Berɛsosɛm Nwoma a Ɛtɔ So Mmienu

1 Dawid ba Solomon yɛɛ den n’ahennie mu, na Yehowa, ne Nyankopɔn dii n’akyi, na ɔmaa no yɛɛ kɛseɛ paa.+

2 Solomon soma maa wɔkɔfrɛɛ Israel nyinaa bae; apem apem ne ɔhaha so mpanimfoɔ, atemmufoɔ, ne Israel mpanimfoɔ a wɔyɛ agyanom abusuafie mpanimfoɔ nyinaa. 3 Ɛnna Solomon ne asafo a wɔka ne ho nyinaa kɔɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea* a ɛwɔ Gibeon+ no; ɛhɔ na na nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no ahyiaeɛ ntomadan a Yehowa akoa Mose yɛɛ wɔ serɛ so no wɔ. 4 Nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no Adaka no deɛ, na Dawid akɔfa afiri Kiriat-Yearim+ aba faako a Dawid siesie maa no no; ná wasi ntomadan ama no wɔ Yerusalem.+ 5 Kɔbere afɔrebukyia+ a Hur ba Uri ba Besalel+ yɛeɛ no, na ɛsi Yehowa ntomadan no anim; ɛhɔ na na Solomon ne asafo no bɔ mpaeɛ.* 6 Ɛnna Solomon bɔɔ afɔreɛ wɔ hɔ maa Yehowa; ɔde mmoa 1,000 bɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔreɛ wɔ kɔbere afɔrebukyia+ a ɛwɔ ahyiaeɛ ntomadan no mu so.

7 Saa anadwo no, Onyankopɔn yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ Solomon, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Bisa me deɛ menyɛ mma wo.”+ 8 Ɛnna Solomon ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ: “Woada ɔdɔ kɛseɛ a ɛnni hwammɔ adi akyerɛ me papa Dawid,+ na woama masi n’ananmu adi hene.+ 9 O Yehowa Nyankopɔn, ɛbɔ a wohyɛɛ me papa Dawid no, ma no mmra mu;+ wo na woasi me hene wɔ nnipa a wɔn dodoɔ te sɛ asaase so anwea yi so.+ 10 Ma me nyansa ne nimdeɛ+ a mede bɛdi ɔman yi anim,* ɛfiri sɛ wo man kɛseɛ yi deɛ, hwan na ɔbɛtumi abu wɔn atɛn?”+

11 Ɛnna Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Solomon sɛ: “Ɛsiane sɛ wei na ɛwɔ w’akomam, na woammisa ahonyadeɛ, sika, animuonyam, anaa w’atamfo nkwa* anaasɛ nkwa tenten,* na mmom woabisa nyansa ne nimdeɛ a wode bɛbu me man a mede wo asi wɔn so hene no atɛn nti,+ 12 nyansa ne nimdeɛ no, mede bɛma wo, na ahonyadeɛ ne sika ne animuonyam nso, mɛma wo deɛ ahemfo a wɔdii w’anim no biara annya bi da, na obiara a ɔbɛdi w’akyi aba nso rennya bi.”+

13 Ɛnna Solomon firii sorɔnsorɔmmea a ɛwɔ Gibeon no,+ ahyiaeɛ ntomadan no anim, baa Yerusalem, na ɔdii Israel so. 14 Solomon boaboaa nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔ* ano, na ɔnyaa nteaseɛnam 1,400 ne apɔnkɔ* 12,000,+ na ɔde kɔɔ nteaseɛnam nkuro mu,+ na na ɛhɔ bɛn ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem.+ 15 Ɔhene maa dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ dɔɔso wɔ Yerusalem sɛ aboɔ,+ na ɔmaa sida nnua dɔɔso sɛ sikamɔɔ nnua a ɛwɔ Sefela.+ 16 Solomon apɔnkɔ no, wɔkra firii Egypt;+ ná ɔhene adwadifoɔ no kɔtɔ apɔnkɔ* no akuakuo tua boɔ a wɔatwa ato so.+ 17 Nteaseɛnam a wɔkra firii Egypt no, na ebiara boɔ yɛ nnwetɛbena 600, na pɔnkɔ nso boɔ yɛ nnwetɛbena 150. Ná wɔn nso kɔtɔn ma Hitifoɔ ahemfo ne Siria ahemfo.