔ kurom ha sɛ ɛyɛ wo nsenom, wo mmammaa, wo mmammarima anaa obi foforɔ bi a ɔyɛ wo ho onipa? Yi wɔn nyinaa firi ha, 13ɛfiri sɛ, yɛrebɛsɛe saa kuro yi pasaa. Amumuyɛsɛm a ɛtia nnipa yi a aduru Awurade anim no ano den enti, wasoma yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛsɛe kuro yi.”
14Enti, Lot firii adi, kɔbɔɔ mmarima bi a wɔahyɛ bɔ sɛ wɔbɛwareware ne mmammaa no amaneɛ. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monyɛ no ntɛm, na momfiri kuro yi mu, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade Onyankopɔn rebɛsɛe kuro yi!” Nanso, na saa mmarima yi susu sɛ ɔredi fɛ bi.
15Anɔpahema no, ɔsoro abɔfoɔ no hyɛɛ Lot sɛ, “Ntɛm! Ka wo ho, na fa wo yere ne wo mmammaa baanu a wɔwɔ ha no firi ha kɔ; anyɛ saa a, wɔde mo bɛfra kuro no, asɛe mo.”
16Ɔtwentwɛnee ne nan ase no, ɔsoro abɔfoɔ no sosɔɔ Lot ne ne yere ne ne mmammaa baanu no nsa, twee wɔn, de wɔn firii kuro no mu asomdwoeɛ mu, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade hunuu wɔn mmɔbɔ. 17Ɔsoro abɔfoɔ no yii Lot mmammaa baanu no firii kuro no mu ara pɛ, abɔfoɔ no mu baako kaa sɛ, “Monnwane nnye mo kra nkwa; monnhwɛ mo akyiri. Monnnyina baabiara. Monnwane nkɔ mmepɔ no so, anyɛ saa a, mobɛwuwu!”
18Nanso, Lot ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Ao, dabi me wuranom! 19Mo akoa anya mo anim adom, na moayɛ me adɔeɛ kɛseɛ de agye me nkwa. Nanso, me deɛ, merentumi nnwane nkɔ mmepɔ no so, ɛfiri sɛ, mesuro sɛ anhwɛ a, saa amanehunu yi bɛto me, ama mawu. 20Hwɛ, kuro ketewa bi bɛn ha. Mesrɛ mo, momma menkɔhinta hɔ mmom, na manhwere me nkwa. Kuro no nsua anaa?”
21Ɔsoro abɔfoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ Lot sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, mepene wʼabisadeɛ yi so; merensɛe saa kuro ketewa no. 22Ɛnneɛ, dwane kɔ hɔ ntɛm, ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ wonnuruu hɔ a, merenyɛ biribiara.” Ɛfiri saa ɛberɛ no, na wɔfrɛɛ kuro no Soar a aseɛ ne kuro ketewa.
23Ɛberɛ a Lot duruu Soar no, na owia apue. 24Afei, Awurade maa sɔfe ne ogya tɔ firii soro, guu Sodom ne Gomora so. 25Saa ɛkwan yi so na wɔfa de sɛee saa nkuropɔn mmienu ne asasetam no nyinaa. Nnipa a na wɔtete saa nkuropɔn no so ne asase no so afifideɛ nso nyinaa sɛeɛ. 26Nanso, Lot yere twaa nʼani hwɛɛ nʼakyiri ma ɔdanee nkyene esie.
27Adeɛ kyee anɔpatutuutu no, Abraham kɔɔ baabi a ɔgyinaa Awurade anim no. 28Ɔmaa nʼani so hwɛɛ Sodom ne Gomora fam ne asasetam no so nyinaa, hunuu wisie kumɔnn a abua asase no so te sɛ wisie a ɛfiri fononoo mu.
29Ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn sɛee nkuro a ɛwɔ asase tamaa no so no, Onyankopɔn kaee Abraham, na ɔyii Lot firii ɔsɛeɛ a ɛbaa nkuro a na Lot te so no mu no.
Lot Ne Ne Mmammaa Baanu No
30Afei, Lot ne ne mmammaa baanu no tu firii Soar kɔtenaa ɔbodan bi a na ɛwɔ mmepɔ no mu, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔsuro sɛ ɔbɛtena Soar. 31Ɛda koro bi, ɔbabaa panin no ka kyerɛɛ akumaa no sɛ, “Yɛn agya abɔ akɔkoraa, na ɔbarima biara nso nni ha a ɔne yɛn bɛda, sɛdeɛ wɔyɛ no ewiase baabiara no. 32Ne saa enti, ma yɛmma yɛn agya nsã nnom, na afei, yɛne no nna, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a yɛnam ne so bɛma yɛn ase adɔre.”
33Saa anadwo no, wɔmaa wɔn agya nsã nomeeɛ. Na ɔbabaa panin no ne no kɔdaeɛ. Lot anhunu ɛberɛ korɔ a ne babaa panin no de bɛdaa hɔ ne ɛberɛ korɔ a ɔsɔre kɔeɛ.
34Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, ɔbabaa panin no ka kyerɛɛ akumaa no sɛ, “Nnora anadwo, me ne mʼagya daeɛ. Saa anadwo yi, ma yɛnsane mma no nsã nnom, na wo nso, wo ne no nkɔda, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a yɛnam yɛn agya so bɛma yɛn ase adɔre.” 35Saa anadwo no nso, wɔmaa wɔn agya nsã nomeeɛ. Na akumaa no nso ne nʼagya kɔdaeɛ. Bio, Lot anhunu ɛberɛ ko a akumaa no de bɛdaa hɔ ne ɛberɛ ko a ɔsɔre kɔeɛ.
36Enti, Lot ne ne mmammaa baanu no nyinsɛneeɛ. 37Ne babaa panin no woo ɔbabarima, na ɔtoo no edin Moab. Ɔno na ɔyɛ Moabfoɔ agya de bɛsi ɛnnɛ. 38Akumaa no nso woo ɔbabarima, na ɔtoo no edin Ben-Ami; ɔno nso ne Amon mma agya de bɛsi ɛnnɛ.
Sodom Ne Gomora Amumɔyɛ
1Ɔsoro abɔfo baanu no duu Sodom anwummere. Na Lot te kurow no pon ano. Bere a Lot huu sɛ wɔreba no, ɔsɔre kohyiaa wɔn kwan. Obuu nkotodwe, de nʼanim butuw fam, nam so maa wɔn akwaaba. 2Ɔkae se, “Me wuranom, mesrɛ mo, mommɛsoɛ mo akoa fi na memma mo nsu nhohoro mo anan ho, na monna, na ɔkyena anɔpatutuutu, moatoa mo akwantu no so.”
Nanso abɔfo no buae se, “Dabi, mmom, yɛbɛda aguabɔbea.”
3Nanso Lot kɔɔ so srɛɛ wɔn anibere so nti, wɔne no kɔɔ ne fi. Ɔtoo brodo a wamfa mmɔkaw amfra da no ara, de too wɔn pon ma wodii. 4Ansa na wɔbɛkɔ akɔda no, Sodomfo mpanyin ne mmofra nyinaa fi kurow no afanan betwaa ofi no ho hyiae. 5Wɔteɛteɛɛ mu frɛɛ Lot bisaa no se, “Mmarima a wɔbaa wo nkyɛn anadwo yi wɔ he? Fa wɔn brɛ yɛn, na yɛne wɔn nkɔda.”
6Lot fii adi, too ne pon mu, kohyiaa Sodom mmarima no. 7Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Me nuanom, mesrɛ mo, munni amumɔyɛsɛm a ɛte saa. 8Muntie! Mewɔ mmabea baanu a wonhuu mmarima da. Momma memfa wɔn mmrɛ mo, na nea mopɛ biara, moayɛ wɔn. Na saa mmarima baanu yi de, mommfa mo nsa nka wɔn, efisɛ wɔaba me suhyɛ bammɔ mu.”
9Dɔm no teɛteɛɛ mu se, “Twe wo ho! Woyɛ hena? Yɛn na yɛama wo baabi atena wɔ ha, na afei de worebɛkyerɛ yɛn nea yɛnyɛ. Yɛne wo bedi no anibere so asen nkurɔfo no.” Dɔm no twiw faa Lot so, na wofii ase bubuu apon no.
10Nanso ɔsoro abɔfo baanu a wɔhyɛ fie hɔ no pue bɛtwee Lot kɔhyɛɛ fie hɔ, too pon no mu. 11Ɔsoro abɔfo baanu no maa mpanyin ne mmofra a wogyinagyina ɔpon no akyi no ani furafurae, enti wɔanhu ɔpon no koraa.
Sodom Ne Gomora Sɛe
12Mmarima baanu no bisaa Lot se, “Wowɔ abusuafo bi wɔ kurom ha sɛ ɛyɛ wo nsenom, wo mmabea, wo mmabarima anaa obi foforo bi a ɔyɛ wo ho nipa? Yi wɔn nyinaa fi ha, 13efisɛ yɛrebɛsɛe saa kurow yi pasaa. Amumɔyɛsɛm a etia nnipa yi a adu Awurade anim no ano den nti, wasoma yɛn sɛ yɛmmɛsɛe kurow yi.”
14Enti Lot fii adi kɔbɔɔ mmarima bi a wɔahyɛ bɔ sɛ wɔbɛwareware ne mmabea no amanneɛ. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Monyɛ no ntɛm, na mumfi kurow yi mu, efisɛ Awurade Nyankopɔn rebɛsɛe kurow yi!” Nanso na saa mmarima yi susuw sɛ ɔredi fɛw bi.
15Anɔpahema no, ɔsoro abɔfo no hyɛɛ Lot se, “Ntɛm! Ka wo ho, na fa wo yere ne wo mmabea baanu a wɔwɔ ha no fi ha kɔ; anyɛ saa a, wɔde mo bɛfra kurow no, asɛe mo.”
16Ɔtwentwɛn ne anan ase no, ɔsoro abɔfo no susoo Lot ne yere ne ne mmabea baanu no nsa, twee wɔn, de wɔn fii kurow no mu asomdwoe mu, efisɛ Awurade huu wɔn mmɔbɔ. 17Ɔsoro abɔfo no yii Lot mmabea baanu no fii kurow no mu ara pɛ, abɔfo no mu baako kae se, “Munguan nnye mo kra nkwa; monnhwɛ mo akyi. Munnnyina baabiara. Munguan nkɔ mmepɔw no so, anyɛ saa a mubewuwu!”
18Nanso Lot ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Dabi me wuranom! 19Mo akoa anya mo anim adom, na moayɛ me adɔe kɛse de agye me nkwa. Nanso me de, merentumi nguan nkɔ mmepɔw no so, efisɛ misuro sɛ anhwɛ a, saa amanehunu yi bɛto me, ama mawu. 20Hwɛ, kurow ketewa bi bɛn ha. Mesrɛ mo, momma minkohintaw hɔ mmom, na manhwere me nkwa. Kurow no nsua ana?”
21Ɔsoro abɔfo no ka kyerɛɛ Lot se, “Eye, Mɛpene wʼabisade yi so; merensɛe saa kurow ketewa no. 22Ɛno de, guan kɔ hɔ ntɛm, efisɛ sɛ wunnuu hɔ a, merenyɛ biribiara.” Efi saa bere no na wɔfrɛɛ kurow no Soar a ase ne kurow ketewa.
23Bere a Lot duu Soar no, na owia apue. 24Afei, Awurade maa sufre ne ogya tɔ fii soro, guu Sodom ne Gomora so. 25Saa ɔkwan yi so na wɔfa de sɛee saa nkuropɔn abien ne asasetam no nyinaa. Nnipa a na wɔtete saa nkuropɔn no so ne asase no so afifide nso nyinaa sɛee. 26Nanso Lot yere twaa nʼani hwɛɛ nʼakyi ma ɔdan nkyene siw.
27Ade kyee anɔpatutuutu no, Abraham kɔɔ baabi a ogyinaa Awurade anim no. 28Ɔmaa nʼani so hwɛɛ Sodom ne Gomora fam ne asasetam no so nyinaa, huu wusiw kumɔnn a abua asase no so te sɛ wusiw a efi fononoo mu.
29Bere a Onyankopɔn sɛee nkurow a ɛwɔ asase tamaa no so no, Onyankopɔn kaee Abraham, na oyii Lot fii ɔsɛe a ɛbaa nkurow a na Lot te so no mu no.
Lot Ne Ne Mmabea Baanu No
30Lot ne ne mmabea baanu no tu fii Soar kɔtenaa ɔbodan bi a na ɛwɔ mmepɔw no so no mu, efisɛ na osuro sɛ ɔbɛtena Soar. 31Da koro bi, ɔbabea panyin no ka kyerɛɛ akumaa no se, “Yɛn agya abɔ akwakoraa, na ɔbarima biara nso nni ha a ɔne yɛn bɛda, sɛnea wɔyɛ wɔ wiase baabiara no. 32Ne saa nti, ma yɛmma yɛn agya nsa nnom, na afei yɛne no nna, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛnam ne so bɛma yɛn ase afɛe.”
33Saa anadwo no, wɔmaa wɔn agya nsa nomee. Na ɔbabea panyin no ne no kɔdae. Lot anhu bere ko a ne babea panyin no de bɛdaa hɔ ne bere ko a ɔsɔre kɔe.
34Ade kyee no, ɔbabea panyin no ka kyerɛɛ akumaa no se, “Nnɛra anadwo, me ne mʼagya dae. Saa anadwo yi, ma yɛnsan mma no nsa nnom, na wo nso, wo ne no nkɔda, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛnam yɛn agya so bɛma yɛn ase afɛe.” 35Saa anadwo no nso, wɔmaa wɔn agya nsa nomee. Na akumaa no nso ne nʼagya kɔdae. Bio, Lot anhu bere ko a akumaa no de bɛdaa hɔ ne bere ko a ɔsɔre kɔe.
36Enti Lot ne ne mmabea baanu no nyinsɛnee. 37Ne babea panyin no woo ɔbabarima, na ɔtoo no din Moab. Ɔno na ɔyɛ Moabfo agya de besi nnɛ. 38Akumaa no nso woo ɔbabarima, na ɔtoo no din Ben-Ami; ɔno nso ne Amon mma agya de besi nnɛ.


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text: 8 Nea Awurade Tumfo Yehowa yi kyerɛɛ me ni: Hwɛ! Mihuu kɛntɛn a ahohuru bere mu nnuaba wom.2 Ɛnna obisaa me sɛ: “Amos, ɛdɛn na wuhu yi?” Na mekae sɛ: “Kɛntɛn a ahohuru bere mu nnuaba wom.” Ɛnna Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ: “Me man Israel awiei aba. Meremfa wɔn bɔne nkyɛ wɔn bio.+3 ‘Saa da no, asɔrefi nnwom bɛdan osu ne nteɛteɛm,’+ Awurade Tumfo Yehowa asɛm ni. ‘Na wɔbɛtotow afunu bebree agugu baabiara.+ Ma hɔ nyɛ komm!’4 Muntie, mo a mutiatia ahiafo so,Mo a moma asaase so ahobrɛasefo sã,+5 Mo a moka sɛ, ‘Da bɛn na ɔsram foforo afahyɛ no betwam+ ama yɛatɔn yɛn hwiit?*Da bɛn na Homeda+ betwam ama yɛatɔn hwiit?Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛbɛyɛ efa* susukuruwa no ketewa,Na ne bo akɔ soro,Na yɛakyea yɛn nsenia* de asisi nkurɔfo,+6 Na yɛde dwetɛ atɔ mmɔborɔwa,Na yɛatɔn ohiani agye mpaboa,+Na yɛatɔn hwiit* a enye.’7 Yehowa, Yakob Anuonyam no, aka ne ho ntam+ sɛ,‘Me werɛ remfi wɔn nnwuma no biara da.+8 Eyi nti asaase no bɛwosow,Na obiara a ɔte so bedi awerɛhow.+Wobebu afa so te sɛ Nil a ayiri,Wobebu afa so, na wɔatwetwe te sɛ Nil a ɛwɔ Egypt.’+9 ‘Saa da no,’ Awurade Tumfo Yehowa asɛm ni,‘Mɛma owia akɔtɔ awia ketee,Na mama sum aba asaase no so awiabere.+10 Mɛma mo afahyɛ adan awerɛhow,+Na mo nnwom nyinaa adan awerɛhow nnwom.Mɛma obiara de awerɛhow ntama* asi n’asen, na mama obiara ti ho apa;Mɛma ayɛ sɛ nea obi redi ne ba baako pɛ wu ho awerɛhow,Na saa da no awiei bɛyɛ awerɛhow nko ara.’11 ‘Hwɛ! Nna bi reba,’ Awurade Tumfo Yehowa asɛm ni.‘Saa bere no, mɛma ɔkɔm aba asaase no so,Ɛnyɛ aduankɔm, ɛnna ɛnyɛ osukɔm,Na mmom Yehowa asɛm ho kɔm.+12 Na wɔde wɔn ti bɛpempem afi po ano akɔ po ano,Na wɔafi atifi akɔ apuei.Wobekyinkyin ahwehwɛ Yehowa asɛm, nanso wɔrenhu.13 Saa da no, osukɔm nti, mmaabun a wɔn ho yɛ fɛ betwitwa ahwe,Na mmerante nso betwitwa ahwe;14 Wɔn a wɔde Samaria bɔne ka ntam+ na wɔka sɛ,“O Dan, sɛ́ wo nyame te ase yi!”+Na wɔka sɛ, “Sɛ́ Beer-Seba kwan wɔ hɔ yi!”+Saa nkurɔfo no, wɔbɛhwehwe ase a wɔrensɔre bio.’”+


text: 4 Bere a Saul ba Is-Boset*+ tee sɛ Abner awu wɔ Hebron no,+ ehu kaa no,* na Israelfo nyinaa nso yɛɛ basaa.2 Ná Saul ba no wɔ asahene baanu a wɔda asraafo akuw bi a wɔtow hyɛ nkurɔfo so gye wɔn nneɛma ano. Ɔbaako din de Baanah, na ɔbaako nso din de Rekab; wɔyɛ Beerotni Rimon, Benyamin aseni no mma. (Bere bi, na wobu Beerot+ nso sɛ ɛka Benyamin asaase ho.3 Beerotfo no guan kɔɔ Gitaim+ kɔyɛɛ ahɔho wɔ hɔ, na wɔatena hɔ abesi nnɛ.)4 Ná Saul ba Yonatan+ wɔ ɔbabarima bi a ɔyɛ obubuafo.*+ Bere a wɔde nkra fi Yesreel+ bɛkaa nea ato Saul ne Yonatan no, na wadi mfe anum, na ɔbea a ɔhwɛ no no faa no sɛ ɔde no reguan. Bere a ɔbea no de ahopopo reguan no, abofra no hwee fam, na ɔbɛyɛɛ obubuafo. Ne din de Mefiboset.+5 Beerotni Rimon mma Rekab ne Baanah kɔɔ Is-Boset fi awia ketee; saa bere no, na wada regye n’ahome.6 Bere a wɔrekɔ ofie hɔ no, wɔyɛɛ wɔn ho sɛ mmarima a wɔrekɔfa hwiit, na wɔde ade wɔɔ ne yam. Ɛnna Rekab ne ne nua Baanah+ guanee a obiara anhu wɔn.7 Bere a wɔkɔɔ ofie hɔ no, na ɔda ne mpa so wɔ pia mu, na wɔde ade wɔɔ no kum no, na wotwaa ne ti. Wɔde ne ti no sii kwan so nantew anadwo no nyinaa kɔfaa Araba kwan so.8 Na wɔde Is-Boset+ ti no kɔmaa Dawid wɔ Hebron, na wɔka kyerɛɛ ɔhene sɛ: “Wo tamfo Saul+ a na ɔrepɛ wo akum wo* no+ ba Is-Boset ti ni. Ɛnnɛ, Yehowa atua Saul ne n’asefo so ka ama me wura ɔhene.”9 Nanso Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Beerotni Rimon mma no, Rekab ne ne nua Baanah sɛ: “Sɛ́ Yehowa a ogyee me* fii ahohia nyinaa mu+ no te ase yi,10 bere a obi bɛka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Hwɛ, Saul awu’+ a ɛyɛɛ no sɛ wabɛka asɛmpa no, misoo ne mu kum no+ wɔ Siklag. Ɛno ne akatua a onya fii me hɔ!11 Na sɛ nnipabɔnefo kokum ɔtreneeni wɔ ɔno ara ne fi wɔ ne mpa so a, wɔn na mede wɔn ho bɛkyɛ wɔn anaa? Meremmisa ne mogya mfi mo nsam+ na merenyi mo mfi asaase so anaa?”12 Ɛnna Dawid ka maa ne mmerante no kum wɔn.+ Wotwitwaa wɔn nsa ne wɔn nan, ɛnna wɔkɔsɛn wɔn+ wɔ Hebron ɔtare no ho. Is-Boset ti no de, wɔfa kosiei wɔ Abner amusiei hɔ wɔ Hebron.


text: Dawid dwom.35 O Yehowa, m’atamfo ne me anya, enti di m’asɛm ma me;+Wo ne wɔn a wɔne me ko no nko.+2 Fa ɔkyɛm ketewa* ne ɔkyɛm kɛse,+Na sɔre bɛko ma me.+3 Wɔn a wɔtaa me so no, twe peaw ne abonnua* hyia wɔn.+Ka kyerɛ me* sɛ: “Mene wo nkwagye.”+4 Ma wɔn a wɔrehwehwɛ me akum me* no ani nwu, na wɔn anim ngu ase.+Ma wɔn a wɔbɔ me ho pɔw sɛ wobeyi me afi hɔ no mfa aniwu nnan wɔn ho nguan.5 Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ ntɛtɛwa wɔ mframa mu;Ma Yehowa bɔfo mpam wɔn.+6 Sɛ Yehowa bɔfo taa wɔn so a,Ma wɔn kwan mu nyɛ sum, na ɛso nyɛ toro.7 Wɔasum me afiri sɛ enyi me bere a menyɛɛ wɔn hwee;Menyɛɛ wɔn hwee, nanso wɔatu amoa sɛ wɔde bɛkyere me.*8 Ma ɔsɛe mmra wɔn so mpofirim,Na ma afiri a wɔasum no nyi wɔn ankasa;Ma wɔnhwe mu, na wɔnsɛe korakora.+9 Na me de, medi* ahurusi wɔ Yehowa mu;M’ani begye ne nkwagye nnwuma mu.10 Me nnompe nyinaa bɛka sɛ:“O Yehowa, hena na ɔte sɛ wo?Wo na wugye mmɔborɔwa fi nea ɔyɛ den sen no nsam;+Wugye mmɔborɔwa ne ohiani fi nea osisi no nsam.”+11 Nkurɔfo di adanse tia me,+Na nea minnim ho hwee na wɔde ho sobo bɔ me.12 Wɔde bɔne tua papa a meyɛ so ka,+Na ɛma midi awerɛhow.*13 Me de, bere a wɔyaree no, mifuraa awerɛhow ntama,*Meyɛɛ akɔnkyen* brɛɛ me ho ase,*Na bere a mebɔɔ mpae a mannya ho mmuae no,*14 Menantew dii awerɛhow te sɛ nea meregyam me yɔnko anaa me nua;Mede awerɛhow sii me ti ase te sɛ obi a ɔregyam ne maame.15 Nanso bere a mehwee ase* no, wodii ahurusi na wɔkaa wɔn ho boaa ano;Wɔka boom tetɛw me sɛ wɔbɛbɔ me ahwe fam;Wɔtetew me mu pasaa, na wɔanka wɔn ano antom.16 Nnebɔneyɛfo tweetwee me di me ho fɛw;*Wɔtwɛre wɔn se gu me so.+17 O Yehowa, wobɛhwɛ akosi da bɛn?+Gye me* fi wɔn nsam;+Me nkwa a ɛsom bo* no, gye fi agyata* a wɔn ho yɛ den nsam.+18 Ɛno na mɛkamfo wo wɔ asafo kɛse mu;+Meyi wo ayɛ wɔ nnipa dodow mu.19 Mma wɔn a wokyi me kwa no nnni me ho ahurusi;Na wɔn a wɔtan me kwa+ no, mma wonnnya me nnni me ho fɛw,+20 Efisɛ wɔnka asomdwoesɛm;Mmom, wodwen nnaadaasɛm tia wɔn a wodwo wɔ asaase so no.+21 Wɔbae wɔn anom bɔ me sobo;Wɔka sɛ: “Ahaa! Ahaa! Yɛde yɛn ani ahu.”22 O Yehowa, woahu eyi. Nyɛ dinn.+O Yehowa, mfi me nkyɛn nkɔ akyirikyiri.+23 Nyan na sɔre betwitwa gye me,Me Nyankopɔn Yehowa, di m’asɛm ma me.24 O Yehowa me Nyankopɔn, bu me atɛn sɛnea wo trenee te;+Mma wonnni me ho ahurusi.25 Mma wɔnnka wɔ wɔn koma mu da sɛ: “Ahaa, nea yɛrehwehwɛ* ara ni!”Mma wɔnnka da sɛ: “Yɛamene no.”+26 Wɔn a wodi m’amanehunu ho ahurusi no,Ma wɔn nyinaa mfɛre na wɔn anim ngu ase.Ma wɔn a wɔma wɔn ho so tia me no mfura aniwu ne animguase.27 Na wɔn a wɔn ani gye sɛ meyɛ adetrenee no de, ma wonni ahurusi;Ma wɔnka daa sɛ:“Monkamfo Yehowa; ɔno na n’ani gye n’akoa asomdwoe ho.”+28 Ɛno na me tɛkrɛma bɛka wo trenee ho asɛm*+Na mayi wo ayɛ daa nyinaa.+


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8 Na Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ: “Nsuro, na mmɔ hu.+ Fa asraafo no nyinaa ka wo ho na momforo nkɔ Ai so. Hwɛ, mede Ai hene ne ne man ne ne kurow ne n’asaase ahyɛ wo nsa.+2 Yɛ Ai ne ne hene sɛnea woyɛɛ Yeriko ne ne hene no.+ Nanso kurow yi mu nneɛma ne emu nyɛmmoa de, mubetumi afa. Ma nnipa bi nkɔtetɛw kurow no akyi.”3 Enti Yosua ne asraafo no nyinaa foro kɔɔ Ai so. Yosua paw mmarima a wonim ko yiye 30,000, na ogyaa wɔn kwan anadwo.4 Na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Hwɛ, monkɔtetɛw kurow no akyi. Monhwɛ na mo ne kurow no ntam antwe pii, na obiara nyɛ krado.5 Me nso, me ne nnipa a wɔka me ho no nyinaa betwiw abɛn kurow no. Na sɛ wopue ba yɛn so sɛnea wɔyɛɛ kan no a,+ yebeguan afi wɔn anim.6 Sɛ wopue bedi yɛn akyi a, yɛbɛma wɔadi yɛn akyi akosi sɛ yɛbɛtwe wɔn afi kurow no ho, efisɛ wɔbɛka sɛ, ‘Wɔreguan sɛnea wɔyɛe kan no.’+ Na yebeguan afi wɔn anim.7 Ɛba saa a, mumfi baabi a mokɔtetɛwee no nkɔfa kurow no; Yehowa mo Nyankopɔn de bɛhyɛ mo nsa.8 Sɛ mofa kurow no pɛ, momfa ogya ntom.+ Monyɛ no sɛnea Yehowa aka no. Eyi ne akwankyerɛ a mepɛ sɛ mudi so.”9 Ɛnna Yosua gyaa wɔn kwan, na wɔnantew kɔɔ beae a wɔrekɔtetɛw no. Wɔtenaa Betel ne Ai ntam wɔ Ai atɔe fam, na Yosua daa nnipa a aka no nkyɛn anadwo no.10 Na Yosua sɔree anɔpatutuutu boaboaa asraafo no ano, na ɔne Israel mpanyimfo dii wɔn anim kɔɔ Ai.11 Asraafo a wɔka ne ho nyinaa+ foro kɔe, na wɔkɔe ara koduu kurow no anim. Wɔsoɛɛ Ai atifi fam, na na obon da wɔne Ai ntam.12 Saa bere yi nyinaa, na wayi mmarima bɛyɛ 5,000 sɛ wɔnkɔtetɛw+ Betel+ ne Ai ntam, wɔ kurow no atɔe fam.13 Enti asraafo no mu fã kɛse kɔsoɛɛ kurow no atifi fam,+ na asraafo a wɔbɔ kyidɔm* no kɔtetɛw atɔe fam,+ na Yosua kɔɔ obon no mu* anadwo no.14 Bere a Ai hene huu saa pɛ, ɔne kurow no mu mmarima sɔree anɔpatutuutu, na wɔyɛɛ ntɛm sɛ wɔne Israelfo no rekɔko wɔ baabi a ɛne asaase pradadaa no di nhwɛanim no. Nanso na onnim sɛ ebinom akɔtetɛw no wɔ kurow no akyi.15 Bere a Ai mmarima baa wɔn so no, Yosua ne Israelfo no nyinaa guan faa kwan a ɛkɔ sare so no so.+16 Ɛnna Ai mmarima frɛfrɛɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ kurow no mu nyinaa ma wɔkɔtaa wɔn so. Bere a wɔretaa Yosua so nyinaa, na wɔretwe wɔn fi kurow no ho.17 Ɔbarima biara anka Ai ne Betel a wankodi Israelfo no akyi. Wogyaw kurow no ano too hɔ kakraa, na wɔkɔtaa Israelfo no so.18 Afei Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ: “Fa peaw a wukura no kyerɛ Ai so,+ na mede bɛhyɛ wo nsa.”+ Enti Yosua de peaw a okura no kyerɛɛ kurow no so.19 Bere a ɔteɛɛ ne nsa ara pɛ na wɔn a wɔakɔtetɛw no fii baabi a wɔhyɛ no de mmirika bɔ wuraa kurow no mu kodii so nkonim. Ntɛm ara na wɔde ogya too kurow no mu.+20 Bere a Ai mmarima no dan wɔn ho no, wohui sɛ wusiw fi kurow no mu reforo kɔ soro, na na wontumi nguan nkɔ benkum anaa nifa. Afei wɔn a wɔreguan kɔ sare so no dan baa wɔn a wɔretaa wɔn so no so.21 Bere a Yosua ne Israelfo no nyinaa hui sɛ wɔn a wɔkɔtetɛwee no akɔfa kurow no, na wohui sɛ kurow no mu wusiw reforo kɔ soro no, wɔsan wɔn akyi bɛtow hyɛɛ Ai mmarima no so.22 Na wɔn a wɔwɔ kurow no mu no nso behyiaa wɔn. Enti na Ai mmarima no aka mfinimfini; Israelfo binom wɔ wɔn anim, ɛnna ebinom nso wɔ wɔn akyi. Afei wokunkum wɔn nyinaa. Onipa baako mpo anka, na obiara nso antumi anguan.+23 Na Ai hene de,+ wɔankum no, mmom, wɔkyeree no de no baa Yosua anim.24 Enti Israelfo kunkum Aifo a wodii wɔn akyi kɔɔ sare so no nyinaa wɔ sare no so hɔ. Wɔde sekan kunkum wɔn ma wɔsae. Wowiei no, Israelfo nyinaa san kɔɔ Ai kurow no mu de sekan kokunkum wɔn.25 Saa da no, mmarima ne mmea a wowuwui nyinaa yɛ 12,000, Aifo nyinaa.26 Yosua amfa ne nsa a na ekura peaw no mu no anto hɔ+ kosii sɛ ɔsɛee Aifo nyinaa pasaa.+27 Nanso kurow no mu nyɛmmoa ne emu nneɛma de, Israelfo no fae, sɛnea ahyɛde a Yehowa de maa Yosua no te no.+28 Na Yosua hyew Ai, na ɛdan abo sum hɔ;+ ɛwɔ hɔ de besi nnɛ.29 Na ɔde Ai hene no sɛn dua so kosii anwummere, na bere a owia rekɔtɔ no, Yosua kae sɛ wonyi ne funu mfi dua no so.+ Wɔde kɔtoo kurow no pon ano, na wɔsoaa abo pii guu no so ma ɛyɛɛ siw kɛse, na ɛwɔ hɔ de besi nnɛ.30 Saa bere no, Yosua sii afɔremuka wɔ Ebal Bepɔw so+ maa Israel Nyankopɔn Yehowa31 sɛnea Yehowa akoa Mose ka kyerɛɛ Israelfo no. Wɔakyerɛw ho asɛm wɔ Mose Mmara nhoma no+ mu sɛ: “Momfa abo amuamu a wɔmfaa dade nkae nsi afɔremuka no.”+ Na wɔbɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre wɔ so maa Yehowa.+32 Afei Mmara a Mose kyerɛwee wɔ Israelfo anim no,+ Yosua hwɛɛ so kyerɛw bi guu abo no so.+33 Na Israelfo nyinaa, wɔn mpanyimfo, wɔn atitiriw, ne wɔn atemmufo begyinagyinaa Lewifo asɔfo a wɔso Yehowa apam adaka no anim wɔ Adaka no benkum ne ne nifa so. Ahɔho ne kuromafo nyinaa begyinagyinaa hɔ bi.+ Nnipa no fã gyinaa Gerisim Bepɔw anim, ɛnna fã nso gyinaa Ebal Bepɔw+ anim sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobehyira Israelfo (sɛnea na Yehowa akoa Mose ahyɛ dedaw no).+34 Ɛno akyi no, ɔkenkan Mmara no mu nsɛm nyinaa den,+ nhyira+ ne nnome,+ sɛnea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mmara nhoma no mu no.35 Nea Mose kae nyinaa, Yosua gyinaa Israel asafo no ne mmea ne mmofra ne ahɔho a wɔwɔ wɔn mu* no nyinaa anim kenkan no den; wannyaw asɛm baako mpo.+
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^ Asraafo a wɔbɔ kyidɔm no yɛ asraafo a wodi asraafo a aka no akyi bɔ wɔn ho ban.


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39 Yuda hene Sedekia afe a ɛto so akron, bosome a ɛto so du no, Babilon hene Nebukadnesar* ne n’asraafo nyinaa baa Yerusalem, na wobetwaa ho hyiae.+2 Sedekia ahenni afe a ɛto so 11 mu, bosome a ɛto so anan, bosome no da a ɛto so akron no, wobuu kurow no afasu guu mu.+3 Na Babilon hene mpanyimfo nyinaa wuraa mu, na wɔkɔtenatenaa Mfinimfini Pon no mu.+ Wɔn ne: Nergal-Sareser a ɔyɛ Samgar no, Nebo-Sarsekim a ɔyɛ Rabsaris* no, Nergal-Sareser a ɔyɛ Rabmag* no, ne Babilon hene mpanyimfo a aka nyinaa.4 Bere a Yuda hene Sedekia ne asraafo no nyinaa huu wɔn no, woguanee.+ Wofii kurow no mu anadwo. Wɔrekɔ no, wɔfaa ɔhene turo no mu, ɛnna wɔkɔfaa ɔpon a ɛda afasu abien no ntam no mu, na wɔde wɔn ani kyerɛɛ Araba kwan so.+5 Nanso Kaldeafo asraafo no taa wɔn, na wɔkɔtoo Sedekia wɔ Yeriko sare so.+ Wɔkyeree no de no foro kɔmaa Babilon hene Nebukadnesar* wɔ Ribla,+ Hamat asaase so,+ na ɛhɔ na obuu no atɛn.6 Na Babilon hene ma wokunkum Sedekia mma mmarima wɔ n’anim wɔ Ribla hɔ, na Babilon hene ma wokunkum Yuda adehye nyinaa nso.+7 Afei ɔsɛee Sedekia ani maa n’ani furae. Owiei no, ɔde kɔbere nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn guu no, na ɔde no kɔɔ Babilon.+8 Na Kaldeafo no hyew ɔhene fi* no ne ɔmanfo no afi,+ na wodwiriw Yerusalem afasu no gui.+9 Na awɛmfo so panyin Nebusaradan+ faa ɔmanfo a wɔaka wɔ kurow no mu, ne wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho kɔmaa no, ne wɔn a wɔkae nyinaa, na ɔde wɔn kɔɔ Babilon.10 Nanso awɛmfo so panyin Nebusaradan gyaw ɔman no mu ahiafo a wonni hwee no bi wɔ Yuda asaase no so. Saa da no, ɔmaa wɔn bobe mfuw ne nsaase a wɔbɛyɛ so adwuma.*+11 Na Babilon hene Nebukadnesar* kaa nea wɔnyɛ Yeremia kyerɛɛ awɛmfo so panyin Nebusaradan. Ɔkae sɛ:12 “Momfa no na monhwɛ no; monnyɛ no bɔne biara. Nea obebisa mo biara, momfa mma no.”+13 Enti awɛmfo so panyin Nebusaradan ne Nebusasban a ɔyɛ Rabsaris,* ne Nergal-Sareser a ɔyɛ Rabmag* ne Babilon hene atitiriw nyinaa soma14 ma wɔkɔfaa Yeremia fii Awɛmfo Aban no mu hɔ+ na wɔde no maa Safan+ ba Ahikam+ ba Gedalia+ sɛ ɔmfa no nkɔ ne fi. Enti ɔtenaa nkurɔfo no mu.15 Bere a Yeremia da so da Awɛmfo Aban no mu hɔ no,+ Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ:16 “Kɔ na kɔka kyerɛ Etiopiani Ebed-Melek+ sɛ, ‘Nea asafo Yehowa, Israel Nyankopɔn no aka ni: “Hwɛ, mmusu a mekae sɛ mede bɛba kurow yi so no, merema aba mu, na ɛrensi wɔn yiye; na saa da no, wubehu sɛ asi.”’17 “‘Nanso saa da no, megye wo,’ Yehowa asɛm ni, ‘na wɔremfa wo mma nnipa a wusuro wɔn no.’18 “‘Efisɛ sɛnea ɛte biara, meyi wo afi mu, na worenwu wɔ sekan ano. Wubenya wo nkwa* sɛ asade,*+ efisɛ wode wo ho too me so,’+ Yehowa asɛm ni.”
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^ Nt., “Nebukadresar.” Ɛyɛ ɔkwan foforo a wɔfa so kyerɛw edin Nebukadnesar.
^ Tete Hebri nkyerɛwee no bi wɔ hɔ a, sɛɛ na wɔkyerɛw edin no: Nergal-Sareser, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsekim, Rabsaris.
^ Anaa “nkonyaayifo panyin (nsoromma mu hwɛfo panyin).”
^ Nt., “Nebukadresar.” Ɛyɛ ɔkwan foforo a wɔfa so kyerɛw edin Nebukadnesar.


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Jacob Runs Away From Laban
1Jacob heard what Laban’s sons were saying. “Jacob has taken everything our father owned,” they said. “He has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.” 2Jacob noticed that Laban’s feelings toward him had changed.
3Then the Lord spoke to Jacob. He said, “Go back to your father’s land and to your relatives. I will be with you.”
4So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah. He told them to come out to the fields where his flocks were. 5He said to them, “I see that your father’s feelings toward me have changed. But the God of my father has been with me. 6You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength. 7But your father has cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. In spite of everything that’s happened, God hasn’t let him harm me. 8Sometimes Laban would say, ‘The speckled ones will be your pay.’ Then all the flocks had little ones with speckles. At other times he would say, ‘The striped ones will be your pay.’ Then all the flocks had little ones with stripes. 9So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
10“Once during the mating season I had a dream. In my dream I looked and saw male goats mating with the flock. The goats had stripes, speckles or spots. 11The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’ 12He said, ‘Look around you. See the male goats mating with the flock. All of them have stripes, speckles or spots. That’s because I have seen everything that Laban has been doing to you. 13I am the God of Bethel. That is where you poured olive oil on a sacred stone. There you made a promise to me. Now leave this land. Go back to your own land.’ ”
14Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share of our father’s property? 15Doesn’t our father think of us as outsiders? First he sold us. Now he has used up what he was paid for us. 16All the wealth God took away from our father really belongs to us and our children. So do what God has told you to do.”
17Then Jacob put his children and wives on camels. 18He drove all his livestock ahead of him. He also took with him everything he had acquired in Paddan Aram. He left to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
19Laban had gone to clip the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel stole the statues of the family gods that belonged to her father. 20And that’s not all. Jacob tricked Laban, the Aramean. He didn’t tell him he was running away. 21So Jacob ran off with everything he had. He crossed the Euphrates River. And he headed for the hill country of Gilead.
Laban Chases Jacob
22On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had run away. 23He took his relatives with him and went after Jacob. Seven days later he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead. 24Then God came to Laban, the Aramean, in a dream at night. He said to him, “Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad.”
25Jacob had set up his tent in the hill country of Gilead. That’s where Laban caught up with him. Laban and his relatives camped there too. 26Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have tricked me. You have taken my daughters away like prisoners of war. 27Why did you run away in secret and trick me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away happily. We could have sung to the music of tambourines and harps. 28You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing. 29I have the power to harm you. But last night the God of your father spoke to me. He said, ‘Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad.’ 30Now you have run away. You longed to go back to your father’s home. But why did you have to steal the statues of my gods?”
31Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid. I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force. 32But if you find anyone who has the statues of your gods, that person will not remain alive. While our relatives are watching, look for yourself. See if there’s anything of yours here with me. If you find anything belonging to you, take it.” But Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen the statues.
33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and Leah’s tent. He went into the tent of their two female servants. But he didn’t find anything. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent. 34Rachel was the one who had taken the statues of Laban’s family gods. She had put them inside her camel’s saddle. She was sitting on them. Laban searched the whole tent. But he didn’t find anything.
35Rachel said to her father, “I’m sorry, sir. I can’t get up for you right now. But don’t be angry with me. I’m having my monthly period.” So he searched everywhere but couldn’t find the statues of his gods.
36Jacob was very angry with Laban. “What is my crime?” he asked. “What have I done to you that you hunt me down like this? 37You have searched through all my things. What have you found that belongs to your family? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine. Let them decide between the two of us.
38“I’ve been with you for 20 years now. The little ones of your sheep and goats were not dead when they were born. I haven’t eaten rams from your flocks. 39I didn’t bring you animals torn apart by wild beasts. I made up for the loss myself. Also, you made me pay for anything stolen by day or night. 40And what was my life like? The heat burned me in the daytime. And it was so cold at night that I froze. I couldn’t sleep. 41That’s what it was like for the 20 years I was living with you. I worked for 14 years to marry your two daughters. I worked for six years to get my share of your flocks. You changed my pay ten times. 42But the God of my father was with me. He is the God of Abraham and the God Isaac worshiped. If he hadn’t been with me, you would surely have sent me away without anything to show for all my work. But God has seen my hard times. He has seen all the work my hands have done. So last night he warned you.”
43Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters. The children are my children. The flocks are my flocks. Everything you see is mine. But what can I do today about these daughters of mine? What can I do about the children they’ve had? 44Come now. Let’s make a formal agreement, you and I. Let it be a witness between us.”
45So Jacob set up a stone as a way to remember. 46He said to his relatives, “Get some stones.” So they took stones and put them in a pile. And they ate there by it. 47Laban named the pile of stones Jegar Sahadutha. Jacob named it Galeed.
48Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness between you and me today.” That’s why it was named Galeed. 49It was also called Mizpah. That’s because Laban said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 50Don’t treat my daughters badly. Don’t get married to any women besides my daughters. There isn’t anyone here to see what we’re doing. But remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
51Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this pile of stones. And here is this stone I’ve set up. I’ve set them up between you and me. 52This pile is a witness. And this stone is a witness. They are witnesses that I won’t go past this pile to harm you. And they are witnesses that you won’t go past this pile and this stone to harm me. 53The God of Abraham and Nahor is also the God of their father. May their God decide which of us is right.”
So Jacob made a promise using the name of the God his father Isaac worshiped. 54He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country. And he invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.
55Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters. He gave them his blessing. Then he left and returned home.
Yakob Guan Fi Laban Nkyɛn
1Yakob tee sɛ Laban mmabarima no reka se, “Yakob afa yɛn agya ho nneɛma nyinaa. Nʼahonya nyinaa fi yɛn agya nneɛma a wafa no.” 2Yakob huu sɛ afei de, Laban ntew nʼanim nkyerɛ no sɛ kan no.
3Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yakob se, “San kɔ wʼabusuafo ne wo nkurɔfo asase so, na medi wʼakyi.”
4Enti Yakob soma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ ne yerenom Rahel ne Lea se wɔmmra ne nkyɛn wɔ sare no so, faako a ɔne ne nguankuw no wɔ no. 5Wɔbae no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mahu sɛ afei de, mo agya Laban anim nyɛ me fɛ sɛ kan no, nanso Onyankopɔn a mʼagya Isak som no no ka me ho. 6Munim sɛ mayi me yam de mʼahoɔden nyinaa ayɛ adwuma ama mo agya; 7nanso mo agya nam asisi kwan so asesa mʼakatua mu mpɛn du. Nanso eyi nyinaa akyi no, Onyankopɔn amma no kwan amma wanyɛ me bɔne. 8Sɛ ɔka se, ‘Mmoa a wɔn ho yɛ ntokontrama no bɛyɛ wʼakatua,’ na sɛ mmoa no wo a, na wɔawo mma a wɔn ho yɛ ntokontrama. Sɛ ɔka se, ‘Mmoa a wɔn ho yɛ nsensanee no bɛyɛ wʼakatua’ a, na wɔawowo mma a wɔn ho yɛ nsensanee. 9Ɔkwan a Onyankopɔn nam so agye mo agya nsam nyɛmmoa no de wɔn ama me ama mayɛ ɔdefo no ne no.
10“Eduu bere a mmoa no hyia mu no, mesoo dae huu sɛ adwennini a wɔforo nguanbere no ho yɛ ntokontrama, nsensanee anaa nsisimu. 11Onyankopɔn bɔfo frɛɛ me wɔ dae no mu ka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Yakob!’ Na migyee so se, ‘Me ni!’ 12Na ɔsoro abɔfo no ka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Hwɛ na hu sɛ adwennini a wɔforo nguanbere no nyinaa ho yɛ nsensanee, ntokontrama anaa nsisimu, na mahu ɔkwan a Laban de wo fa so no nyinaa. 13Mene Onyankopɔn a miyii me ho adi kyerɛɛ wo wɔ Bet-El, faako a wode ɔbo sii hɔ, hwiee ngo guu so, som me, hyɛɛ me bɔ sɛ, wobɛsom me no. Afei, tu fi saa asase yi so ntɛm ara, na san kɔ asase a wɔwoo wo wɔ so no so.’ ”
14Na Rahel ne Lea bisae se, “Enti saa tebea a yɛwɔ mu yi, yɛwɔ kyɛfa bi wɔ yɛn agya agyapade mu ana? 15Yɛn agya mfa yɛn sɛ yɛyɛ ahɔho? Watɔn yɛn, na yɛn ti sika a ogyee no nso, wadi. 16Ɛyɛ nokware turodoo sɛ yɛn agya ahode a Onyankopɔn gyei no nyinaa yɛ yɛn ne yɛn mma dea. Enti biribiara a Onyankopɔn aka akyerɛ wo sɛ yɛ no, yɛ.”
17Na Yakob de ne mma ne ne yerenom tenatenaa yoma so. 18Ɔkaa ne mmoa nyinaa, agyapade a wanya nyinaa ne mmoa a onyaa wɔ Paddan-Aram nyinaa dii nʼanim sɛ, ɔrekɔ nʼagya Isak nkyɛn wɔ Kanaan asase so.
19Bere a Laban kɔɔ wuram sɛ ɔrekotwitwa ne nguan ho nwi no, Rahel faa nʼakyi kowiaa nʼagya fi abosom. 20Yakob daadaa Aramni Laban a wamma wanhu sɛ ɔreguan. 21Yakob de nʼahode nyinaa guanee. Otwaa Asubɔnten Eufrate, de nʼani kyerɛɛ bepɔw asase Gilead no so.
Laban Tiw Yakob
22Yakob ne nʼabusuafo guanee no, nnansa akyi ansa na Laban tee sɛ wɔkɔ. 23Laban faa ne fifo kaa ne ho, de anibere tiw Yakob. Nnanson akyi ansa na ɔkɔtoo Yakob ne ne nkurɔfo no wɔ bepɔw Gilead so. 24Saa da no ara anadwo, Onyankopɔn yii ne ho adi wɔ dae mu kyerɛɛ Aramni Laban. Ɔka kyerɛɛ no wɔ dae no mu se, “Hwɛ yiye na woankɔka asɛm biara; sɛ ɛyɛ asɛm pa anaa asɛmmɔne ankyerɛ Yakob.”
25Bere a Laban ne ne fifo kɔtoo Yakob no, na Yakob asisi ne ntamadan wɔ bepɔw Gilead atifi. Laban ne ne fifo no nso sisii wɔn ntamadan wɔ hɔ. 26Na Laban kɔɔ Yakob nkyɛn kobisaa no se, “Asɛm bɛn na wode adi me yi? Woadaadaa me, akyekyere me mmabea de wɔn reguan te sɛ nnommumfo. 27Adɛn nti na wodaadaa me, na wuguan fii me nkyɛn a woankra? Sɛ wokraa me a, anka mɛto wo pon, na mama nnipa abɛbɔ sanku, ato nnwom wɔ aponto no ase, de agya wo kwan. 28Woamma mankyiakyia me nenanom ne me mmabea yi nsam annya wɔn kwan mpo. Woadi nkwaseasɛm. 29Mewɔ tumi sɛ anka meyɛ wo bɔne, nanso nnɛra anadwo, Onyankopɔn a wo agya som no no ka kyerɛɛ me wɔ dae mu se, ‘Hwɛ yiye na woanka asɛm biara, sɛ ɛyɛ asɛm pa anaa asɛmmɔne ankyerɛ Yakob.’ 30Esiane sɛ wʼani agyina wʼagya fi nti, na ɛsɛ sɛ wokɔ ara. Na adɛn nti na wuwiaa mʼabosom de kaa wo nneɛma ho?”
31Yakob buaa Laban se, “Na misuro. Na ɛyɛ me sɛ wode tumi begye wo mmabea no afi me nsam. 32Nanso obiara a wubehu wʼabosom no wɔ ne nkyɛn no, ɔsɛ owu. Wʼankasa hwehwɛ sɛ wubehu biribiara a ɛyɛ wo de wɔ me nneɛma yi mu wɔ yɛn nuanom yi anim. Sɛ wuhu biribiara a ɛyɛ wo de a, fa wʼade.” Bere a Yakob kaa saa asɛm yi no, na onnim sɛ Rahel na wawia nʼagya Laban abosom no.
33Ɛno nti, Laban kɔɔ Yakob, Lea, ne nʼasomfo Bilha ne Silpa ntamadan mu kɔhwehwɛɛ hɔ, nanso wanhu biribiara. Afei, okowuraa Rahel ntamadan mu. 34Na Rahel awia abosom no de ahyehyɛ ne yoma no agua ase, atena so. Enti Laban kɔhwehwɛɛ nneɛma a ɛwɔ Rahel ntamadan no nyinaa mu, nanso wanhu abosom no.
35Rahel ka kyerɛɛ nʼagya se, “Agya, mma wo bo mfuw me sɛ mete hɔ wɔ wʼanim na mennsɔre nnyina hɔ, makɔ afikyiri.” Enti Laban toaa so hwehwɛɛ abosom no ara, nanso wanhu.
36Ɛyɛɛ saa no, Yakob bo fuw Laban yiye, bisaa no se, “Bɔne bɛn na mayɛ? Amumɔyɛsɛm bɛn na madi a ɛno nti, woataa me ara yi?” 37Wohwehwɛɛ me nneɛma nyinaa mu yi, dɛn ade na wuhuu a ɛyɛ wo ne wo fifo de? Nea wuhuu biara no, fa bɛto gua wɔ me nuanom ne wo nuanom a wɔahyia ha yi nyinaa anim, na wɔnkyerɛ nea ɛyɛ ne de.
38“Mfirihyia aduonu a wo ne me tenae, wo nguan ne wo mmirekyi abere no ampɔmpɔn, na mankum wʼadwennini yi bi amfi wo nguankuw yi mu anwe da. 39Mamfa wʼaboa biara a akekaboa bi atetew ne mu ammrɛ wo; wɔn a mmoa kum wɔn no, mʼankasa mehyɛɛ anan mu. Afei sɛ ɛba sɛ wowia wo mmoa no bi, anadwo anaa awia a, woma mitua ka. 40Eyi ne tebea a na mewɔ mu: Meyɛɛ wʼadwuma awia maa owia hyee me ne anadwo maa awɔw dee me; nam so maa nna yera fii mʼaniwa mu. 41Tebea a na mewɔ mu mfirihyia aduonu a metenaa wo nkyɛn no nyinaa ni. Mede mfirihyia dunan na ɛyɛɛ adwuma maa wo, de waree wo mmabea baanu no. Na mede mfirihyia asia nso hwɛɛ wo nguan, na wosesaa mʼakatua mpɛn du. 42Sɛ ɛnyɛ Onyankopɔn a mʼagya som no, Onyankopɔn a Abraham som no a ɔwɔ mʼafa ne suro a misuro mʼagya Isak a, anka nokware ni, wopam me maa mede me nsa pan kɔe. Nanso Onyankopɔn huu mʼamanehunu ne me nsa ano adwuma nti na nnɛra anadwo ɔkaa wʼanim no.”
Laban Ne Yakob Yɛ Apam
43Laban buaa Yakob se, “Mmea no yɛ me mmabea, mmofra no nso yɛ me nenanom, na nguankuw no nso yɛ me nguankuw. Nneɛma a wuhu yi nyinaa yɛ me de. Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na matumi ayɛ mʼankasa me mmabea ne me nenanom bɔne? 44Afei, bra na me ne wo nyɛ apam a ebedi me ne wo ntam adanse. Saa apam no so na yebedi wɔ yɛn asetena nyinaa mu.”
45Enti Yakob faa ɔbo de sii hɔ yɛɛ nkaedum. 46Yakob kyerɛɛ ne nuanom no se, “Montase abo!” Enti wɔtasee abo boaa ano, na wɔn nyinaa tenaa ho didii. 47Laban frɛɛ abo kuw no Yegar-Sahaduta a ne nkyerɛase ne Adanse Kuw. Yakob nso frɛɛ saa abo kuw no Gal-Ed, a ne nkyerɛase ne Adanse Kuw saa ara.
48Laban kae se, “Abo Kuw yi na edi me ne wo ntam adanse nnɛ!” Ɛno nti na wɔfrɛ no Gal-Ed no. 49Na wɔsan frɛ abo nkaedum no nso bio sɛ, “Mispa” efisɛ Laban kae se, “Awurade mmoa yɛn, na sɛ yɛn ntam tetew mpo a, yɛn mu biara bedi saa apam yi so. 50Sɛ woanhwɛ me mmabea yi yiye anaasɛ woware mmea foforo ka me mmabea yi ho a, ɛwɔ mu sɛ merenhu, nanso Onyankopɔn de, obehu.”
51Laban san ka kyerɛɛ Yakob se, “Abo Kuw yi ni. Nkaedum a mede asi me ne wo ntam no nso ni. 52Abo Kuw yi, ne nkaedum yi nyɛ adanse sɛ, me Laban, merentra saa Abo Kuw yi ne nkaedum yi mma baabi a wowɔ mmɛtoa wo. Na wo Yakob nso, worentra saa Abo kuw yi ne nkaedum yi mma baabi a mewɔ mmɛtoa me. 53Ma Abraham Nyankopɔn ne Nahor31.53 Na Nahor yɛ Abraham nuabarima (11.26) na ɔyɛ Laban nena (24.24,29). Laban som anyame bebree. Nyankopɔn, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn nyɛ otemmufo wɔ me ne wo ntam.”
Enti Yakob de nʼagya Isak Nyankopɔn ho suro kaa ntam sɛ, ɔrentra ɔhye no. 54Yakob bɔɔ Onyankopɔn afɔre wɔ bepɔw no atifi, na ohyiahyiaa ne nnamfonom ma wobedidii. Ɛno akyi no, wɔdaa ne nkyɛn wɔ bepɔw no so.
55Laban sɔree anɔpatutuutu few ne nenanom ne ne mmabea no ano, hyiraa wɔn. Na ɔsan nʼakyi kɔɔ ne kurom.


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1. MojcиjeBa 41 NSP – 1 Mose 41 ASCB
Jocиф TyMaчи фapaoHoBe cHe
1Пocлe дBe пyHe roдиHe фapaoH je caњao: и rлe, cTojи oH kpaj Hилa. 2yTo изaђe из Hилa ceдaM лeпиx и дeбeлиx kpaBa. Пacлe cy Meђy TpckoM. 3MeђyTиM, из Hилa зa њиMa изaђe ceдaM дpyrиx kpaBa, pyжHиx и MpшaBиx, Te cTaHy yз oHe kpaBe Ha oбaли Hилa. 4Taдa oHe pyжHe и MpшaBe kpaBe пpoждpy oHиx ceдaM лeпиx и дeбeлиx kpaBa. Tor чaca ce фapaoH пpoбyдиo.
5Kaд je зacпao, ycHиo je дpyrи caH: и rлe, ceдaM пyHиx и jeдpиx kлacoBa изpacTy Ha jeдHoj cTaбљици. 6Ho, oдjeдHoM изHиkHe зa њиMa ceдaM дpyrиx kлacoBa, шTypиx и oпaљeHиx иcToчHиM BeTpoM. 7Taдa oHиx ceдaM шTypиx kлacoBa пpoждpy oHиx ceдaM jeдpиx и пyHиx kлacoBa. ФapaoH ce пpoбyдиo, aли je cxBaTиo дa je и To биo caH.
8yjyTpo je фapaoH биo yзHeMиpeH, пa je пoзBao cBe erипaTcke raTape и Myдpaцe. ФapaoH иM je иcпpичao cBoje cHoBe, aли Hиko My иx Hиje Morao пpoTyMaчиTи. 9Taдa rлaBHи пexapHиk peчe фapaoHy: „CeTиx ce дaHac Mojиx пorpeшaka 10kaд ce oHo фapaoH paзљyTиo Ha cBoje cлyre, пa je бaциo MeHe и rлaBHor пekapa y пpиTBop, y kyћи зaпoBeдHиka TeлecHe cTpaжe. 11JeдHe Hoћи cMo oбojицa ycHyли пo caH, и cBakи caH je иMao cBoje зHaчeњe. 12TaMo je ca HaMa биo jeдaH Mлaдић, JeBpejиH, poб зaпoBeдHиka rлaBHe cTpaжe. Mи cMo My иcпpичaли Haшe cHoBe, a oH je пpoTyMaчиo и Moj и њeroB caH. 13Дecилo ce бaш oHako kako HaM иx je пpoTyMaчиo; ja caM биo BpaћeH y cлyжбy, a oHora cy oбecили.“
14ФapaoH oдMax пoшaљe пo Jocифa, Te cy ra жypHo изBeли из TaMHицe. HakoH шTo ce oбpиjao и oбykao HoBy oдeћy, изaшao je пpeд фapaoHa. 15ФapaoH peчe Jocифy: „ycHиo caM caH, aли ra Hиko He Moжe пpoTyMaчиTи. Чyo caM дa ce пpичa o Teби дa Moжeш дa пpoTyMaчиш caH чиM ra чyjeш.“ 16Jocиф oдroBopи: „Ja He Mory, aли ћe Бor дaTи oдroBop фapaoHy kojи ћe ra yMиpиTи.“ 17ФapaoH peчe Jocифy: „Caњao caM дa cTojиM Ha oбaли peke Hил, 18kaдли из Hилa изaђe ceдaM дeбeлиx и лeпиx kpaBa. Пacлe cy Meђy TpckoM. 19Aли Taдa зa њиMa изaђe ceдaM дpyrиx kpaBa, jaдHиx, MpшaBиx и BeoMa pyжHиx. y цeлoj erипaTckoj зeMљи HиcaM Bидeo Tako pyжHиx kpaBa. 20Taдa Te MpшaBe и jaдHe kpaBe пpoждpy oHиx пpBиx ceдaM дeбeлиx kpaBa. 21Ho, иako cy иx пporyTaлe, Hиje ce пpиMeћиBaлo дa cy иM y Tpбyxy; изrлeдaлe cy jaдHo kao и пpe. y Taj чac ce пpoбyдиM. 22ЗaTиM caM y cHy Bидeo kako je Ha jeдHoj cTaбљици изpacлo ceдaM kлacoBa, пyHиx и jeдpиx. 23Aли пocлe њиx изpacTe ceдaM cyBиx, шTypиx и иcToчHиM BeTpoM oпaљeHиx kлacoBa. 24Tи шTypи kлacoBи пpoждpy oHиx ceдaM дoбpиx kлacoBa. Иcпpичao caM oBo и raTapиMa, aли Hиko Hиje зHao дa Mи oдroBopи.“
25Jocиф peчe фapaoHy: „ФapaoHoBи cHoBи cy, y cTBapи, jeдaH caH: Бor Tи je oбjaBиo шTa ћe yчиHиTи. 26CeдaM лeпиx kpaBa ceдaM cy roдиHa, kao шTo cy и ceдaM пyHиx kлacoBa ceдaM roдиHa; To je, дakлe, caMo jeдaH caH. 27CeдaM MpшaBиx и jaдHиx kpaBa koje cy изaшлe пocлe њиx, kao и oHиx ceдaM cyBиx, шTypиx и иcToчHиM BeTpoM oпaљeHиx kлacoBa, cy Takoђe ceдaM roдиHa. To cy ceдaM roдиHa rлaди. 28To je oHo шTo caM Beћ pekao фapaoHy: Бor My je oбjaBиo шTa ћe yчиHиTи. 29Дoлaзи, eBo, ceдaM roдиHa Beлиkor oбиљa зa цeo ErипaT. 30Пocлe њиx ћe дoћи ceдaM roдиHa rлaди kaдa ћe ce зaбopaBиTи cBe изoбиљe y ErипTy, jep ћe rлaд oпycToшиTи зeMљy. 31Збor rлaди koja ћe ycлeдиTи, Hиko ce Heћe ceћaTи oбиљa y зeMљи; rлaд ћe, HaиMe, биTи BeoMa Teшka. 32A To шTo ce фapaoHoB caH пoHoBиo, зHaчи дa ce Бor чBpcTo oдлyчиo Ha To и дa ћe To yбpзo и yчиHиTи. 33ЗaTo Heka caд фapaoH пoTpaжи paзбopиTor и Myдpor чoBeka, пa Heka ra пocTaBи Haд erипaTckoM зeMљoM. 34Heka фapaoH joш пocTaBи HaдrлeдHиke Haд ErипToM дa пpиkyпљajy пeTиHy oд лeTиHe y ErипTy TokoM ceдaM roдиHa oбиљa. 35Heka пpиkyпљajy cBy xpaHy TokoM oHиx ceдaM roдиHa koje дoлaзe, Te Heka пo фapaoHoBoM oBлaшћeњy ckлaдишTe жиTo пo rpaдoBиMa и чyBajy ra зa xpaHy. 36Ta xpaHa Heka cлyжи kao зaлиxa зa зeMљy TokoM ceдaM roдиHa rлaди koja ћe зaдecиTи ErипaT, Tako дa зeMљa He би пpoпaлa збor rлaди.“
JocифoBo yздизaњe
37JocифoB oдroBop ce cBидeo фapaoHy и cBиM њeroBиM дBopaHиMa. 38Taдa фapaoH peчe cBojиM дBopaHиMa: „Зap MoжeMo Haћи чoBeka kao шTo je oH, чoBeka y koMe je Дyx Бoжиjи?“ 39ЗaTиM фapaoH peчe Jocифy: „Бyдyћи дa Tи je Бor oбзHaHиo cBe oBo, HeMa Hиkor ko je Tako paзбopиT и Myдap kao шTo cи Tи. 40Tи ћeш биTи HaдrлeдHиk Mora дoMa, Te ћe ce caB Moj Hapoд пokopaBaTи TBojиM HapeдбaMa. JeдиHo ћy ja, kojи caM Ha пpecToлy, иMaTи Beћy BлacT oд Teбe. 41EBo, пocTaBљaM Te Haд цeлoM erипaTckoM зeMљoM“ – peчe фapaoH. 42Taдa je фapaoH ckиHyo пeчaTHи пpcTeH ca cBoje pyke и cTaBиo ra Ha JocифoB пpcT. ЗaTиM ra je oбykao y pyxo oд Hajбoљer лaHa, a oko BpaTa My je cTaBиo злaTaH лaHaц. 43Joш je Hapeдиo дa ra пpoBeзy koчиjaMa kao њeroBor зaMeHиka, a пpeд њиM cy yзBиkиBaли: „Ha koлeHa!“ Tako ra je пocTaBиo Haд цeлиM ErипToM. 44yз To My фapaoH peчe: „Ja caM фapaoH, Hиko y цeлoM ErипTy He cMe дa MakHe pyky или Hory бeз TBor oдoбpeњa.“ 45ФapaoH je Jocифa HaзBao CaфHaT-ПaHeax и дao My зa жeHy AceHeTy, ћepky ПoTи-Фepe, cBeшTeHиka из OHa. Tako je Jocиф дoбиo BлacT Haд ErипToM.
46Jocифy je билo TpидeceT roдиHa kaд je cTyпиo y cлyжбy фapaoHa, erипaTckor цapa. OTишaBши oд фapaoHa, Jocиф je oбишao цeлy erипaTcky зeMљy. 47TokoM ceдaM poдHиx roдиHa зeMљa je oбилHo paђaлa. 48y Tиx ceдaM roдиHa oбиљa koje cy HacTaлe y ErипTy, Jocиф je пpиkyпљao cBaky BpcTy xpaHe и ckлaдишTиo je пo rpaдoBиMa. ЛeTиHy ca okoлHиx пoљa je cMeшTao y cBakи rpaд. 49ЖиTa koje je Jocиф пpиkyпиo билo je MHoro kao пecka y Mopy, Tako дa ra je пpecTao MepиTи; Hиje My, HaиMe, билo Mepe.
50Пpe Hero шTo cy HacTyпилe roдиHe rлaди, Jocифy cy ce poдилa дBa cиHa koje My je poдилa AceHeTa, ћepka ПoTи-Фepe, cBeшTeHиka y OHy. 51Jocиф je cBoMe пpBeHцy дao иMe „MaHacиja“41,51 MaHacиja зHaчи зaбopaBиTи., jep je pekao: „Бor Mи je дao дa зaбopaBиM cBy cBojy Myky и cBy poдбиHy y дoMy cBora oцa.“ 52Дpyrora je HaзBao „JeфpeM“41,52 JeфpeM зHaчи дBocTpyko плoдaH., pekaBши: „Бor Me je yчиHиo poдHиM y зeMљи Moje пaTњe.“
53Kaд ce HaBpшилo oHиx ceдaM roдиHa oбиљa koje cy HacTaлe y ErипTy, 54пoчeлe cy дa HacTyпajy roдиHe rлaди, бaш kako je Jocиф и pekao. y cBиM зeMљaMa je билo rлaди, aли je y цeлoM ErипTy билo xлeбa. 55A kaд je rлaд зaдecилa и ErипaT, Hapoд зaBaпи фapaoHy зa xлeб. Taдa фapaoH peчe cBиM ErипћaHиMa: „ИдиTe k Jocифy и yчиHиTe kako BaM oH kaжe!“ 56HacTaлa je rлaд пo цeлoj зeMљи. И пoшTo je зaBлaдaлa жecToka rлaд y цeлoM ErипTy, Jocиф je oTBopиo cBa ckлaдишTa, пa je пpoдaBao жиTo ErипћaHиMa. 57Цeли cBeT je дoлaзиo Jocифy y ErипaT дa kyпyje жиTo, jep je rлaд билa жecToka пo цeлoM cBeTy.
Yosef Kyerɛ Farao Daeɛ Ase
1Mfeɛ mmienu akyiri no, Farao soo daeɛ bi. Na ɔgyina Asubɔnten Nil ho. 2Ɔhunuu wɔ daeɛ no mu sɛ, anantwie nson a wɔadodɔre sradeɛ, na wɔn ho tua wɔn firii asubɔnten no mu baeɛ bɛwee ɛserɛ a na ɛwɔ hɔ. 3Anantwie akɛseɛ nson no akyiri no, anantwie nson foforɔ a wɔafonfɔn ayeyɛ kanyakanya firii Asubɔnten Nil mu ba bɛgyinaa anantwie a wɔadodɔ sradeɛ no ho wɔ asuo no konkɔn so. 4Anantwie nson a wɔafonfɔn ayeyɛ kanyakanya no memenee anantwie nson a wɔadodɔre sradeɛ no! Saa ɛberɛ no ara mu na Farao bɔɔ pitiri nyaneeɛ!
5Yei akyiri, nna faa Farao bio ma ɔsane soo daeɛ foforɔ. Ɔhunuu wɔ daeɛ no mu sɛ, ɛmo asiaka nson a ɛwɔ ahoɔden na ɛyɛ fɛ aso wɔ ɛmo nan baako so. 6Akyiri no prɛko pɛ, siaka nson bi soo wɔ nan no ho. Apueeɛ mframa bɔɔ no ma ɛtwintwamee. 7Ɛmo ntweantweaa no memenee ɛmo a ɛwɔ ahoɔden na ɛyɛ fɛ no. Farao sane nyanee bio, hunuu sɛ, sɛɛ na nneɛma a ɔhunuiɛ no nyinaa yɛ daeɛ.
8Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, nʼadwenem yɛɛ no basaa. Enti, Farao soma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ nkonyaayifoɔ ne anyansafoɔ a wɔwɔ Misraim asase so nyinaa baa ne fie. Farao kaa daeɛ a ɔsoeɛ no nyinaa kyerɛɛ wɔn, nanso wɔn mu biara antumi ankyerɛ aseɛ.
9Ɛhɔ na Farao nsãhyɛfoɔ panin no ka kyerɛɛ Farao sɛ, “Ɛnnɛ na saa asɛm yi ama makae me mfomsoɔ bi a mayɛ. 10Mmerɛ bi a atwam no, wo Farao bo fuu wʼasomfoɔ yie. Ɛnam so maa wode me ne wo burodotofoɔ panin kɔtoo afiase wɔ dabehene fie. 11Yɛn baanu nyinaa soo daeɛ anadwo korɔ no ara a na ɛsono sɛdeɛ yɛn mu biara daeɛ no si teɛ. 12Saa ɛberɛ no, na Hebrini aberantewaa bi a na ɔyɛ dabehene Potifar ɔsomfoɔ ka yɛn ho wɔ afiase hɔ. Yɛkaa yɛn daeɛ a yɛsosoeɛ no kyerɛɛ no no, ɔkyerɛɛ yɛn mu biara daeɛ ase, kyerɛɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ. 13Na sɛdeɛ ɔsi fa kyerɛɛ yɛn daeɛ no ase no baa mu saa pɛpɛɛpɛ. Mesane kɔdii me dibea, ɛnna burodotofoɔ panin no, wɔsɛn no.”
14Amonom hɔ ara, Farao soma ma wɔkɔyii Yosef firii afiase hɔ baeɛ. Ɔfiri afiase hɔ baeɛ no, ɔyii nʼabɔgyesɛ, sesaa nʼatadeɛ, baa Farao anim.
15Farao ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Maso daeɛ bi a obiara ntumi nkyerɛ aseɛ. Nanso, mate sɛ wo deɛ, sɛ obi ka ne daeɛ kyerɛ wo a, wotumi kyerɛ aseɛ. Ɛno enti na masoma abɛfrɛ wo yi.”
16Yosef buaa Farao sɛ, “Me ara merentumi mfiri me tumi mu nkyerɛ daeɛ no ase. Onyankopɔn na ɔbɛkyerɛ wo daeɛ no ase.”
17Afei, Farao ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Me daeɛ no mu, na megyina Asubɔnten Nil konkɔn so. 18Mehunuu wɔ daeɛ no mu sɛ, anantwie nson a wɔadodɔre sradeɛ, na wɔn ho tua wɔn firii asubɔnten no mu baeɛ bɛnantee wira no mu, hyɛɛ aseɛ wee serɛ. 19Anantwie akɛseɛ nson no akyiri no, anantwie nson foforɔ a wɔafonfɔn ayeyɛ kanyakanya firii Asubɔnten Nil mu ba bɛgyinaa anantwie a wɔadodɔ sradeɛ no ho wɔ asuo no konkɔn so. Ɛfiri sɛ wɔwoo me, menhunuu anantwie a wɔn ho yɛ tan saa da wɔ Misraim asase yi so. 20Anantwie nson a wɔafonfɔn ayeyɛ kanyakanya no memenee anantwie nson a wɔadodɔre sradeɛ na wɔn ho tua wɔn a wɔdii ɛkan baeɛ no! 21Nanso wɔmemenee wɔn nyinaa akyiri no, na sɛdeɛ wɔte ara na wɔte, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔn ho da so yɛ tan kanyakanya no ara. Saa ɛberɛ no ara mu na mebɔɔ pitiri nyaneeɛ.
22“Mesane soo daeɛ bio hunuu sɛ, ɛmo siaka nson a ɛyɛ fɛ na ɛwɔ ahoɔden sɛ aso wɔ ɛmo nan baako so. 23Yeinom akyiri no, ɛmo asiaka nson bi a apueeɛ mframa abɔ no, ama akusa, ayeyɛ ntweantweaa soo wɔ ɛmo nan no so. 24Ɛmo ntweantweaa no memenee ɛmo nson a ɛyɛ fɛ na ɛwɔ ahoɔden no. Mekaa me daeɛ no nyinaa kyerɛɛ nkonyaayifoɔ no, wɔn mu biara antumi ankyerɛ me aseɛ.”
25Ɛnna Yosef ka kyerɛɛ Farao sɛ, “Wo daeɛ mmienu a wososoeɛ no nyinaa nkyerɛaseɛ yɛ pɛ. Onyankopɔn nam wo daeɛ no so, reda biribi a ɔrebɛma asi wɔ Misraim asase so no adi akyerɛ wo. 26Anantwie nson a wɔadodɔre sradeɛ no ne ɛmo siaka nson a ɛyɛ fɛ, na ɛwɔ ahoɔden no nso, ase kyerɛ sɛ, mfeɛ nson a ɛdi anim a ɛreba no bɛyɛ mfeɛ pa ama ɔman no. 27Anantwie nson a wɔafonfɔn, na wɔayeyɛ kanyakanya no ne ɛmo siaka nson a akusa ayeyɛ ntweantweaa no nso kyerɛ sɛ, mfeɛ pa nson no akyiri no, ɛkɔm bɛba mfeɛ nson.
28“Enti, Onyankopɔn akyerɛ wo deɛ ɔrebɛyɛ. 29Mfeɛ nson a ɛdi ɛkan no, aduane bɛbu wɔ Misraim asase so nyinaa. 30Nanso, akyire no, ɛkɔm kɛseɛ bi bɛba mfeɛ nson, ama nnipa werɛ afiri asetena pa a wɔnyaa no mfeɛ nson a ɛdi ɛkan no mu no. Ɛkɔm bɛmene asase no. 31Esiane ɛkɔm a ɛbɛdi mmerɛ pa a atwam no akyiri no ano den a ɛbɛyɛ no enti, saa ɛberɛ no, wɔrenkae mmerɛ pa no bio wɔ asase no so. 32Saa daeɛ mmienu a wosoeɛ no kyerɛ sɛdeɛ ɛkɔm no ano bɛyɛ den afa. Ɛkyerɛ sɛ, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara, asɛm a maka akyerɛ wo no bɛba mu saa pɛpɛɛpɛ. Ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn na wasi gyinaeɛ pi saa. Na ɛrenkyɛre koraa, ɛbɛba mu saa.
33“Enti, mʼafotuo ne sɛ, hwehwɛ onyansafoɔ kɛseɛ a ɔwɔ nhunumu wɔ Misraim asase yi so, na fa ɔman yi mu kuadwuma ho asɛm nyinaa hyɛ ne nsa. 34Ma ɔhene Farao nyiyi nnipa, ntuatua amansini ahodoɔ enum no ano. Na saa nnipa a wɔde wɔn bɛtuatua amansini no ano no nyiyi nnɔbaeɛ a ɛbɛba mmerɛ pa mfeɛ nson no mu no nkyɛmu enum mu baako, mfa nsie. 35Ɛsɛ sɛ saa nnipa a wɔtuatua amansini no ano no boaboa nnuane a wɔbɛgyegye mmerɛ pa mfeɛ nson a nnuane bɛbu no, de gu asan so wɔ ɔhene Farao edin mu. Wɔmfa saa nnuane no nhyehyɛ asan so wɔ nkuro akɛseɛ mu. 36Nnuane yi na mfeɛ nson a ɛkɔm bɛba Misraim asase so no, ɔmanfoɔ no bɛdi. Saa nnuane yi na wɔde bɛsie ama ɔman no. Sɛ anyɛ saa a, akyinnyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ, ɛkɔm bɛbɔ ɔman no.”
Farao Pagya Yosef
37Farao ne ne mpanimfoɔ no gyee asɛm a Yosef ka kyerɛɛ wɔn no nyinaa too mu. 38Ɛberɛ a wɔredwennwene onipa ko a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde saa adwuma kɛseɛ yi hyɛ ne nsa no ho no, Farao bisaa sɛ, “Hwan koraa na ɔbɛtumi ayɛ adwuma kɛseɛ a ɛte sɛɛ yi asene Yosef? Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔyɛ onipa bi a, akwan nyinaa mu, ɛda adi pefee sɛ, Onyankopɔn honhom ahyɛ no ma.”
39Afei, Farao danee nʼani ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Onyankopɔn ayi saa daeɛ yi ne nʼasekyerɛ akyerɛ wo yi, hwan bio na ɔyɛ onyansafoɔ a ɔwɔ nhunumu sene wo wɔ Misraim ɔman yi mu! 40Ɛnnɛ, mede saa adwuma kɛseɛ yi nyinaa hyɛ wo nsa. Asɛm biara a wobɛka afa saa adwuma yi ho no, obiara nni ho asɛm ka wɔ Misraim nyinaa. Mʼahennwa a me Farao, mete so no nko ara na ɛma meyɛ kɛse sene wo.”
41Enti, Farao ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ de rekorɔ, mede Misraim asase nyinaa ahyɛ wo nsa.” 42Afei, Farao worɔɔ ne nsɔano kawa de hyɛɛ Yosef nsa. Ɔde serekye batakari papa bi hyɛɛ Yosef, de sika ntweaban yan no. 43Ɔmaa Yosef teaseɛnam tenaa mu sɛ nʼabadiakyire. Baabiara a Yosef bɛkɔ no, na nnipa di nʼanim teateaam sɛ, “monkoto no!” Saa ɛkwan yi so na ɔhene Farao fa de Misraim asase nyinaa hyɛɛ Yosef nsa.
44Afei, Farao ka kyerɛɛ Yosef sɛ, “Mene Farao Misraimhene deɛ, nanso obiara ntumi mfiri wʼakyi nyɛ biribiara wɔ Misraiman yi mu baabiara, gye sɛ woama ho kwan ansa.” 45Farao maa Yosef ahene din sɛ Safnat-Panea. Farao maa Yosef ɔbaa nso wareeɛ. Na ababaawa no din de Asnat a ɔyɛ ɔbosom On kɔmfoɔ Potifera babaa. Ɛnam yei so maa Yosef nyaa tumi maa ne din hyetaa Misraim asase so nyinaa.
46Ɛberɛ a Yosef kɔɔ ɔhene Farao adwa ase no, na wadi mfirinhyia aduasa. Farao maa Yosef ɛkwan ma ɔbɔɔ aporɔ faa Misraim asase so nyinaa. 47Mfeɛ nson a ɛdi ɛkan no mu no, aduane buu so wɔ Misraim asase so yie. 48Saa mfeɛ nson no mu no, Yosef boaboaa nnuane a ɛbuu so wɔ Misraiman mu no ano kɔkoraa no wɔ nkuropɔn a ɛwowɔ Misraim no mu. Aduane biara a wɔnya firii kuro biara mu no bi no, wɔde sie wɔ hɔ. 49Mfeɛ nson akyiri no, na Yosef akora nnuane wɔ nnuanekorabea hɔ, ama abu so ara kɔsii sɛ, afei na obiara mmu ho nkonta bio.
50Ansa na ɛkɔm kɛseɛ no rebɛba no, na Yosef yere Asnat, a ɔyɛ ɔbosom On kɔmfoɔ Potifera babaa no, awo mmammarima baanu. 51Yosef too nʼabakan no edin Manase, a asekyerɛ ne Onyankopɔn ama me werɛ afiri mʼamanehunu ne mʼagya fie nyinaa. 52Yosef babarima a ɔtɔ so mmienu no nso, wɔtoo no edin Efraim, a asekyerɛ ne Onyankopɔn ama mʼase afɛe wɔ asase a mebaa so sɛ akoa no so.
53Afei, mfeɛ nson a aduane buu so wɔ Misraim asase so no twaam. 54Sɛdeɛ Yosef hyɛɛ nkɔm no, ɛkɔm a ɛbɛba mfeɛ nson a ɛdi so no hyɛɛ aseɛ. Ɛkɔm kɛseɛ sii nsase a na atwa Misraim ho ahyia no nyinaa so, nanso Misraim asase ankasa so deɛ, na aduane abu so. 55Ɛberɛ a ɛkɔm no sii dendeenden wɔ Misraim asase so no, ɔmanfoɔ no su frɛɛ Farao. Farao ka kyerɛɛ Misraimfoɔ nyinaa sɛ, “Monkɔ Yosef nkyɛn, na biribiara a ɔbɛka akyerɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no, monyɛ.”
56Ɛberɛ a ɛkɔm kɛseɛ no trɛtrɛɛ ɔman no nyinaa mu no, Yosef buebuee ne nnuane korabea no nyinaa ano, tɔnee aburoo maa Misraimfoɔ no, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɛkɔm no ano yɛ den yie ma wɔn. 57Enti, na aman a atwa Misraim ho ahyia no nyinaa kɔtɔ aduane wɔ Yosef nkyɛn wɔ Misraim, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɛkɔm a aba no ano yɛ den yie.


text: 15 Na mihuu sɛnkyerɛnne foforo kɛse bi a ɛyɛ nwonwa wɔ soro, abɔfo baason+ a wokurakura ɔhaw ason. Eyi ne nea etwa to, efisɛ ɛnam so na Onyankopɔn abufuw ba awiei.+2 Na mihuu biribi a ɛte sɛ ahwehwɛ po+ a ogya fra mu. Ná wɔn a wɔadi nkonim+ wɔ akekaboa no, ne ne honi+ no, ne ne din nɔma+ no so no gyinagyina ahwehwɛ po no ho, na na wokurakura Onyankopɔn asanku.3 Ná wɔreto Onyankopɔn akoa Mose dwom+ ne Oguammaa+ no dwom sɛ:“Yehowa* Nyankopɔn, ade nyinaa so Tumfo,+ wo nnwuma yɛ akɛse na ɛyɛ nwonwa.+ Mmeresanten Hene,+ w’akwan teɛ na ɛyɛ nokware.+4 Yehowa,* hena koraa na ɔrensuro wo na ɔrenhyɛ wo din anuonyam? Efisɛ wo nko ara ne ɔnokwafo.+ Amanaman nyinaa bɛba w’anim abɛsom wo,+ efisɛ w’ahyɛde a ɛteɛ no ada adi.”5 Eyi akyi no, mihui sɛ wɔabue adanse ntamadan+ no kronkronbea no wɔ soro,+6 na abɔfo baason a wokurakura ɔhaw ason+ no pue fii kronkronbea hɔ bae a wɔhyehyɛ nwera a ani tew a ɛhyerɛn, na na wɔde sika kɔkɔɔ abɔso abobɔ wɔn koko.7 Ateasefo* baanan no mu baako maa abɔfo baason no sika kɔkɔɔ nkankyee ason, na na Onyankopɔn a ɔte ase daa daa no abufuw+ ahyɛ nkankyee no ma.8 Na Onyankopɔn anuonyam ne ne tumi nti, wusiw hyɛɛ kronkronbea hɔ ma,+ na obiara antumi ankɔ kronkronbea hɔ kosii sɛ abɔfo baason no haw ason+ no baa awiei.


text:
W’abusua Betumi Anya Anigye
Sɛ wode Bible afotu yɛ adwuma a, w’aware bɛsɔ na wo ne w’abusua nso ani begye.
Nnianim Asɛm
Sɛ wode Bible afotu a ɛwɔ nhoma yi mu yɛ adwuma yiye a ɛbɛma waware asɔ, na ɛbɛma wabusua nso ani agye.
ƆFÃ 1
Wopɛ Aware Mu Anigye a, Ma Onyankopɔn Mmoa Wo
Nsɛmmisa mmienu bi wɔ hɔ a, ebetumi aboa wo ama w’aware asɔ.
ƆFÃ 2
Munni Mo Ho Nokware
Sɛ wɔka sɛ di wo hokafo nokware a, ɛno ara ne sɛ wobɛtwe wo ho afi awaresɛe ho anaa?
ƆFÃ 3
Sɛnea Mubesiesie Mo Ntam Nsɛmnsɛm
Ɔkwan a mobɛfa so asiesie mo ntam nsɛmnsɛm no na ɛbɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔdɔ ne anigye wɔ mo aware mu anaasɛ agyigya.
ƆFÃ 4
Sɛnea Mobɛhwɛ Mo Sikasɛm Yiye
Mudi nokware na obiara gye ne yɔnko di a, ɛbɛboa mo sɛn?
ƆFÃ 5
Sɛnea Mobɛma Asomdwoe Atena Mo ne Abusuafo Ntam
Wubetumi adi w’awofo ni, na bere koro ara nso woama w’aware agyina.
ƆFÃ 6
Abawo Ma Nsakrae Ba Aware Mu
Abawo betumi ama mo aware asɔ anaa?
ƆFÃ 7
Sɛnea Wobɛtete Wo Ba
Nneɛma pii na ɛka bom yɛ nteɛso; enti nteɛso nyɛ mmara ne asotwe nko ara.
ƆFÃ 8
Bere a Asɛm Bi Ato Mo
Hwehwɛ mmoa.
ƆFÃ 9
Wo ne W’abusua Mmom Nsom Yehowa
Mobɛyɛ dɛn ama mo abusua som ayɛ dɛ?


text:
Queen Vashti deposed
1This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,1:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush1:1 That is, the upper Nile region: 2at that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, 3and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.
4For a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendour and glory of his majesty. 5When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days, in the enclosed garden of the king’s palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest who were in the citadel of Susa. 6The garden had hangings of white and blue linen, fastened with cords of white linen and purple material to silver rings on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones. 7Wine was served in goblets of gold, each one different from the other, and the royal wine was abundant, in keeping with the king’s liberality. 8By the king’s command each guest was allowed to drink without restriction, for the king instructed all the wine stewards to serve each man what he wished.
9Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
10On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him – Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas – 11to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at. 12But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.
13Since it was customary for the king to consult experts in matters of law and justice, he spoke with the wise men who understood the times 14and were closest to the king – Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memukan, the seven nobles of Persia and Media who had special access to the king and were highest in the kingdom.
15‘According to law, what must be done to Queen Vashti?’ he asked. ‘She has not obeyed the command of King Xerxes that the eunuchs have taken to her.’
16Then Memukan replied in the presence of the king and the nobles, ‘Queen Vashti has done wrong, not only against the king but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces of King Xerxes. 17For the queen’s conduct will become known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, “King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.” 18This very day the Persian and Median women of the nobility who have heard about the queen’s conduct will respond to all the king’s nobles in the same way. There will be no end of disrespect and discord.
19‘Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she. 20Then when the king’s edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.’
21The king and his nobles were pleased with this advice, so the king did as Memukan proposed. 22He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be ruler over his own household, using his native tongue.
Ɔhene Aponto
1Saa asɛm yi sii wɔ ɔhene Ahasweros a odii amantam ɔha aduonu ason so, fi India kosi Etiopia no bere so. 2Saa bere no na ɔte ahengua so wɔ Susa aban mu de di nʼahemman no so. 3Nʼahenni mfe abiɛsa so no, ɔtoo pon kɛse maa nʼahenemma ne ne mpanyimfo. Ɔtoo nsa frɛɛ asraafo mpanyimfo a wɔwɔ Media ne Persia nyinaa, ne atitiriw ne amantam mu mpanyimfo. 4Afahyɛ no dii asram asia, na ɔdaa nʼaheman mu sika mpempem ne emu anuonyam adi. 5Eyi nyinaa twaa mu no, ɔhene no too pon sononko bi maa ahemfi hɔ asomfo ne mpanyimfo no nyinaa, efi ɔkɛse so de kosi ɔketewa so. Edii nnanson, na wɔyɛɛ no wɔ Susa ahemfi adiwo turo mu. 6Wɔde ntama fɛfɛ hanahana fitaa ne tuntum a wɔanwen mu sensɛn adiwo hɔ. Na wɔde ahama kɔkɔɔ akyekyere ahyɛ dwetɛ nkaa a ɛhyehyɛ abohemaa afadum mu. Sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ nkongua sisi abohemaa ne abohyɛn ne abobiri ne aboɔdemmo ahorow nsɛso so. 7Wɔde nsakuruwa a wɔadi ho adwinni ahorow papa bi somee, na adehyesa buu so wɔ hɔ, sɛnea ɔhene hyɛe no. 8Nhyehyɛe a na ɛwɔ nsanom no ho ara ne sɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔhyɛ obi ma ɔnom boro nea obetumi so. Nanso wɔn a wobetumi anom no de, wɔnom sɛnea wɔpɛ, efisɛ na ɔhene no aka akyerɛ ne fifo no se obiara betumi anom sɛnea ɔpɛ.
9Ɔhemmea Wasti too pon maa ahemfi mmea no saa bere koro no ara mu.
Wotu Ɔhemmea Wasti Ade So
10Afahyɛ no nnanson so a nsa afa ɔhene Ahasweros ani so kakra no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Mehuman, Bista, Harbona, Bigta, Abagta, Setar ne Karkas a wɔyɛ piamfo baason a wɔhwɛ no no se 11wɔmfa ɔhemmea Wasti a ɔhyɛ ahemmea kyɛw no mmrɛ no. Na ɔpɛ sɛ mmarima nyinaa hwɛ nʼahoɔfɛ, efisɛ na ɔyɛ ɔbea hoɔfɛfo pa ara. 12Nanso wɔde ɔhene frɛtumi nkra kɔmaa ɔhemmea Wasti no, wamma. Eyi maa ɔhene ani bere yiye, maa abufuw hyɛɛ no ma.
13Esiane sɛ na ɛyɛ amanne sɛ ɔhene bebisa nʼafotufo a wonim Persia mmara ne nʼamanne ne nea ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ nti, ɔne wɔn a wɔte mmere ase 14na wɔbɛn ɔhene no sɛ Karsena, Setar, Admata, Tarsis, Meres, Marsena, Memukan, a wɔyɛ akunini baason a wofi Persia ne Media, na wɔyɛ ne nnamfo a wokura dibea akɛse wɔ ahemman no mu no kasae. 15Ɔhene no bisae se, “Dɛn na menyɛ ɔhemmea Wasti? Asotwe bɛn na mmara no kyerɛ sɛ wɔmfa mma ɔhemmea a mesomaa me piamfo sɛ wɔnkɔfrɛ no mmra na wamma no?”
16Na Memukan buaa ɔhene no ne ahenemma no se, “Ɛnyɛ ɔhene no nko na ɔhemmea Wasti afom, na wafom ɔpanyin biara ne ɔmanfo a wɔwɔ wʼahenni no mu no nyinaa. 17Sɛ mmea a wɔwɔ ɔman yi mu te sɛ ɔhemmea Wasti ankɔ ɔhene frɛ no a, wobefi ase atwiri wɔn kununom. 18Ansa na ade bɛkyɛ no, yɛn yerenom, wo mpanyimfo yerenom nyinaa bɛte nea ɔhemmea no yɛe, na wɔafi ase akasa wɔn kununom ɔkwan koro no ara so. Na ntwirii no ne abufuw no to rentwa da wɔ wʼaheman mu ha.
19“Enti sɛ ɔhene bɛpene so a, yesusuw sɛ, ebeye sɛ ɔhene bɛhyɛ mmara a wɔakyerɛw no Persiafo ne Mediafo mmara mu a wontumi nsakra mu. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛhyɛ sɛ wɔmpam ɔhemmea Wasti mfi wʼani so, na wonsi ɔhemmea foforo a ɔsom bo kyɛn no. 20Sɛ wɔde saa mmara yi to gua ma obiara te wɔ wʼaheman kɛse yi mu a, mmea awarefo de obu a ɛsɛ na ɛfata bɛma wɔn kununom.”
21Ɔhene no ne nʼahenemma no faa Memukan afotu no sɛ ɛyɛ adwene pa, enti wodii so. 22Ɔkyerɛw nkrataa kɔɔ nʼaheman no mu mmaa nyinaa. Ɔkyerɛw ɔmantam biara wɔ ne kasa mu, sɛ ɔbarima biara nni ne fi so.


text:
Sara Wu
1Sara dii mfe ɔha aduonu ason. 2Owui wɔ Kiriat-Arba a ɛno ara ne Hebron a ɛwɔ Kanaan asase so. Abraham kogyam ne yere Sara, suu no wɔ hɔ.
3Abraham gyaw ne yere Sara amu no wɔ hɔ, kɔɔ Hetifo mpanyimfo nkyɛn, kɔsrɛɛ wɔn se, 4“Meyɛ ɔhɔho ne mamfrani a mete mo mu. Mesrɛ mo, montɔn mo asase yi bi mma me, na minsie me yere wɔ so.”
5Hetifo no buaa Abraham se, 6“Owura, yɛsrɛ wo, tie asɛm a yɛrebɛka yi. Woyɛ Onyankopɔn somfo kɛse wɔ yɛn mu. Yɛn boda biara a ɛsɔ wʼani a wopɛ sɛ wusie wo yere wɔ hɔ no, yɛma wo ho kwan, kosie no. Yɛn mu biara remfa ne boda nkame wo.”
7Ɛhɔ ara na Abraham sɔre bɔɔ ne mu ase wɔ Hetifo no anim, 8ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛ moapene so sɛ minsie mʼamu no wɔ ha de a, mepa mo kyɛw, monsrɛ Efron a ɔyɛ Sohar babarima no mma me, 9na ɔntɔn Makpela ɔboda a ɛwɔ nʼafuw ano no mma me. Monka nkyerɛ no na ɔntɔn no sɛnea ne bo di pɛpɛɛpɛ mma me, na mede hɔ ayɛ me ne mʼabusuafo amusiei.”
10Saa bere no na Hetini Efron a ɔte ne manfo mu no buaa Abraham, maa ne nkurɔfo a wɔahyia wɔ kurow no pon ano nyinaa tee sɛ, 11“Dabi, me wura, tie me! Mede afuw no ne ɔboda a ɛwɔ mu no kyɛ wo. Migyina me manfo anim, na mede kyɛ wo. Kosie wʼamu no wɔ hɔ.”
12Bio Abraham de obu ne nidi bɔɔ ne mu ase wɔ ɔmanfo no anim, 13ka kyerɛɛ Efron maa wɔn a wɔahyia hɔ no nyinaa tee asɛm a ɔkae no se, “Mesrɛ mo, ɔmanfo, monyɛ aso mma me. Momma mintua asase no ka. Mompene so mma me, na minnya kwan nkosie mʼamu no.”
14Efron buaa Abraham se, 15“Me wura, tie me! Asase no bo yɛ dwetɛ kilogram anan ne fa. Yɛnyɛ nnipa baako ana? Meregye saa sika yi ayɛ dɛn? Kosie wʼamu no!”
16Abraham penee Efron asɛm no so. Ɔkarii dwetɛ kilogram anan ne fa a ɛyɛ asase no bo a ɔbɔ maa Hetifo no tee no de tuaa ka.
17Enti wɔde Efron asase a ɛwɔ Makpela a ɛbɛn Mamrɛ, a ɛyɛ afuw no, ɔboda a ɛwɔ mu no, nnua a ɛwɔ afuw no mu ne nʼahye so nyinaa maa 18Abraham sɛ nʼagyapade. Eyi nyinaa sii wɔ Hetifo no ne wɔn a wɔbaa kurow no pon no ano nyinaa anim. 19Akyiri no, Abraham siee ne yere Sara wɔ ɔboda a ɛwɔ Makpela afuw a ɛbɛn Mamrɛ a ɛno ara ne Hebron a ɛwɔ Kanaan asase so no mu. 20Enti Hetifo no yɛɛ nhyehyɛe de afuw no ne ɔboda a ɛwɔ mu no maa Abraham sɛ nʼagyapade ne nʼamusiei.
亚伯拉罕买地葬撒拉
1撒拉享年一百二十七岁, 2在迦南境内的基列·亚巴,即希伯仑去世.亚伯拉罕在那里痛哭,哀悼她. 3他从妻子尸体旁边站起来对赫人说: 4“我是寄居在你们这里的异乡人,请你们给我一块地,我好埋葬我的亡妻.” 5赫人回答说: 6“我主,请听我们说,你在我们中间是一位尊贵的王子,你可以选我们这里最好的坟地,没有人会反对你使用他的坟地埋葬你的妻子.” 7亚伯拉罕就向他们下拜,说: 8“如果你们真的准我安葬妻子,就请你们代我求琐辖的儿子以弗仑, 9请他当着你们的面,把他田地尽头的麦比拉洞按实价卖给我作坟地.”
10当时以弗仑正坐在赫人当中,于是他在城门口赫人聚集的地方当众答复亚伯拉罕说: 11“不可!我主,请听我说,我当着族人的面,把那块地和山洞送给你,你只管去安葬你的妻子!” 12亚伯拉罕向当地的人下拜, 13当众对以弗仑说:“你若愿意,请听我说,我要把地钱给你,请你收下,好让我安葬我的妻子.” 14以弗仑回答说: 15“我主,请听我说,四公斤半银子的地对你我来说算什么呢?去安葬你的妻子吧!” 16于是,亚伯拉罕就照以弗仑当众提出的价钱,按通用的重量单位秤了四公斤半银子给他.
17这样,以弗仑在麦比拉,靠近幔利的那块地和山洞及地界内所有的树木, 18都归了亚伯拉罕.这是在城门口的赫人面前买下的.
19之后,亚伯拉罕把妻子撒拉安葬在迦南的幔利附近,麦比拉田间的洞里.幔利就是希伯仑. 20这块赫人的地和其中的山洞从此成了亚伯拉罕家的坟地.


text: 7 “Bere biara a mɛyɛ sɛ meresa Israel yare no,Efraim nso bɔne da adi,+Na Samaria nso amumɔyɛ da adi.+Efisɛ wɔyɛ nnaadaafo;+Akorɔmfo bubu kɔ afi mu, na akorɔmfo werɛmfo hwim nneɛma wɔ mmɔnten so.+2 Nanso ɛmma wɔn komam da sɛ mɛkae wɔn bɔne no nyinaa.+Afei wɔn nneyɛe atwa wɔn ho ahyia;Ɛwɔ m’anim pɛɛ.3 Wɔn bɔne ma ɔhene di ahurusi,Na wɔn nnaadaa ma abirɛmpɔn ani gye.4 Wɔn nyinaa yɛ awaresɛefo,Wɔdɛw te sɛ ogya a paanootofo asɔ wɔ fononoo mu.Sɛ ɔfɔtɔw esiam no wie a, ɔnka gya nhyem bio kosi sɛ esiam a wɔafɔtɔw no bɛkaw.5 Yɛn hene da no,* abirɛmpɔn yareyaree,Na nsã* nti, wɔn bo fuwii.+Ɔne fɛwdifo na edi nsawɔso.6 Na wɔde koma a ɛredɛw te sɛ fononoo mu gya na ɛba.*Nea ɔtõ paanoo no da anadwo mu nyinaa;Edu anɔpa a, fononoo no mu gya dɛw te sɛ ogyaframa.7 Wɔn nyinaa ayɛ hyew sɛ fononoo,Na wɔmemene wɔn mpanyimfo.*Wɔn ahemfo nyinaa ahwehwe ase;+Wɔn mu biara nni hɔ a ɔfrɛ me.+8 Efraim de ne ho afra amanaman no.+Efraim te sɛ keeki kurukuruwa a wɔankisa.*9 Ahɔho atwe n’ahoɔden nyinaa,+ nanso onnim.Dwen ayɛ ne ti so fitaa, nanso onhui.10 Israel ahantan adi adanse atia no,+Nanso wɔnsan mmaa Yehowa wɔn Nyankopɔn nkyɛn,+Na eyinom nyinaa akyi, wɔnhwehwɛɛ no.11 Efraim te sɛ aborɔnoma kwasea* a onni adwene.*+Wɔafrɛ Egypt;+ wɔkɔ Asiria nkyɛn.+12 Baabiara a wɔbɛkɔ biara, mɛtow m’atena* agu wɔn so.Mɛtwe wɔn aba fam te sɛ wim nnomaa.Mɛtwe wɔn aso sɛnea kɔkɔbɔ a wɔde ama wɔn asafo no te.+13 Wonnue, efisɛ wɔaguan afi m’anim!Ɔsɛe mmra wɔn so, efisɛ wɔato me mmara!Ná mayɛ krado sɛ megye wɔn, nanso wɔaka me ho atosɛm.+14 Wosu bɔɔ bena wɔ wɔn mpa so,+Nanso wɔn komam de, wɔansu amfrɛ me.Wɔn hwiit* ne wɔn bobesa foforo nti, wotwitwa wɔn ho,Na wɔtew me so atua.15 Mekyerɛkyerɛɛ wɔn, na mehyɛɛ wɔn basa mu den,Nanso wɔsɔre tiaa me, na wɔbɔɔ me ho pɔw.16 Wɔsesaa wɔn akwan, nanso wɔankɔ nea ɛkorɔn ho;*Ná wɔte sɛ agyan a emu agow a wuntumi mfa wo ho nto so.+Wɔn abirɛmpɔn bewuwu sekan ano, efisɛ wɔn tɛkrɛma ka abususɛm.Eyi nti, nkurɔfo bedi wɔn ho fɛw wɔ Egypt asaase so.”+


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Wɔboaboaa wɔn ho sɛ wobetwa Asubɔnten Yordan (10-18)
1 Yehowa akoa Mose wu akyi no, Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Nun ba Yosua*+ a na ɔyɛ Mose somfo+ no sɛ:2 “M’akoa Mose awu.+ Afei sɔre na wo ne nnipa yi nyinaa ntwa Asubɔnten Yordan yi nkɔ asaase a mede rema Israelfo no so.+3 Baabiara a mo nan besi no, mede bɛma mo sɛnea mehyɛɛ Mose bɔ no.+4 Efi sare no so hɔ kosi Lebanon kɔfa asubɔnten kɛse Eufrate ho, kyerɛ sɛ, Hitifo+ asaase nyinaa, de kɔfa Ɛpo Kɛse* no atɔe fam* nyinaa bɛyɛ mo asaase.+5 Wo nkwa nna nyinaa, obiara rentumi nni wo so nkonim.+ Sɛnea midii Mose akyi no, saa ara na medi w’akyi.+ Merempo wo, na merennyaw wo.+6 Nya akokoduru na ma wo ho nyɛ den,+ efisɛ wo na wode ɔman yi bɛkɔ ama wɔakɔfa asaase a mekaa wɔn agyanom ntam sɛ mede bɛma wɔn no.+7 “Nea ehia ara ne sɛ wubenya akokoduru na woama wo ho ayɛ den paa, na woahwɛ adi Mmara a m’akoa Mose de maa wo no nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Mman mfi ho nkɔ nifa anaa benkum;+ ɛno bɛma woayɛ w’ade nyansam baabi a wobɛkɔ biara.+8 Mma Mmara nhoma yi mmfi w’anom,+ na mmom kenkan na dwinnwen ho* awia ne anadwo na woadi nea wɔakyerɛw wom nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ.+ Woyɛ saa a, ebesi wo yiye na woayɛ w’ade nyansam.+9 Menka nkyerɛɛ wo sɛ nya akokoduru na ma wo ho nyɛ den anaa? Nsuro, na mmɔ hu, efisɛ baabi a wobɛkɔ biara, Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn ka wo ho.”+10 Afei Yosua ka kyerɛɛ ɔman no mpanyimfo sɛ:11 “Momfa nkurɔfo no mu wɔ asoɛe hɔ, na monka nkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Aka nnansa, mubetwa Asubɔnten Yordan yi akɔfa asaase a Yehowa mo Nyankopɔn de ama mo no.+ Enti, monhwehwɛ aduan a mubedi wɔ kwan so.’”12 Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Rubenfo ne Gadfo ne Manase abusuakuw fã no sɛ:13 “Monkae asɛm a Yehowa akoa Mose ka kyerɛɛ mo yi,+ ‘Yehowa mo Nyankopɔn ama moanya asomdwoe, na ɔde asaase yi ama mo.14 Mo yerenom, mo mma, ne mo nyɛmmoa bɛka Yordan agya ha,* asaase a Mose de ama mo yi so.+ Mmarima a munim ko yiye nyinaa de,+ momfa mo akode na munni mo nuanom anim ntwa Yordan.+ Ɛsɛ sɛ moboa wɔn15 kosi sɛ Yehowa bɛma mo nuanom asomdwoe sɛnea wama mo asomdwoe no, na wɔafa asaase a Yehowa mo Nyankopɔn de rema wɔn no. Muwie a, na moasan mo akyi abɛfa asaase a wɔde ama mo sɛ montena so no, asaase a Yehowa akoa Mose de ama mo wɔ Yordan agya wɔ apuei fam no.’”+16 Ɛnna wɔka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ: “Nea woaka akyerɛ yɛn nyinaa yɛbɛyɛ, na baabiara a wobɛsoma yɛn no, yɛbɛkɔ.+17 Sɛnea yetiee Mose wɔ biribiara mu no, saa ara na yebetie wo. Nea yɛresrɛ ara ne sɛ, Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn nni w’akyi sɛnea odii Mose akyi no.+18 Obiara a ɔbɛsɔre atia w’ahyɛde na wantie asɛm biara a wobɛka akyerɛ no no, wonkum no.+ Enti nya akokoduru na ma wo ho nyɛ den.”+


text: 1 Ná ɔbarima bi wɔ Ramataim-Sofim,*+ Efraim+ mmepɔw mu, na na ne din de Elkana.+ Ná ɔyɛ Efraimni, na na ne papa ne Yeroham a ɔyɛ Elihu ba, Tohu ba, Suf ba.2 Ná ɔwɔ yerenom baanu, ɔbaako din de Hanah, na ɔbaako nso din de Penina. Ná Penina wɔ mma, na Hanah de, na onni ba.3 Afe biara, na ɔbarima yi fi ne kurom kɔ Silo kɔsom* na ɔkɔbɔ afɔre ma asafo Yehowa.+ Saa bere no, na Eli mma baanu, Hofni ne Finehas,+ yɛ Yehowa asɔfo+ a wɔsom wɔ hɔ.4 Da bi, Elkana bɔɔ afɔre, na ɔde ne yere Penina ne ne mma mmarima ne ne mma mmea nyinaa kyɛfa maa wɔn;+5 Hanah de, na ne kyɛfa no yɛ soronko, efisɛ Hanah na na ne kunu dɔ no paa, nanso na Yehowa mma ɔnwoo mma.*6 Afei nso, daa na ne kora no bɔ no akutia de teetee no, efisɛ na Yehowa mma ɔnwoo mma.7 Saa na na afe biara ɔyɛ; bere biara, sɛ Hanah kɔ Yehowa fi+ a, ne kora no bɔ no akutia ara ma ɛno nti osu, na onnidi.8 Ɛnna ne kunu Elkana bisaa no sɛ: “Hanah, adɛn nti na woresu na wunnidi? Adɛn nti na woredi awerɛhow saa? Mensom bo mma wo nsen mma mmarima du anaa?”9 Bere a wodidi nom wiei wɔ Silo no, Hanah sɔree. Saa bere no, na ɔsɔfo Eli te agua so wɔ Yehowa asɔrefi*+ no apongua ho.10 Ná Hanah werɛ ahow* paa, na ɔbɔɔ Yehowa mpae,+ na osui pii.11 Na ɔkaa ntam sɛ: “O asafo Yehowa, sɛ wohwɛ w’afenaa amanehunu na wokae me, na wo werɛ amfi w’afenaa, na woma w’afenaa ɔbabarima a,+ ɛnde mede no bɛma Yehowa ne nkwa nna nyinaa, na oyiwan renka ne ti.”+12 Ɔbɔɔ mpae wɔ Yehowa anim kyɛe, na bere a ogu so nyinaa, na Eli rehwɛ n’ano.13 Hanah kasae wɔ ne koma mu. N’ano kɛkɛ na ɔbesebesee; kasa no ampue. Enti Eli faa no sɛ wabow nsã.14 Eli ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Wobɛbow nsã akosi da bɛn? Gyae nsã no nom.”15 Na Hanah buae sɛ: “Ɛnte saa, me wura! Meyɛ ɔbea a mabotow;* memfaa bobesa anaa nsã biara nkaa m’ano, na mmom merehwie me koma mu asɛm* agu Yehowa so.+16 Mmu w’afenaa sɛ ɔbea huhuni, efisɛ mede ahometew ne awerɛhow na akasa abesi sesɛɛ.”17 Ɛnna Eli buae sɛ: “Fa asomdwoe kɔ, na Israel Nyankopɔn mma wo w’abisade a wode too n’anim no.”+18 Na ɔno nso kae sɛ: “Ma w’afenaa nnya w’anim dom.” Ɛnna osiim kɔe, na okodidii, na n’anim anyɛ mmɔbɔmmɔbɔ bio.19 Na abusua no sɔree anɔpatutuutu kɔkotow Yehowa anim, na ɛno akyi no, wɔsan baa wɔn fi wɔ Rama.+ Elkana ne ne yere Hanah dae, na Yehowa kaee no.+20 Edii afe no,* na Hanah anyinsɛn awo ɔbabarima, na ɔtoo+ no din Samuel,* efisɛ ɔkae sɛ, “Mesrɛɛ no fii Yehowa hɔ.”21 Akyiri yi, Elkana ne ne fifo nyinaa kɔe sɛ ɔrekɔbɔ afɔre ama Yehowa na ɔde ne bɔhyɛ ade ama sɛnea ɔyɛ no afe afe+ no.22 Na Hanah de, wankɔ bi,+ na mmom ɔka kyerɛɛ ne kunu sɛ: “Sɛ abofra no twa nufu ara pɛ a, mede no bɛkɔ, na wakopue Yehowa anim, na watena hɔ afebɔɔ.”+23 Ɛnna ne kunu Elkana ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Yɛ nea wote nka sɛ eye,* na tena fie kosi sɛ wubetwa no nufu. Yehowa mma nea woaka no mmra mu.” Na ɔbea no tenaa fie hwɛɛ ne ba no kosii sɛ otwaa no nufu.24 Enti bere a otwaa no nufu no, ntɛm ara na ɔde no kɔɔ Silo. Ɔrekɔ no, ɔfaa nantwinini a wadi mfe abiɛsa, esiam efa* baako, ne bobesa ahina kɛse ma,+ na ɔde abofra no baa Yehowa fi wɔ Silo.+25 Ɛnna wokum nantwinini no, na wɔde abofra no kɔmaa Eli.26 Afei ɔbea no kae sɛ: “Me wura, mepa wo kyɛw! Sɛ́ wote ase* yi, me wura, mene ɔbea a obegyinaa wo nkyɛn wɔ ha bɔɔ Yehowa mpae no.+27 Abofra yi ho mpae na mebɔe no, na Yehowa nso ayɛ m’abisade a mede too n’anim no ama me.+28 Na me nso mede no refɛm Yehowa. Ne nna a ɔde bɛtena ase nyinaa, mede no afɛm Yehowa.”Na ɔkotow* Yehowa wɔ hɔ.


text: 10 Wonnue! wɔn a wɔhyehyɛ mmara bɔne,+Wɔn a daa wɔkyerɛw ahyɛde a emu yɛ den,2 Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ohiani rennya obiara nni n’asɛm mma no,Na me man mu abrɛfo nnya atɛntrenee.+Wɔde akunafo ayɛ sɛ nneɛma a wɔanya wɔ ɔko mu,Na wɔde nnyanka ayɛ sɛ nneɛma a wɔafom afa!+3 Akontaabu* da no, mobɛyɛ dɛn,+Bere a ɔsɛe fi akyirikyiri aba no?+Hena nkyɛn na mubeguan akɔpɛ mmoa,+Na ɛhe na mubegyaw mo ahode?*4 Nea ɛbɛba ara ne sɛ wɔbɛkotokotow nneduafo mu,Anaa wɔbɛhwehwe awufo mu.Nea akɔ so nyinaa nti, ɔntwee n’abufuw nsanee,Mmom, wateɛ ne nsa, na ɔda so ara rekunkum.+5 “Hwɛ! Asiriani no ni,+Ɔbɛyɛ m’abufuw abaa,+Ne wɔn nsam poma a mede bɛda m’abufuhyew adi!6 Mɛsoma no akɔ ɔman a watew atua atia Onyankopɔn so,+Na masoma no akɔ nnipa a wɔahyɛ me abufuw no so;Mɛhyɛ no sɛ ɔnsesaw wɔn nneɛma pii na ɔmfom wɔn nneɛma bebree,Na ontiatia wɔn so sɛ abɔntenkwan so atɛkyɛ.+7 Nanso ɔrente nka saa,Na ɛremma ne komam saa;Efisɛ ɛwɔ ne komam sɛ ɔbɛtɔre aman pii ase,Na watwitwa wɔn agu; ɛrenyɛ kakraa bi.8 Na ɔka sɛ,‘M’abirɛmpɔn nyinaa nyɛ ahemfo anaa?+9 Kalno+ nte sɛ Karkemis+ anaa?Hamat+ nte sɛ Arpad?+Samaria+ nte sɛ Damasko?+10 Magye* anyamehunu ahemmanA wɔn ahoni dɔɔso sen nea ɛwɔ Yerusalem ne Samaria no!+11 Sɛnea meyɛɛ Samaria ne n’anyamehunu no,Ɛnyɛ saa ara na mɛyɛ Yerusalem ne n’ahoni nso?’+12 “Na sɛ Yehowa wie dwuma a obedi wɔ Sion Bepɔw so ne Yerusalem nyinaa a, Ɔbɛtwe* Asiria hene aso esiane ne koma a apirim ne n’ani a atra n’ani ntɔn no nti.+13 Efisɛ ɔka sɛ,‘Mede me nsam tumiNe me nyansa bɛyɛ ade, efisɛ mewɔ nyansa.Meyiyi aman no ahye afi hɔ+Na mafom wɔn akorade,+Na maka emufo agu sɛ ɔhoɔdenfo.+14 Sɛnea obi de ne nsa wura berebuw mu no,Mɛteɛ me nsa agye aman no agyapade;Na sɛnea obi tase nkosua a wɔagyaw no,Saa ara na mɛboaboa asaase nyinaa ano!Obiara remmɔ ne ntaban mu, ɔremmue n’ano, na ɔrensu.’”*15 Abonnua bɛma ne ho so wɔ nea ɔde no rebu nnua no so?Sradaa bɛma ne ho so asen nea ɔde no retwa ade no?Poma+ betumi ahim nea ɔma no so no?Anaa abaa betumi ama nea wɔamfa dua anyɛ no no so?16 Enti asafo Yehowa, nokware Awurade noBɛma n’akɛsefo afomfɔn,+Na wasɔ gya ama adɛw wɔ n’anuonyam ase.+17 Israel Hann+ bɛyɛ ogya,+Na ne Kronkronni ayɛ ogyaframa;Ɛbɛdɛw na ahyew ne nwura ne ne nsɔe nyinaa da koro.18 Ɔbɛsɛe ne kwae ne ne turo anuonyam pasaa;*Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ obi a yare ama wafɔn.+19 Ne kwae mu nnua a aka no,Ɛbɛyɛ kakraa bi, na abofra mpo betumi akan akyerɛw ne dodow.20 Saa da no, Israel nkaefoNe Yakob fifo a wonyaa wɔn ti didii muRemfa wɔn ho ntweri nea ɔhwee wɔn no bio;+Mmom wɔde wɔn ho betweri Yehowa,Israel Kronkronni no, wɔ nokwaredi mu.21 Nkaefo bi pɛ na wɔbɛsan aba,Yakob nkaefo no bɛsan aba Onyankopɔn Tumfo no nkyɛn.+22 O Israel, wo nkurɔfoTe sɛ mpoano anwea,Nanso wɔn mu nkaefo bi pɛ na wɔbɛsan aba.+Wɔahyɛ ɔsɛe ato hɔ,+Na atɛntrenee* bebu afa wɔn so.+23 Yiw, ɔsɛe pasaa a Awurade Tumfo, asafo Yehowa, ahyɛ ato hɔ no,Ɛbɛba asaase no nyinaa so.+24 Enti nea Awurade Tumfo, asafo Yehowa, aka ni: “Me man a mote Sion, munnsuro, Asiriani a ɔde abaa hwee mo+ na ɔde ne poma baa mo so sɛnea Egypt yɛe no+ nti.25 Ɛrenkyɛ koraa, abufuhyew no to betwa; m’abufuw bɛsɛe wɔn.+26 Asafo Yehowa behim abaa* wɔ no so+ sɛnea otwiw faa Midian so wɔ Oreb botan ho no.+ Na ɔde ne poma bɛkyerɛ po so, na wama so sɛnea ɔyɛɛ Egypt no.+27 Saa da no, Asiriani no adesoa befi w’abati so,+Na ne kɔndua afi wo kɔn ho,+Na ngo no nti, kɔndua no bɛsɛe.”+28 Waba Aiyat+ so;Watwam afa Migron;Mikmas+ na ɔde ne nneɛma abegu.29 Wɔafa baabi a wɔfa twa asu no;Wɔakɔda Geba;+Rama abɔ hu, na Saul kurow Gibea+ nso aguan.+30 O Galim babea, su na teɛteɛm!Laisa, yɛ aso tie!O Anatot,+ w’asɛm yɛ mmɔbɔ!31 Madmena aguan.Gebimfo akɔpɛ baabi atɛw.32 Ɛnnɛ da yi ara, obegyina Nob.+Ɔwosow ne nsa kyerɛ Sion babea bepɔw,Yerusalem koko no.33 Hwɛ! Asafo Yehowa, nokware Awurade no,Retwitwa nnubaa* ma ɛrehwehwe fam birimbirim;+Ɔretwitwa nnua atenten no gu,Na nea ɛkorɔn no, ɔbrɛ no ase.34 Ɔde dade* twitwa kwae mu adɔtɔ,Na ɔhoɔdenfo bi nsa ano na Lebanon bɛhwe ase.


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1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; 2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; 3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 4To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: 11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. 12One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; 14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. 15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Nkyea
1Nwoma yi firi Onyankopɔn ɔsomfoɔ ne Yesu Kristo somafoɔ Paulo nkyɛn. Wɔyii me na wɔsomaa me sɛ memmɛboa nhyɛ nnipa a Onyankopɔn ayi wɔn no gyidie mu den na menkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn nokwasɛm a ɛde nyamesuro ba, 2a ne nnyinasoɔ yɛ nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ no. Onyankopɔn a ɔnni atorɔ no hyɛɛ yɛn asetena yi ho bɔ ansa na ɔrefiri ewiase ase; 3na ɛberɛ a ɛsɛ mu no, ɔdaa asɛm no a daa yɛka ho asɛm no adi. Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ yɛn Agyenkwa na wafrɛ me sɛ menyɛ adwuma a ɔde ahyɛ me nsa yi.
4Meretwerɛ akɔma me ba Tito afa gyidie baako a yɛn nyinaa kura mu no ho:
Adom ne asomdwoeɛ a ɛfiri Agya Onyankopɔn ne Kristo Yesu, yɛn Agyenkwa no nka wo!
Asɛmpakafoɔ Yiedie
5Megyaa wo Kreta sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wobɛtoto nneɛma a aka no pɛpɛɛpɛ na wayi mpanimfoɔ atuatua asafo a ɛwɔ kuro biara mu no ano. 6Kae mmara a mehyɛ maa wo no. Ɔpanin yɛ obi a ne ho nni asɛm na ɔwɔ yere baako na ne mma yɛ agyidifoɔ a wɔmmɔ ahohwi bra, na wɔnyɛ asoɔden nso. 7Ɛnsɛ sɛ mfomsoɔ biara ba ɔpanin no ho ɛfiri sɛ, Onyame adwuma hyɛ ne nsa. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ahomasoɔ, anaa obi a ne bo nkyɛre fu anaa ɔkɔwensani anaa basabasayɛfoɔ anaa sikanibereɛfoɔ. 8Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ obi a ɔpɛ ahɔhoyɛ na nʼani gye deɛ ɛyɛ ho na nʼadwenem da hɔ na ɔtene na ɔyɛ kronn na ɔwɔ ahohyɛsoɔ. 9Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsɔ asɛm no mu denden sɛdeɛ wɔkyerɛɛ no no. Sɛ ɛba saa a, ɔbɛtumi ahyɛ afoforɔ den wɔ saa nkyerɛkyerɛ pa no mu, na wada wɔn a wɔtia asɛm no mu no nso mfomsoɔ adi.
10Nnipa pii wɔ hɔ a wɔsɔre tia na wɔnam wɔn nkwaseasɛm so daadaa afoforɔ, ne titire no, wɔn a wɔfiri twetiatwasom no mu. 11Ɛsɛ sɛ wosi wɔn nkyerɛkyerɛ no ano ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnam wɔn nkyerɛkyerɛ bɔne no so ma ntoto ba mmusua mu nam so de pɛ sika. 12Mpo Kreta adiyifoɔ no mu baako kaa sɛ, “Kretafoɔ no yɛ atorofoɔ, mmoa atirimuɔdenfoɔ ne akwadwofoɔ adidifoɔ.” 13Na asɛm a ɔkaeɛ no yɛ nokorɛ. Esiane saa enti, ɛsɛ sɛ moka wɔn anim yie sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛnya gyidie pa, 14na wɔantena ase amma twetiatwa atorɔsɛm ne nhyɛ a ɛfiri nnipa a wɔapo nokorɛ no. 15Biribiara yɛ kronn ma wɔn a wɔyɛ kronn no, nanso biribiara nyɛ kronn mma wɔn a wɔn ho agu fi na wɔnni gyidie, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn adwene ne wɔn atiboa ho agu fi. 16Wɔka sɛ wɔnim Onyankopɔn, nanso wɔn nneyɛeɛ nkyerɛ saa. Wɔyɛ nnipa a obiara tan wɔn, na wɔyɛ asoɔdenfoɔ a wɔntumi nyɛ ade pa biara.