Berɛsosɛm Nwoma a Ɛtɔ So Mmienu

2 Solomon kaa sɛ wɔnsi fie mma Yehowa din+ na wɔnsi fie* mma n’ahennie no.+ 2 Solomon yii mmarima 70,000 sɛ wɔnsoasoa nneɛma, mmarima 80,000 sɛ wɔmpae aboɔ wɔ mmepɔ mu,+ ne mmarima 3,600 sɛ wɔnhwɛ wɔn so.+ 3 Bio nso, Solomon soma kɔɔ Tiro hene Hiram+ nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Sɛdeɛ wode sida nnua brɛɛ me papa Dawid maa no de sii fie* tenaa mu no,+ me nso yɛ me saa ara. 4 Merebɛsi fie ama Yehowa me Nyankopɔn din na mate ho ahye aduhwam+ wɔ n’anim. Mede paanoo a wɔde taataa so* a wɔde si hɔ daa,+ ne anɔpa ne anwummerɛ ɔhyeɛ afɔreɛ+ nso bɛma no Homeda+ biara. Bosome foforɔ+ ne yɛn Nyankopɔn Yehowa afahyɛ berɛ+ nso, saa ara na mɛyɛ. Wei ne ahyɛdeɛ a ɛda hɔ ma Israel daa. 5 Efie a merebɛsi no so, ɛfiri sɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn yɛ kɛseɛ sene anyame nyinaa. 6 Hwan na ɔbɛtumi asi fie ama no? Ɔsoro ne ɔsoro mu soro mpo sua ma no,+ na me ne hwan a mɛsi fie ama no atena mu? Deɛ mɛtumi ayɛ ara ne sɛ mɛsi fie na wɔahye afɔrebɔdeɛ wom n’anim. 7 Enti ma me ɔbarima a ne ho akokwa a ɔbɛtumi ayɛ sika kɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere,+ dadeɛ, ntoma kɔkɔɔ ne ntoma a ɛbere dum ne ahoma bruu ho adwuma na ɔnim adwini die. Ɔne me mmarima a wɔn ho akokwa a me papa Dawid yii+ wɔn no bɛyɛ adwuma wɔ Yuda ne Yerusalem. 8 Brɛ me sida nnua, papao nnua,+ ne algum nnua+ a ɛfiri Lebanon, na menim sɛ wo nkoa nim Lebanon nnua+ twa yie. Me nkoa ne wo nkoa bɛbom ayɛ adwuma,+ 9 na wɔbɛsiesie nnua pii ama me, ɛfiri sɛ efie a merebɛsi no so yie. 10 Hwɛ! Wo nkoa a wɔboaboa nnua ano ne wɔn a wɔtwa nnua no, nnuane a mede bɛma wɔn nie:+ hwiit kor* 20,000, baali* kor 20,000, bobesa bat susuhina* 20,000, ne ngo bat susuhina 20,000.”

11 Ɛnna Tiro hene Hiram twerɛɛ krataa kɔmaa Solomon sɛ: “Yehowa dɔ ne man nti na ɔde wo asi wɔn so hene.” 12 Hiram toaa so sɛ: “Ayeyie nka Yehowa, Israel Nyankopɔn a ɔyɛɛ ɔsoro ne asaase, ɛfiri sɛ wama Ɔhene Dawid ɔba nyansafoɔ+ a ɔwɔ nhunumu ne nteaseɛ+ a ɔbɛsi fie ama Yehowa na wasi ahemfie ama n’ahennie. 13 Afei meresoma Hiram-Abi,+ odwumfoɔ a ne ho akokwa na ɔwɔ nimdeɛ pii; 14 ne maame firi Danfoɔ mu na ne papa deɛ, ɔfiri Tiro. Ɔyɛ odwumfoɔ a ɔnim sika kɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere, dadeɛ, aboɔ, nnua, ntoma kɔkɔɔ, ahoma bruu, nwera pa, ne ntoma a ɛbere dum+ ho adwuma. Ɔnim adwini di, na ɔbɛtumi ayɛ adwini biara a wɔde bɛhyɛ ne nsa.+ Ɔne wo mmarima a wɔnim adwuma ne me wura, wo papa Dawid, mmarima a wɔn ho akokwa na ɛbɛyɛ adwuma. 15 Afei hwiit, baali, ngo, ne bobesa a me wura kaa sɛ ɔde bɛba no, ma no mfa mmrɛ ne nkoa.+ 16 Yɛn nso yɛbɛtwa nnua dodoɔ biara a wohia afiri Lebanon+ de agu po so* aba Yopa,+ na wode akɔ Yerusalem.”+

17 Ɛnna Solomon kan mmarima a wɔyɛ ahɔhoɔ a wɔabɛtena Israel asaase so nyinaa+ sɛdeɛ berɛ bi ne papa Dawid+ yɛeɛ no, na ɔnyaa 153,600. 18 Enti ɔyii wɔn mu 70,000 sɛ wɔnsoasoa nneɛma, ɔyii 80,000 sɛ wɔmpae aboɔ+ wɔ mmepɔ mu, na ɔyii 3,600 sɛ wɔnhwɛ nkurɔfoɔ no so mma wɔnyɛ adwuma.+