Berɛsosɛm Nwoma a Ɛtɔ So Mmienu

19 Ɛnna Yuda hene Yehosafat san baa ne fie* dwoodwoo*+ wɔ Yerusalem. 2 Ɔdehunufoɔ Hanani+ ba Yehu+ baa Ɔhene Yehosafat nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Nnebɔneyɛfoɔ na ɛsɛ sɛ woboa wɔn?+ Na wɔn a wɔtan Yehowa na ɛsɛ sɛ wodɔ wɔn anaa?+ Deɛ woayɛ yi nti, Yehowa bo afu wo. 3 Nanso wɔahunu adepa bi wɔ wo ho,+ ɛfiri sɛ woayiyi abosonnua* no afiri asaase no so, na woasiesie w’akoma* sɛ wobɛhwehwɛ nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no.”+

4 Yehosafat kɔɔ so tenaa Yerusalem, na ɔsan firii adi kɔɔ ɔmanfoɔ no mu, ɛfiri Beer-Seba kɔsi Efraim mmepɔ mu,+ sɛ ɔrekɔdane wɔn aba wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn Yehowa nkyɛn.+ 5 Afei ɔyii atemmufoɔ wɔ Yuda asaase so nkuro a wɔabɔ ho ban nyinaa mu; kuro biara nyaa ne deɛ.+ 6 Na ɔka kyerɛɛ atemmufoɔ no sɛ: “Monhwɛ nyɛ adwuma no yie, ɛfiri sɛ ɛnyɛ onipa na mobu atɛn ma no, na mmom Yehowa, na ɔka mo ho wɔ atemmuo no mu.+ 7 Afei monsuro Yehowa,+ na momfa ahwɛyie nyɛ mo adwuma, ɛfiri sɛ Yehowa yɛn Nyankopɔn mmu ntɛnkyea,+ ɔnhwɛ nnipa anim,+ na ɔnnye adanmudeɛ.”*+

8 Yerusalem nso, Yehosafat yii Lewifoɔ ne asɔfoɔ ne Israel agyanom abusuafie mpanimfoɔ no bi sɛ wɔmmu atɛn mma Yehowa na wɔnni Yerusalemfoɔ ntam nsɛmnsɛm.+ 9 Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Momfa Yehowa suro, nokorɛdie, ne akoma a ɛdi mu nyɛ wei: 10 Sɛ mo nuanom a wɔtete wɔn nkuro mu de asɛm biara ba mo anim na ɛfa mogyahwieguo+ anaa mmara, ahyɛdeɛ, nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛda hɔ, ne atemmusɛm ho a, monkasa nkyerɛ wɔn na wɔanni fɔ Yehowa anim; anyɛ saa a, ne bo bɛfu mo ne mo nuanom. Wei na monyɛ na asodie amma mo so. 11 Ɔsɔfo panin Amaria na ɔda mo ano wɔ Yehowa nsɛm nyinaa mu.+ Ismael ba Sebadia na ɔbɛdi Yuda fie anim wɔ ɔhene nsɛm nyinaa mu. Lewifoɔ no nso bɛyɛ mo so mpanimfoɔ. Monyɛ den na monyɛ adwuma no, na wɔn a wɔbɛyɛ adepa no, Yehowa bɛka wɔn ho.”+