Hanun Gu Dawid Asomfo Anim Ase
Dawid soma kɔ Amonfoɔ ɔhene foforɔ no nkyɛn sɛ wɔnkɔkyekye ne werɛ, nanso n'afotufoɔ ma ogye di sɛ abɔfoɔ no yɛ akwansrafoɔ. Wɔyi wɔn abogyesɛ fã, na wotwitwa wɔn ntadeɛ wɔ wɔn asen ho. Amonfoɔ bɔ Aramfoɔ akodɔm paa; Yoab ne Abisai kyɛ wɔn akodɔm mu, na afei ɔde ne awieeɛ hyɛ yɛn Agya nsa.
10 1Akyiri yi, Amonfo hene wui, na ne ba Hanun dii ade sii nʼanan mu. 2Dawid kae se, “Mɛyɛ Nahas ba Hanun adɔe, sɛnea nʼagya yɛɛ me adɔe no.” Enti ɔsomaa nʼasomfo sɛ wɔnkɔkyekye ne werɛ wɔ nʼagya wu ho. Nanso bere a Dawid asomfo no duu Amonfo asase so no, 3Amonfo asahene no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn wura Hanun se, “Wususuw ampa sɛ Dawid de anuonyam ma wʼagya, nti na ɔde nnipa asoma wo sɛ wɔmmɛkyekye wo werɛ? Ɛnyɛ sɛ Dawid asoma nʼasomfo aba wo nkyɛn sɛ wɔmmɛhwehwɛ kurow no mu, wɔnkyɛ hɔ nhwɛ, na wɔnnan no mu?”
4Hanun kyeree Dawid asomfo no, yii wɔn mu biara abogyesɛ fã, twitwaa wɔn ntade fii wɔn sisi ho, na ɔgyaa wɔn kwan. 5Bere a wɔbɔɔ Dawid amanneɛ no, ɔsomaa abɔfo sɛ wɔnkohyia wɔn, efisɛ mmarima no ani agu ase yiye. Ɔhene no kae se, “Montena Yeriko kosi sɛ mo abogyesɛ bɛfefɛw bio, na afei monsan mmra.”
6Bere a Amonfo hui sɛ wɔayɛ akyiwade wɔ Dawid anim no, wɔsomaa kɔbɔɔ Aramfo a wofi Bet-Rehob ne Aramfo a wofi Soba paa—asraafo a wɔnam fam 20,000—ne Maaka hene ne ne mmarima 1,000, ne Tob mmarima 12,000. 7Bere a Dawid tee eyi no, ɔsomaa Yoab ne akofo dɔm no nyinaa. 8Amonfo no puee bɛtoaa akono wɔ kurow no pon ano, na Aramfo a wofi Soba ne Rehob ne Tob ne Maaka mmarima no gyinaa wɔn nkutoo wɔ wuram petee.
9Yoab hui sɛ akono no ani kyerɛ no wɔ nʼanim ne nʼakyi, enti ɔyii Israel akofo a wɔyɛ papa paa no bi, de wɔn toaa Aramfo no. 10Ɔde nkae no hyɛɛ ne nua Abisai nsa, sɛ ɔnto wɔn ntoa Amonfo no. 11Yoab kae se, “Sɛ Aramfo no di me so a, bɛgye me; sɛ Amonfo no di wo so a, mɛba abɛgye wo. 12Yɛ den, na momma yɛnyɛ akokoɔduro mma yɛn nkurɔfo ne yɛn Agya nkurow. Yɛn Agya nyɛ nea ɛyɛ no papa.” 13Afei Yoab ne nʼakofo no kɔɔ sɛ wɔne Aramfo no rekɔko, na wɔdwane guu nʼanim. 14Bere a Amonfo no hui sɛ Aramfo no redwane no, wɔn nso dwane guu Abisai anim kɔhyɛn kurow no mu. Enti Yoab gyaee Amonfo no ko, na ɔbaa Yerusalem.
15Bere a Aramfo no hui sɛ Israel adi wɔn so no, wɔsan boaa wɔn ho ano. 16Hadadeser frɛɛ Aramfo a wɔwɔ Eufrate asubɔnten no agya; wɔbaa Helam, na Hadadeser asraafo sahene Sobak dii wɔn anim. 17Bere a Dawid tee no, ɔboaa Israel nyinaa ano, twaa Yordan, na ɔduu Helam. Aramfo no toaa Dawid, na wɔne no koe. 18Nanso Aramfo no dwane guu Israel anim. Dawid kunkum wɔn teaseɛnam kafo 700 ne apɔnkɔsotefo 40,000, na afei ɔbɔɔ wɔn asraafo sahene Sobak, na owuu wɔ hɔ. 19Bere a ahemfo a wɔhyɛ Hadadeser ase no nyinaa hui sɛ Israel adi wɔn so no, wɔne Israel yɛɛ asomdwoe, na wɔsom wɔn. Enti Aramfo no suroe sɛ wɔbɛboa Amonfo no bio.
