1 Beresosɛm 12 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

12 ¹Eyinom ne mmarima a wɔbaa Dawid nkyɛn wɔ Siklag, bere a na wɔda so ara apam no afi Kis babarima Saul anim no—akofo akɛse a wɔboaa no wɔ ɔko mu. ²Wɔkuraa tadua ne agyan, na wotumi de wɔn nsa nifa anaa benkum to abo anaa tow agyan—Benyaminfo, Saul abusuafo. ³Ahieser a ɔyɛ wɔn panyin, na Yoas di hɔ, Gibeani Semaa mmabarima; Asmawet mmabarima Yesiel ne Pelet; Beraka; Anatotni Yehu; ⁴Gibeonni Ismaia, ɔkofo kɛse a ɔka aduasa no ho, na ɔyɛ aduasa no so sahene; Yeremia, Yahasiel, Yohanan, Gederani Yosabad; ⁵Elusai, Yerimot, Bealia, Semaria ne Harufni Sefatia; ⁶Elkana, Isia, Asarel, Yoeser ne Yasobeam a wɔyɛ Korafo; ⁷ne Gedorni Yeroham mmabarima Yoela ne Sebadia.

⁸Gadfo bi twee wɔn ho kɔɔ Dawid afa wɔ abandennen a ɛwɔ sare so no mu—akofo akɛse a wɔatete wɔn ama ɔko, wɔyɛ nimdefo wɔ kyɛm ne pea ho, wɔn anim te sɛ agyata de, na wɔn ho yɛ hare sɛ atwe wɔ mmepɔw so. ⁹Eser ne panyin, Obadia ne ɔto so abien, Eliab ne ɔto so abiɛsa, ¹⁰Mismana ne ɔto so anan, Yeremia ne ɔto so anum, ¹¹Atai ne ɔto so asia, Eliel ne ɔto so ason, ¹²Yohanan ne ɔto so awotwe, Elsabad ne ɔto so akron, ¹³Yeremia ne ɔto so du, Makbanai ne ɔto so dubaako. ¹⁴Saa Gadfo yi yɛ asraafo so asahene; wɔn mu ketewa no ne nnipa 100 sɛ, na wɔn mu kɛse no ne nnipa 1,000 sɛ. ¹⁵Eyinom ne mmarima a wotwaa Yordan wɔ ɔsram a edi kan mu, bere a na asu no ayiri abu so wɔ ne mmɔnten nyinaa no, na wɔpamoo obiara a ɔwɔ bon mu no, apuei ne atɔe.

¹⁶Benyamin ne Yuda mmarima no bi nso baa Dawid nkyɛn wɔ abandennen no mu. ¹⁷Dawid fii adi kohyiaa wɔn, na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛ moafi asomdwoe mu aba me nkyɛn sɛ moreboa me a, me koma bɛka mo ho; nanso sɛ moaba sɛ mobɛyi me ama mʼatamfo a, ɛwom sɛ basabasayɛ biara nni me nsam de, yɛn agyanom Nyankopɔn nhu na ommu mo atɛn.” ¹⁸Afei yɛn Agya Honhom kataa aduasa no panyin Amasai so, na ɔkae se, “Dawid, yɛyɛ wo dea! Yisai babarima, yɛka wo ho! Asomdwoe, asomdwoe nka wo, na asomdwoe nka wɔn a wɔboa wo no, efisɛ wʼAgya boa wo.” Dawid gyee wɔn, na ɔde wɔn yɛɛ ne dɔm a wɔtow hyɛ so no so asahene.

¹⁹Manasefo bi nso twee wɔn ho kɔɔ Dawid afa bere a ɔne Filistifo kɔɔ sɛ wɔne Saul rekɔko no. Nanso Dawid ne ne mmarima ammoa Filistifo no; bere a Filistifo atitiriw no susuw ho wiei no, wɔpam Dawid, na wɔkae se, “Ɔbɛsan akɔ ne wura Saul afa, na ɛno bɛma wɔatwa yɛn ti.” ²⁰Bere a ɔrekɔ Siklag no, Manasefo yi twee wɔn ho kɔɔ ne nkyɛn: Adna, Yosabad, Yediael, Mikael, Yosabad, Elihu ne Siletai—Manase mpempem no so asahene. ²¹Wɔboaa Dawid ma wɔko tiaa akorɔmfo no, efisɛ na wɔn nyinaa yɛ akofo akɛse, na wɔbɛyɛɛ ne dɔm mu asahene. ²²Da biara da nnipa baa Dawid nkyɛn bɛboaa no, kosii sɛ ɔnyaa dɔm kɛse te sɛ yɛn Agya dɔm.

²³Eyinom ne mmarima a wɔde akode ahyɛ wɔn ho ama ɔko a wɔbaa Dawid nkyɛn wɔ Hebron sɛ wɔde Saul ahenni bɛhyɛ ne nsa, sɛnea yɛn Agya kae no, wɔn dodow ni, ²⁴Yuda mu, wɔn a wɔkura kyɛm ne pea—6,800 a wɔde akode ahyɛ wɔn ho ama ɔko; ²⁵Simeon mu, akofo akɛse a wɔasiesie wɔn ho ama ɔko—7,100; ²⁶Lewi mu—4,600, ²⁷a Aaron abusua kandifo Yehoiada ka ho, na nnipa 3,700 ka ne ho, ²⁸ne Sadok, ɔkofo kumaa a onni suro, ne asahene aduonu abien a wofi nʼankasa abusua mu. ²⁹Benyamin mu, Saul abusuafo—3,000; wɔn mu dodow no ara da so ara wɛn Saul fi, ³⁰Efraim mu—20,800, akofo akɛse, mmarima a wɔagye din wɔ wɔn ankasa mmusua mu; ³¹Manase abusuakuw fã mu—18,000, a wɔbɔɔ wɔn din yi wɔn sɛ wɔmmɛsi Dawid hene; ³²Isakar mu: mpanyimfo 200 a wɔtee mmere no ase, na wonim nea ɛsɛ sɛ Israel yɛ, na wɔn abusuafo nyinaa tie wɔn ahyɛde. ³³Sebulon mu: asraafo 50,000 a wɔanya ɔko mu osuahu, a wɔde akode biara asiesie wɔn ho ama ɔko, na wɔasiesie wɔn ho sɛ wɔde wɔn koma nyinaa bɛboa Dawid, ³⁴Naftali mu—asahene 1,000, na mmarima 37,000 a wɔkura kyɛm ne pea ka wɔn ho; ³⁵Dan mu—mmarima 28,600 a wɔasiesie wɔn ho ama ɔko; ³⁶Aser mu—asraafo 40,000 a wɔanya osuahu a wɔasiesie wɔn ho ama ɔko; ³⁷Yordan apuei fam—Ruben, Gad ne Manase abusuakuw fã—120,000 a wɔde ɔko akode biara ahyɛ wɔn ho.

³⁸Eyinom nyinaa yɛ akofo a wɔahyehyɛ wɔn ho ama ɔko, a wɔde wɔn koma nyinaa baa Hebron sɛ wɔrebɛsi Dawid hene wɔ Israel nyinaa so; Israel nkae no nso yɛɛ adwene koro sɛ wɔbɛsi Dawid hene. ³⁹Wɔne Dawid tenaa hɔ nnansa, na wodidi nom; na wɔn abusuafo asiesie aduan ama wɔn. ⁴⁰Wɔn afipamfo a wofi baabi a ɛkɔ akosi Isakar, Sebulon ne Naftali de afurum, yoma, mfurumpɔnkɔ ne anantwi soaa aduan brae—esiam, borɔdɔma tutuw, bobe aba tutuw, bobesa, ngo, anantwi ne nguan bebree, efisɛ na anigye wɔ Israel.