Berɛsosɛm Nwoma a Ɛtɔ So Mmienu
16 Asa ahennie afe a ɛtɔ so 36 mu no, Israel hene Baasa+ baa Yuda so, na ɔfirii aseɛ sɛ ɔresan akyekyere Rama+ kuro no* sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a obiara rentumi mfiri Yuda hene Asa nkyɛn mma anaa obiara rentumi nkɔ ne nkyɛn.*+ 2 Ɛnna Asa yii dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ firii Yehowa fie+ ne ahemfie* akoradeɛ mu de kɔmaa Siria hene Ben-Hadad+ a ɔte Damasko no, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: 3 “Apam* da me ne wo ntam, ne me papa ne wo papa ntam. Merebrɛ wo dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ. Bra na bɛtwa apam* a wo ne Israel hene Baasa ayɛ no mu na ɔmfiri me so nkɔ.”
4 Ben-Hadad tiee Ɔhene Asa, na ɔsomaa n’asahene kɔɔ Israel nkuro so, na wɔko faa Eyon,+ Dan,+ Abel-Maim, ne Naftali nkuro mu akoraeɛ nyinaa.+ 5 Berɛ a Baasa teeɛ no, ntɛm ara na ɔgyaee Rama kyekyere.* 6 Ɛnna Ɔhene Asa de Yuda nyinaa kɔeɛ, na wɔkɔsesaa aboɔ ne nnua a na Baasa de rekyekyere Rama+ no, na ɔde kɔkyekyeree Geba+ ne Mispa.*+
7 Saa berɛ no, ɔdehwɛfoɔ Hanani+ baa Yuda hene Asa nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Ɛsiane sɛ wode wo ho ato Siria hene so na woamfa wo ho anto Yehowa, wo Nyankopɔn so nti, Siria hene asraafoɔdɔm no ade wɔn ho afiri wo nsam.+ 8 Etiopiafoɔ ne Libiafoɔ no, na wɔnyɛ asraafoɔ bebree a wɔwɔ nteaseɛnam ne asraafoɔ pii a wɔtete apɔnkɔ so anaa? Nanso berɛ a wode wo ho too Yehowa so no, ɔde wɔn hyɛɛ wo nsa.+ 9 Yehowa ani kyini asaase so baabiara+ sɛ ɔde n’ahoɔden bɛdi ama* wɔn a wɔn akoma di mu wɔ ne ho.+ Deɛ woayɛ yi deɛ, woadi nkwaseasɛm, na ɛfiri nnɛ rekɔ, akodie bɛba wo so.”+
10 Nanso asɛm no maa Asa ani beree ɔdehwɛfoɔ no so. Ne bo fuu no ara maa no de no too afiase.* Saa berɛ no ara nso, Asa firii aseɛ dii ɔmanfoɔ no binom ani. 11 Asa ho nsɛm nyinaa, ɛfiri mfitiaseɛ kɔsi awieeɛ, wɔatwerɛ no Yuda ne Israel Ahemfo Nwoma no mu.+
12 Asa ahennie afe a ɛtɔ so 39 mu no, ɔyaree ne nan, na ne yareɛ no mu yɛɛ den yie. Ne yareɛ mu mpo, wanhwehwɛ Yehowa akyiri kwan na mmom ɔkɔdii ayaresafoɔ akyi. 13 Na Asa ne n’agyanom kɔdae;+ ɔwuu wɔ n’ahennie afe a ɛto so 41 mu. 14 Enti ɛda kama bi a ɔno ara bɔɔ wɔ Dawid Kuro mu+ na wɔsiee no wom; wɔde no too mpa so, na na balsam ngo ne sradehwam ahodoɔ a wɔahyɛ da afra nso ayɛ so ma.+ Afei nso, wɔsɔɔ egya kɛseɛ paa* de yɛɛ no ayie.