Wɔsra Dawid Ngo sɛ Israel Nyinaa Hene
Awieeɛ no Israel nyinaa ba Hebron bɛsra Dawid ngo, kae yɛn Agya asɛm sɛ ɔbɛyɛ wɔn odwanhwɛfoɔ. Ɔfa Yebusifoɔ abannennen no yɛ no Dawid Kuro, na mprenu ɔbisa yɛn Agya ansa na ɔko ne Filistifoɔ—berɛ koro ɔtwɛn nnipa nantew nnyigyei wɔ balsam nnua no atifi.
Yɛn Agya kasa wɔ nkyekyɛmu ahorow 19, 23–24
5 1Israel mmusuakuw nyinaa baa Dawid nkyɛn wɔ Hebron bɛkae se, “Yɛyɛ wo ankasa wo honam ne wo mogya. 2Kan no, bere a Saul yɛ yɛn hene no, wo na wodii Israel anim kɔɔ ɔko, na wode wɔn san baa fie. Na yɛn Agya ka kyerɛɛ wo se, ‘Wobɛyɛ me nkurɔfo Israel hwɛfo, na wobɛyɛ Israel so sodifo.’” 3Israel mpanyimfo nyinaa baa ɔhene no nkyɛn wɔ Hebron, na ɛhɔ na ɔhene Dawid ne wɔn yɛɛ apam wɔ yɛn Agya anim, na wɔsraa Dawid ngo sɛ ɔnyɛ Israel so hene.
4Bere a Dawid bɛyɛɛ ɔhene no, na wadi mfe aduasa, na odii hene mfe aduanan. 5Ɔdii Yuda so hene wɔ Hebron mfe ason ne asram asia, na odii Israel ne Yuda nyinaa so hene wɔ Yerusalem mfe aduasa abiɛsa.
Dawid Fa Yerusalem
6Afei ɔhene no ne ne mmarima no kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔtoaa Yebusifo a wɔte hɔ no. Wɔdii Dawid ho fɛw se, “Worentumi mma ha da; anifuraefo ne mmubuafo mpo betumi apam wo”—efisɛ wosusuwii se, “Dawid rentumi mma ha.” 7Nanso Dawid faa Sion abannennen no, kyerɛ sɛ, Dawid kurow no. 8Saa da no Dawid kae se, “Obiara a ɔbɛkum Yebusini no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔfa nsukwan no mu kɔ hɔ na ɔkɔkum mmubuafo ne anifuraefo a Dawid kra tan wɔn no.” Ɛno nti na wɔka se, “Anifuraefo ne mmubuafo renkɔ fie no mu.” a a v8 Nsukwan no yɛ amoa tenten a ɛhwe fam tee, a ɛde kurow a ɛwɔ soro no bɔ ne nsu a ɛwɔ asase ase no ho — ɛyɛ ɛkwan bi a anka obi betumi afa so awia akɔ Yerusalem.
9Dawid tenaa abannennen no mu, na ɔtoo no din Dawid Kurow. Ɔkyekyeree mmeae a atwa ho ahyia no nyinaa, efi Milo no kɔ mu. b b v9 Milo no yɛ asase a wɔapagyaw anaa dɔte nhyehyɛe kɛse bi a ɛfoa kurow no so, na na ɛyɛ Yerusalem ahobanbɔ a na ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw no fã. 10Na Dawid kɔɔ so yɛɛ kɛse daa, efisɛ yɛn Agya, ɔsoro asafo Nyankopɔn, ka ne ho. 11Tiro hene Hiram somaa abɔfo, sida nnua, nnuadwumfo ne abosanfo kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn, na wɔsii fie maa Dawid.
12Dawid hui sɛ yɛn Agya de no asi hɔ sɛ Israel so hene, na wama Dawid ahenni so wɔ yɛn Agya nkurɔfo Israel nti.
13Bere a Dawid fii Hebron no, ɔwaree mpenafo ne yerenom bebree wɔ Yerusalem, na wɔwoo mmabarima ne mmabea bebree maa no. 14Mma a wɔwoo wɔn maa no wɔ Yerusalem no din ni: Samua, Sobab, Natan ne Salomo, 15Ibhar, Elisua, Nefeg, Yafia, 16Elisama, Eliada ne Elifelet.
Nkonimdi Abien wɔ Filistifo So
17Bere a Filistifo tee sɛ wɔasra Dawid ngo sɛ Israel so hene no, wɔn nyinaa foroo bae sɛ wɔrebɛhwehwɛ no. Nanso Dawid tee, na osian kɔɔ abannennen no mu. 18Saa bere no Filistifo no aba abɛtrɛw wɔ Refaim bon no mu.
19Dawid bisaa yɛn Agya se, “Menkɔ ntow nhyɛ Filistifo no so anaa? Wode wɔn bɛhyɛ me nsa?” Na yɛn Agya buaa Dawid se, “Kɔ—ampa ara mede Filistifo no bɛhyɛ wo nsa.”
20Enti Dawid kɔɔ Baal-Perasim, na odii wɔn so wɔ hɔ. Ɔkae se, “Yɛn Agya abubu mʼatamfo mu wɔ mʼanim te sɛ nsuyiri a ɛbubu.” Enti ɔtoo saa beae no din Baal-Perasim. c c v20 Baal-Perasim kyerɛ “nea ɔbubu mu wura” — Dawid de saa din no too beae no, efisɛ yɛn Agya bubuu nʼatamfo mu wɔ hɔ te sɛ nsuyiri a ɛbubu fi adi. 21Filistifo no gyaw wɔn ahoni wɔ hɔ, na Dawid ne ne mmarima no soaa wɔn kɔe.
22Bio Filistifo no foroo bae bɛtrɛw wɔ Refaim bon no mu.
23Bere a Dawid bisaa yɛn Agya no, ɔbuaa no se, “Mfa wʼanim tee nkɔ. Twa kɔ wɔn akyi, na tow hyɛ wɔn so wɔ balsam nnua no anim. 24Sɛ wote nantew nnyigyei wɔ balsam nnua no atifi a, pue ntɛm, efisɛ ɛhɔ na wʼAgya adi wʼanim akɔ sɛ ɔrekɔkum Filistifo nsraban no.”
25Enti Dawid yɛɛ sɛnea yɛn Agya hyɛɛ no no pɛpɛɛpɛ, na ɔkunkum Filistifo no fi Geba kosii Geser.