2 Matsɛmɛ 8:1-29
8 Elisha de yo ɔ nɛ e tle e binyumu ɔ si kɛ ba wami mi ɔ ke: “Tee si nɛ o kɛ o we mi bimɛ ɔmɛ nyɛɛ je kɛ ho, nɛ́ nyɛ ya to nubwɔ ngɛ he fɛɛ he nɛ nyɛ maa na, ejakaa Yehowa de ke, hwɔ maa ba zugba a nɔ jeha kpaago.”
2 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, yo ɔ te si nɛ e pee kaa bɔ nɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɔmlɔ ɔ de lɛ ɔ. E kɛ e we mi bimɛ ɔmɛ ho nɛ a ya to nubwɔ ngɛ Filistibi ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ jeha kpaago.
3 Jeha kpaago ɔ se ɔ, yo ɔ kpale e se kɛ je Filistibi ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ kɛ ba, nɛ e ya kpa matsɛ ɔ pɛɛ kaa e ha nɛ e nine nɛ su e we ɔ kɛ e ngmɔ ɔ nɔ.
4 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, matsɛ ɔ kɛ Gehazi, nɛ ji anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɔmlɔ ɔ tsɔlɔ ɔ ngɛ ní sɛɛe, nɛ e bi lɛ ke: “I kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o de mi ní nguanguahi tsuo nɛ Elisha pee ɔ.”
5 Benɛ Gehazi ngɛ matsɛ ɔ bɔ nɛ Elisha tle gbogboe ko si kɛ ba wami mi ɔ dee ɔ, yo ɔ nɛ a tle e binyumu ɔ si kɛ ba wami mi ɔ ba matsɛ ɔ ngɔ, nɛ e ba kpa lɛ pɛɛ kaa e ha nɛ e nine nɛ su e we ɔ kɛ e ngmɔ ɔ nɔ. Oya nɔuu nɛ Gehazi de ke: “Ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ, yo ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, nɛ e binyumu ɔ nɛ Elisha tle lɛ si kɛ ba wami mi ɔ hu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.”
6 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ bi yo ɔ e nya mi gbi, nɛ yo ɔ gba lɛ sane ɔ. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, matsɛ ɔ tsɛ matsɛ we ɔ mi sɔmɔlɔ ko nɛ e de lɛ ke: “Moo kpale yo ɔ níhi tsuo kɛ níhi tsuo nɛ a ná ngɛ e ngmɔ ɔ mi kɛ je ligbi nɛ e je kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ɔ kɛ ha lɛ.”
7 Elisha ba su Damasko be mi nɛ Benhadad, Siriabi ɔmɛ a matsɛ ɔ be he wami ɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a ya de lɛ ke: “Anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɔmlɔ ɔ ba hiɛ ɔ.”
8 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ de Hazael ke: “Ngɔɔ nike ní nɛ́ o ya nɛ o kɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɔmlɔ ɔ nɛ ya kpe. Mo bi Yehowa juɛmi ngɛ e ngɔ ke, ‘Anɛ hiɔ nɛ ɔ maa jɔ lo?’”
9 Hazael ngɔ nike ní kɛ ho nɛ e kɛ Elisha ya kpe, nɛ e ngɔ Damasko ní kpakpa amɛ eko fɛɛ eko afukpɔngɔ 40 yi tlomi nya kɛ ho. E ya nɛ e ya da si ngɛ Elisha hɛ mi nɛ e de lɛ ke: “O binyumu Benhadad, Siriabi ɔmɛ a matsɛ ɔ tsɔ mi ke ma ba bi mo ke, ‘Anɛ hiɔ nɛ ɔ maa jɔ lo?’”
10 Elisha ha lɛ heto ke: “Yaa nɛ o ya de lɛ ke, ‘Bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, o hiɔ ɔ maa jɔ,’ se Yehowa je tsɔɔ mi kaa e ma gbo kokooko.”
11 Nɛ Elisha hyɛ Hazael gaa kɛ ya si Hazael hao. Kɛkɛ nɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɔmlɔ ɔ hia ya.
12 Hazael bi lɛ ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ ye nyɔmtsɛ ɔ ngɛ ya foe ɔ?” Elisha he nɔ ke: “Ejakaa i le awi nɛ o maa ye Israelbi ɔmɛ. O maa mɛ a mahi nɛ a fia gbogbo kɛ wo a he ɔ he la, nɛ o kɛ klaate maa gbe a nihewi tsuãa amɛ, nɛ o maa poo a bimɛ ɔmɛ a mi kpɔ nya kpɔ nya, nɛ o ma gba a yihɔyi ɔmɛ a muklii ɔmɛ.”
13 Hazael bi lɛ ke: “Kɛ o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ nɛ e ji gbe kɛkɛ ɔ ma plɛ kɛ pee nɔ́ ko kaa jã kɛɛ?” Se Elisha de lɛ ke: “Yehowa je tsɔɔ mi kaa o maa ye Siria nɔ matsɛ.”
14 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, e je Elisha ngɔ, nɛ e kpale kɛ ho e nyɔmtsɛ ɔ ngɔ ya, nɛ e nyɔmtsɛ ɔ bi lɛ ke: “Mɛni Elisha de mo?” E ha lɛ heto ke: “E de mi ke bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, o hiɔ ɔ maa jɔ.”
15 E nɔ jena a, Hazael ngɔ sa nɔ bo kɛ wo nyu mi, nɛ e kɛ bu matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi kɛ ya si be nɛ e gbo. Kɛkɛ nɛ Hazael ba ye matsɛ ngɛ e se.
16 Ngɛ Israel Matsɛ Yehoram, nɛ ji Ahab binyumu ɔ nɔ yemi jeha enuɔne ɔ mi, be mi nɛ Yehoshafat ngɛ Yuda nɔ matsɛ yee ɔ, Yehoram, Yuda Matsɛ Yehoshafat binyumu ɔ ba ye matsɛ.
17 E ye jeha 32 benɛ e bɔni matsɛ yemi ɔ, nɛ e ye nɔ jeha kpaanyɔ ngɛ Yerusalem.
18 E ya wo Israel matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a nane kaa bɔ nɛ Ahab we ɔ mi bimɛ ɔmɛ pee ɔ, ejakaa e ngɔ Ahab biyo kaa e yo; nɛ e ya nɔ nɛ e pee ní yayamihi ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi.
19 Se Yehowa sume kaa e ma kpata Yuda hɛ mi ngɛ e sɔmɔlɔ David he je, ejakaa e wo David si kaa e ma ha e kɛ e binyumu ɔmɛ kane be fɛɛ be.
20 Ngɛ Yehoram be ɔ mi ɔ, Edom tsɔ Yuda hɛ mi atuã nɛ a wo matsɛ kɛ ha mɛ nitsɛmɛ a he.
21 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yehoram kɛ e ta zugba lɛ ɔmɛ tsuo po mi kɛ ho Zair ya, nɛ e te si nyɔ mi nɛ e ye Edombi ɔmɛ nɛ a bɔle lɛ ɔ kɛ ta zugba lɛ mi hili a nyatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ kunimi; nɛ tabuli ɔmɛ tu fo kɛ ho a bo tsuhi a mi ya.
22 Se Edom ya nɔ nɛ e tsɔ Yuda hɛ mi atuã kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Libna hu tsɔ atuã.
23 Yehoram he sane nɛ piɛ kɛ níhi tsuo nɛ e pee ɔ, a ngma ngɛ Yuda matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a be ɔ mi yi nɔ sane womi ɔ mi.
24 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Yehoram ba gbo,* nɛ a pu lɛ kɛ piɛɛ e nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a he ngɛ David Ma a mi. Nɛ e binyumu Ahazia ba ye matsɛ ngɛ e se.
25 Ngɛ Israel Matsɛ Yehoram, Ahab binyumu ɔ nɔ yemi jeha nɛ ji 12 ɔ mi ɔ, Ahazia, Yuda Matsɛ Yehoram binyumu ɔ bɔni matsɛ yemi.
26 Ahazia ye jeha 22 benɛ e bɔni matsɛ yemi ɔ, nɛ e ye nɔ jeha kake ngɛ Yerusalem. E nyɛ biɛ ji Atalia, nɛ ji Israel Matsɛ Omri bibi* ɔ.
27 E ya wo Ahab we ɔ mi bimɛ ɔmɛ a nane, nɛ e ya nɔ nɛ e pee ní yayamihi ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi kaa bɔ nɛ Ahab we ɔ pee ɔ, ejakaa e ngɔ yo ngɛ Ahab we ɔ mi.
28 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e kɛ Ahab binyumu Yehoram ya konɛ a kɛ Siria Matsɛ Hazael nɛ ya hwu ta ngɛ Ramot Gilead, se Siriabi ɔmɛ plaa Yehoram.
29 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Matsɛ Yehoram kpale e se kɛ ho Yezreel ya konɛ plaami nɛ Siriabi ɔmɛ plaa lɛ ngɛ Rama benɛ a kɛ Siria Matsɛ Hazael ya hwu ta a, e ya tsa e he. Yuda Matsɛ Ahazia, nɛ ji Yehoram binyumu ɔ hu kple kɛ ho Yezreel ya konɛ e ya slaa Ahab binyumu Yehoram, ejakaa a plaa lɛ.*
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “Yehoram kɛ e nɛmɛ ɔmɛ ya hwɔ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “biyo.”
^ Aloo “e be he wami.”