Beresosɛm Nhoma a Ɛto So Abien
1 Dawid ba Solomon yɛɛ den n’ahenni mu, na Yehowa, ne Nyankopɔn dii n’akyi, na ɔma ɔyɛɛ kɛse paa.+
2 Solomon soma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Israel nyinaa bae; apem apem ne ɔhaha so mpanyimfo, atemmufo, ne Israel mpanyimfo a wɔyɛ agyanom abusuafi mpanyimfo nyinaa. 3 Ɛnna Solomon ne asafo a wɔka ne ho nyinaa kɔɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea* a ɛwɔ Gibeon+ no; ɛhɔ na na nokware Nyankopɔn no ahyiae ntamadan a Yehowa akoa Mose yɛe wɔ sare so no wɔ. 4 Nokware Nyankopɔn no Adaka no de, na Dawid akɔfa afi Kiriat-Yearim+ aba faako a Dawid siesie maa no no; ná wasi ntamadan ama no wɔ Yerusalem.+ 5 Kɔbere afɔremuka+ a Hur ba Uri ba Besalel+ yɛe no, na esi Yehowa ntamadan no anim; ɛhɔ na na Solomon ne asafo no bɔ mpae.* 6 Ɛnna Solomon bɔɔ afɔre wɔ hɔ maa Yehowa; ɔde mmoa 1,000 bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre wɔ kɔbere afɔremuka+ a ɛwɔ ahyiae ntamadan no mu so.
7 Saa anadwo no, Onyankopɔn yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ Solomon, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Bisa me nea menyɛ mma wo.”+ 8 Ɛnna Solomon ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ: “Woada ɔdɔ kɛse a enni huammɔ adi akyerɛ me papa Dawid,+ na woama masi n’ananmu adi hene.+ 9 O Yehowa Nyankopɔn, ɛbɔ a wohyɛɛ me papa Dawid no, ma ɛmmra mu;+ wo na woasi me hene wɔ nnipa a wɔn dodow te sɛ asaase so anwea yi so.+ 10 Ma me nyansa ne nimdeɛ+ a mede bedi ɔman yi anim,* efisɛ wo man kɛse yi de, hena na obetumi abu wɔn atɛn?”+
11 Ɛnna Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Solomon sɛ: “Esiane sɛ eyi na ɛwɔ wo komam, na woammisa ahonyade, sika, anuonyam, anaa w’atamfo nkwa* anaasɛ nkwa tenten,* na mmom woabisa nyansa ne nimdeɛ a wode bebu me man a mede wo asi wɔn so hene no atɛn nti,+ 12 nyansa ne nimdeɛ no, mede bɛma wo, na ahonyade ne sika ne anuonyam nso, mɛma wo nea ahemfo a wodii w’anim no biara annya bi da, na obiara a obedi w’akyi aba nso rennya bi.”+
13 Ɛnna Solomon fii sorɔnsorɔmmea a ɛwɔ Gibeon no,+ ahyiae ntamadan no anim, baa Yerusalem, na odii Israel so. 14 Solomon boaboaa nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔ* ano, na onyaa nteaseɛnam 1,400 ne apɔnkɔ* 12,000,+ na ɔde kɔɔ nteaseɛnam nkurow mu,+ na na ɛhɔ bɛn ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem.+ 15 Ɔhene maa dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ dɔɔso wɔ Yerusalem sɛ abo,+ na ɔmaa sida nnua dɔɔso sɛ sikamɔɔ nnua a ɛwɔ Sefela.+ 16 Solomon apɔnkɔ no, wɔkra fii Egypt;+ ná ɔhene aguadifo no kɔtɔ apɔnkɔ* no akuwakuw tua bo a wɔatwa ato so.+ 17 Nteaseɛnam a wɔkra fii Egypt no, na ebiara bo yɛ nnwetɛbona 600, na ɔpɔnkɔ nso bo yɛ nnwetɛbona 150. Ná wɔn nso kɔtɔn ma Hitifo ahemfo ne Siria ahemfo.