Beresosɛm Nhoma a Ɛto So Abien

2 Solomon kae sɛ wonsi ofi mma Yehowa din+ na wonsi ofi* mma n’ahenni no.+ 2 Solomon paw mmarima 70,000 sɛ wɔnsoasoa nneɛma, mmarima 80,000 sɛ wɔmpae abo wɔ mmepɔw mu,+ ne mmarima 3,600 sɛ wɔnhwɛ wɔn so.+ 3 Bio nso, Solomon soma kɔɔ Tiro hene Hiram+ nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Sɛnea wode sida nnua brɛɛ me papa Dawid ma ɔde sii ofi* tenaa mu no,+ me nso yɛ me saa ara. 4 Merebesi ofi ama Yehowa me Nyankopɔn din na matew ho ahyew aduhuam+ wɔ n’anim. Mede paanoo a wɔde taataa so* a wɔde si hɔ daa,+ ne anɔpa ne anwummere ɔhyew afɔre+ nso bɛma no Homeda+ biara. Ɔsram foforo+ ne yɛn Nyankopɔn Yehowa afahyɛ bere+ nso, saa ara na mɛyɛ. Eyi ne ahyɛde a ɛda hɔ ma Israel daa. 5 Ofi a merebesi no so, efisɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn yɛ kɛse sen anyame nyinaa. 6 Hena na obetumi asi ofi ama no? Ɔsoro ne ɔsoro mu soro mpo sua ma no,+ na me ne hena a mesi ofi ama watena mu? Nea metumi ayɛ ara ne sɛ mesi ofi na wɔahyew afɔrebɔde wom n’anim. 7 Enti ma me ɔbarima a ne ho akokwaw a obetumi ayɛ sika kɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere,+ dade, ntama kɔkɔɔ ne ntama a ɛbere dum ne hama bruu ho adwuma na onim adwini di. Ɔne me mmarima a wɔn ho akokwaw a me papa Dawid paw+ wɔn no bɛyɛ adwuma wɔ Yuda ne Yerusalem. 8 Brɛ me sida nnua, ɔpopaw nnua,+ ne algum nnua+ a efi Lebanon, na minim sɛ wo nkoa nim Lebanon nnua+ twa yiye. Me nkoa ne wo nkoa bɛbom ayɛ adwuma,+ 9 na wobesiesie nnua pii ama me, efisɛ ofi a merebesi no so yiye. 10 Hwɛ! Wo nkoa a wɔboaboa nnua ano ne wɔn a wotwa nnua no, nnuan a mede bɛma wɔn ni:+ hwiit kor* 20,000, baali* kor 20,000, bobesa bat susuhina* 20,000, ne ngo bat susuhina 20,000.”

11 Ɛnna Tiro hene Hiram kyerɛw krataa kɔmaa Solomon sɛ: “Yehowa dɔ ne man nti na ɔde wo asi wɔn so hene.” 12 Hiram toaa so sɛ: “Ayeyi nka Yehowa, Israel Nyankopɔn a ɔyɛɛ ɔsoro ne asaase, efisɛ wama Ɔhene Dawid ɔba nyansafo+ a ɔwɔ nhumu ne ntease+ a obesi ofi ama Yehowa na wasi ahemfi ama n’ahenni. 13 Afei meresoma Hiram-Abi,+ odwumfo a ne ho akokwaw na ɔwɔ nimdeɛ pii; 14 ne maame fi Danfo mu na ne papa de, ofi Tiro. Ɔyɛ odwumfo a onim sika kɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, kɔbere, dade, abo, nnua, ntama kɔkɔɔ, hama bruu, nwera pa, ne ntama a ɛbere dum+ ho adwuma. Onim adwini di, na obetumi ayɛ adwini biara a wɔde bɛhyɛ ne nsa.+ Ɔne wo mmarima a wonim adwuma ne me wura, wo papa Dawid, mmarima a wɔn ho akokwaw na ɛbɛyɛ adwuma. 15 Afei hwiit, baali, ngo, ne bobesa a me wura kae sɛ ɔde bɛba no, ma ɔmfa mmrɛ ne nkoa.+ 16 Yɛn nso yebetwa nnua dodow biara a wuhia afi Lebanon+ de agu po so* aba Yopa,+ na wode akɔ Yerusalem.”+

17 Ɛnna Solomon kan mmarima a wɔyɛ ahɔho a wɔabɛtena Israel asaase so nyinaa+ sɛnea bere bi ne papa Dawid+ yɛe no, na onyaa 153,600. 18 Enti oyii wɔn mu 70,000 sɛ wɔnsoasoa nneɛma, oyii 80,000 sɛ wɔmpae abo+ wɔ mmepɔw mu, na oyii 3,600 sɛ wɔnhwɛ nkurɔfo no so mma wɔnyɛ adwuma.+