Asa’s Last Years
1In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
2Asa then took the silver and gold out of the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of his own palace and sent it to Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus. 3“Let there be a treaty between me and you,” he said, “as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me.”
4Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim16:4 Also known as Abel Beth Maakah and all the store cities of Naphtali. 5When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work. 6Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using. With them he built up Geba and Mizpah.
7At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. 8Were not the Cushites16:8 That is, people from the upper Nile region and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen16:8 Or charioteers? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your hand. 9For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”
10Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people.
11The events of Asa’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians. 13Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his ancestors. 14They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.
Asa Ahennie Ɛnna A Ɛdi Akyire
1Asa dii adeɛ mfeɛ aduasa nsia no, Israelhene Baasa kɔto hyɛɛ Yuda so, na ɔbɔɔ Rama ho ban, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, obi ntumi nkɔ mu anaa ɔmpue mfiri ɔhene Asa Yudaman mu. 2Asa yii dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ firii Awurade Asɔredan adekoradan ne ahemfie hɔ. Ɔde kɔmaa Aramhene Ben-Hadad a na ɔdi ɔhene wɔ Damasko na ɔde saa nkra yi kaa ho: 3“Ma yɛnyɛ apam sɛdeɛ wʼagya ne mʼagya yɛɛ apam no. Mede dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ akyɛdeɛ rebrɛ wo. Twa wo ne Israelhene Baasa apam no mu, sɛdeɛ ɔremfa ne nsa nka me.”
4Ben-Hadad penee ɔhene Asa abisadeɛ no so, na ɔsomaa nʼasraafoɔ, kɔto hyɛɛ Israel so. Wɔdii Iyon, Dan, Abel-Maim ne Naftali aduane akoraeɛ nkuropɔn nyinaa so. 5Ɛberɛ a Israelhene Baasa tee deɛ ɛrekɔ so no, ɔgyaee Rama ho banbɔ dwumadie no. 6Enti, ɔhene Asa frɛɛ ne mmarima a wɔwɔ Yuda nyinaa, maa wɔbɛsoaa adansie aboɔ ne nnua a na Baasa de rebɔ Rama ho ban no. Asa de saa nneɛma yi bɔɔ nkuro Geba ne Mispa ho ban.
7Saa ɛberɛ no mu, ɔdehunumuni Hanani baa ɔhene Asa nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Esiane sɛ wode wo ho ato Aramhene so, na woagya Awurade wo Onyankopɔn enti, worentumi nni Aramhene akodɔm so. 8Wonkae deɛ ɛbaa Etiopiafoɔ no ne Libiafoɔ ne wɔn akodɔm dodoɔ ne wɔn nteaseɛnam ne wɔn apɔnkɔsotefoɔ so no? Saa ɛberɛ no, na wode wo ho to Awurade so, na ɔde wɔn nyinaa hyɛɛ wo nsa. 9Awurade aniwa kyini fa asase so baabiara, sɛdeɛ ɔbɛhyɛ wɔn a wɔde wɔn akoma nyinaa to no so no den. Nkwaseasɛm bɛn na woadi yi! Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ, wobɛkɔ ɔko.”
10Asa bo fuu Hanani yie sɛ wabɛka saa asɛm yi akyerɛ no, na ɔkyeree no too afiase. Saa ɛberɛ no ara na Asa ahyɛ aseɛ rehyɛ ne nkurɔfoɔ no bi so.
Asa Ahennie Tiawatwa
11Asa ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ, firi ahyɛaseɛ kɔsi awieeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda ne Israel ahemfo nwoma no mu. 12Nʼadedie mfeɛ aduasa nkron so no, yadeɛ huhu bi yɛɛ Asa nan. Yadeɛ no duruu ne mpɔmpɔnsoɔ a ɛreyɛ akum no mpo no, wanhwehwɛ Awurade mmoa akyiri ɛkwan, na mmom, ɔhwehwɛɛ ayaresafoɔ mmoa. 13Enti, nʼadedie mfeɛ aduanan baako so no, ɔwuiɛ. 14Wɔsiee no ɔboda a ɔno ara twa maa nʼankasa ho no mu wɔ Dawid kurom. Wɔdedaa no mpa a wɔde nnuhwam ne sradehwam ho hwa ahyɛ no ma, na nʼayiyɛ no mu no, nnipa no bɔɔ gyatanaa kɛseɛ bi de hyɛɛ no animuonyam.
