Asa Choose Aram Pass di Papa
When e face Baasha, Asa use temple silver buy Aram help instead of asking im Papa. Hanani tell am say we Papa eyes dey look di whole earth dey find hearts wey give demself full to am. Asa put di seer for jail, and later e go meet doctors instead of am for im sick feet.
16 1For Asa thirty-six year, Baasha wey be king of Israel come attack Judah, e fortify Ramah so dat nobody go fit comot or enter di area wey Asa king of Judah dey rule. 2Asa come carry silver and gold from di storeroom of our Papa house and from di king palace, e send am go give Ben-Hadad king of Aram wey dey live for Damascus, with dis message: 3“Make agreement dey between me and you, like di one wey bin dey between my papa and your papa. See, I dey send you silver and gold. Go now break di treaty wey you get with Baasha king of Israel, so dat e go comot from my side.”
4Ben-Hadad gree with King Asa, e come send im army commander dem go against di towns of Israel. Dem strike Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all di store-towns of Naphtali. 5As Baasha hear di tin, e stop to dey fortify Ramah, e leave di work. 6King Asa come gather all Judah; dem carry commot di stone dem and di wood wey Baasha bin dey take fortify Ramah, and with dem Asa come fortify Geba and Mizpah.
7Na dat time Hanani di seer come meet Asa king of Judah, e tell am say, “Because you lean on di king of Aram and no be your Papa, na im make im army escape from your hand. 8No be so di Cushite and Libyan people bin be plenty army with chariot and horseman wey no get number? But because you bin lean on your Papa, e hand dem give you. 9Because di eye of our Papa dey waka go round di whole earth, to make strong di people wey dem heart dey fully give to am. You do foolish tin for dis matter; from now go front you go dey get war.”
10Asa vex well well for di seer because of dis tin, e come lock am inside prison for di stocks, because e dey burn im belle about am; e also press some people well well with wicked hand for dat time.
11Di tins wey Asa do, from di first go di last, dem write am inside di Book of di Kings of Judah and Israel. 12For di thirty-nine year of im reign, Asa foot come dey sick, and di sickness bad well well. But even inside im sickness e no look for our Papa, na only di doctor dem e run to. 13Den Asa come rest with im papa dem, e die for di forty-one year of im reign. 14Dem bury am inside im own tomb wey e bin dig for imself for di City of David, dem lay am for funeral bed wey dem cover with spice and different kind perfume wey skilled perfume-maker dem prepare, and dem light one big fire for am. a a v14 Di big fire na to burn spice to honour di king; e no be to burn di body, wey be sometin wey Israel no dey do.
