Yɛn Agya Adaka no San Ba Israel
Asɔfo tu fo sɛ wɔmfa adaka no nsan nkɔ fie, wɔmfa sika kɔkɔɔ mpɔmpɔ ne nkura nka ho, wɔ teaseɛnam a anantwi abien a wɔakyere wɔn mma ato ban mu twe so. Anantwi no tee kɔ Bet-Semes a wɔresu. Otwafo di ahurusi, afei nnipa aduɔson wuwu esiane sɛ wɔhwɛɛ mu nti, na kurow no bisa sɛ hena na obetumi agyina yɛn Agya anim.
6 1Yɛn Agya adaka no tenaa Filistifo asase so abosome ason. 2Filistifo no frɛɛ asɔfo ne akɔmfo no bisaa wɔn se, “Dɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛde Awurade adaka yi yɛ? Monkyerɛ yɛn ɔkwan a yɛbɛfa so de no asan akɔ ne beae.”
3Wɔbuaa se, “Sɛ mode Israel Nyankopɔn adaka no resan akɔ a, mommfa no nkɔ kwa, na mmom momfa afɔdi afɔrebɔde nka ho mma no. Afei mo yare bɛsa, na mobɛhunu nea enti a ne nsa mfii mo so.”
4Wɔbisaa se, “Afɔdi afɔrebɔde bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛde ma no?” Wɔbuaa se, “Sika kɔkɔɔ mpɔmpɔ anum ne sika kɔkɔɔ nkura anum, sɛnea Filistifo sodifo dodow te, efisɛ ɔyaredɔm koro no ara na ɛbɔɔ mo nyinaa ne mo sodifo.”
5“Monyɛ mo mpɔmpɔ ne nkura a wɔresɛe asase no ho nsɛso, na monhyɛ Israel Nyankopɔn anuonyam. Ebia ɔbɛyi ne nsa afi mo ne mo anyame ne mo asase so. 6Adɛn nti na mopirim mo akoma sɛnea Misraimfo ne Farao yɛe no? Bere a ɔyɛɛ wɔn ayayade no, so awiei koraa no wɔamma nnipa no ankɔ wɔn kwan?”
7“Afei monyɛ teaseɛnam foforo, na momfa nantwibere abien a wɔma wɔn mma nufu a wɔmfa kɔnnua nhyɛɛ wɔn da. Momfa nantwi no nsɔ teaseɛnam no, na mmom momfa wɔn mma no mfi wɔn nkyɛn nkɔkyere wɔn wɔ fie. 8Momfa Awurade adaka no nto teaseɛnam no so, na momfa sika kɔkɔɔ nneɛma a mode resan ama no sɛ afɔdi afɔrebɔde no ngu adaka ketewa bi mu nto ne nkyɛn. Afei momma ɛnkɔ. 9Monhwɛ: sɛ ɛfa ɔkwan a ɛkɔ nʼankasa asase so, kɔ Bet-Semes a, ɛnde ɔno na ɔde amane kɛse yi aba yɛn so. Na sɛ ɛnte saa a, yɛbɛhunu sɛ ɛnyɛ ne nsa na ɛbɔɔ yɛn—akwanhyia bi na ɛbaa yɛn so.”
10Mmarima no yɛɛ saa: wɔfaa nantwibere abien a wɔma wɔn mma nufu, de wɔn sɔɔ teaseɛnam no, na wɔkyeree wɔn mma no wɔ fie. 11Wɔde yɛn Agya adaka no ne adaka ketewa a sika kɔkɔɔ nkura ne wɔn mpɔmpɔ nsɛso wɔ mu no too teaseɛnam no so. 12Nantwi no fa tee kɔɔ Bet-Semes; wɔfaa ɔkwan koro so, na wɔresu, na wɔantwe ankɔ nifa anaa benkum. Filistifo sodifo no dii wɔn akyi kosii Bet-Semes ahye so. 13Bet-Semes nkurɔfo a na wɔretwa awi wɔ bon no mu no maa wɔn ani so hunuu adaka no, na ɛhunu no maa wɔn ani gyei. 14Teaseɛnam no duruu Yosua afuw a ɛwɔ Bet-Semes no mu, na egyinaa ɔbo kɛse bi ho. Wɔpaee teaseɛnam no nnua, na wɔde nantwi no bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre maa yɛn Agya. 15Lewifo no yii yɛn Agya adaka no ne adaka ketewa a ɛwɔ ne nkyɛn a sika kɔkɔɔ nneɛma no wɔ mu no, de wɔn too ɔbo kɛse no so. Saa da no, Bet-Semes nkurɔfo bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne afɔre ahorow maa yɛn Agya. 16Filistifo sodifo baanum no hunuu eyi nyinaa, na saa da no ara wɔsan kɔɔ Ekron. 17Sika kɔkɔɔ mpɔmpɔ a Filistifo de san maa yɛn Agya sɛ afɔdi afɔrebɔde ni: Asdod de baako, Gasa de baako, Askelon de baako, Gat de baako, ne Ekron de baako. 18Sika kɔkɔɔ nkura no dodow ne Filistifo nkurow a ɛwɔ sodifo baanum no ase nyinaa dodow yɛ pɛ—nkurow a wɔabɔ ho ban ne nkuraa a wɔammɔ ho ban nyinaa. Ɔbo kɛse a wɔde yɛn Agya adaka no sii so no da so ara yɛ adansede wɔ Bet-Semesni Yosua afuw mu de besi nnɛ. 19Nanso yɛn Agya kunkum Bet-Semes mmarima bi, efisɛ wɔhwɛɛ apam adaka no mu; okunkum wɔn mu aduɔson. Nnipa no dii awerɛhow, efisɛ ɔde ɔhaw kɛse saa bɔɔ wɔn. 20Bet-Semes mmarima no kae se, “Hena na obetumi agyina yɛn Agya, Onyankopɔn kronkron yi, anim? Na hena nkyɛn na adaka no befi yɛn nkyɛn akɔ?”
21Wɔsomaa abɔfo kɔɔ Kiriat-Yearim nkurɔfo nkyɛn se, “Filistifo de yɛn Agya adaka no asan aba. Mombesian mmɛfa no nkɔ mo nkyɛn.”
