Wɔkyere Demetrius
1 Afe ɔha ne aduɔson mmienuno mu, Ɔhene Demetrius boaboaa n’akofoɔ ano na ɔsiim kɔɔ Media kɔpɛɛ mmoa, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛtumi ne Trifo ako.
2 Ɛberɛ a Ɔhene Arsakes a ɔwɔ Persia ne Media tee sɛ Demetrius aba n’asase soɔ no, ɔsomaa n’asafohene no mu baako kɔɔ sɛ ɔnkɔkye no animono so.
3 Asafohene no kɔe na ɔdii Demetrius asraafoɔ no so nkonim, na ɔkyeree no de no brɛɛ Arsakes maa ɔde no hyɛɛ awɛmfoɔ nsa.
Simon ayeyie
4 Asase no so adwo, Simon nna mu nyinaa.
Ɔhwehwɛɛ ne man yieyɛ;
n’amammuo sɔɔ wɔn ani,
na saa ara na wɔdii no ni, ne nkwa nna nyinaa.
5 Deɛ ɛmaa n’anidie yɛɛ kɛseɛ ne sɛ,
ɔgyee Yopa yɛɛ suhyɛngyinabea,
6 Ɔtwee ne man ahyeɛ maa ɛyɛɛ kɛseɛ,
ɔnyaa tumi wɔ ɔman no so koraa.
7 Ɔboaa nnommumfoɔ pii ano;
ɔdii tumi wɔ Gasara ne Bet-sur ne abandenden no so,
na ɔtuu emu fi no ase firii hɔ;
na obiara nni hɔ a ɔsii no kwan.
8 Wɔdɔɔ asase no wɔ asomdwoeɛ mu;
asase no maa no nnɔbaeɛ bafuu,
na nnua a ɛwɔ asasetam no so soo aba.
9 Nkwakoraa tenaa mmɔntene so;
wɔn nyinaa boom dii nnoɔma pa ho nkɔmmɔ,
na mmabunu no hyɛɛ wɔn asraafoɔ ntadeɛ.
10 Ɔmaa nkuro no aduane,
na ɔmaa wɔn nnoɔma a wɔde bɔ wɔn ho ban,
kɔsii sɛ ne din pa hyeta duruu asase ano.
11 Ɔmaa asomdwoeɛ baa asase no so,
na Israel dii ahurisie kɛseɛ.
12 Nnipa no nyinaa tenaa wɔn ankasa wɔn bobe ne wɔn ngo dua ase,
na na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛyi wɔn hu.
13 Anka obiara wɔ asase no so a ɔne wɔn bɛko,
na wɔhyee ahemfo ase wɔ nna no mu.
14 Ɔboaa ahobrɛaseɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ ne man mu nyinaa;
ɔhwehwɛɛ mmara no akyiri kwan,
na ɔyii atuatefoɔ ne mmaratofoɔ nyinaa firii hɔ.
15 Ɔmaa kronkronbea hɔ nyaa animuonyam,
na ɔde nnoɔma a ɛwɔ kronkronbea hɔ no bi kaa ho.
Wɔne Roma ne Sparta nya nkabom
16 Wɔtee no wɔ Roma, ne Sparta akyirikyiri sɛ Yonatan awu, na wɔn werɛ hoe pii.
17 Na ɛberɛ a wɔtee sɛ ne nua Simon asi n’ananmu sɛ ɔsɔfo panin na ɔredi ɔman no ne nkuro a ɛwɔ mu no soɔ no,
18 wɔtwerɛ guu kɔbere mfrafraeɛ apono so de kɔmaa no kanyanee ayɔnkofa ne apam a wɔne ne nuanom Yuda ne Yonatan yɛeɛ no.
19 Na wɔkenkanee nsɛm yi wɔ abadwafoɔ no anim wɔ Yerusalem.
20 Yei ne krataa a Spartafoɔ twerɛ kɔmaeɛ no nhwɛsoɔ:
Spartan kuro mu ahemfo twerɛ kɔma Ɔsɔfo panin Simon, mpanimfoɔ, asɔfoɔ ne Yudafoɔ nkaeɛ no, yɛn nuanom, yɛkyea mo.
21 Ananmusifoɔ a mosomaa wɔn baa yɛn nkurɔfoɔ hɔ no kaa animuonyam ne anidie a wowɔ no kyerɛɛ yɛn, na yɛn ani gyee wɔn ba a wɔbae no ho.
22 Yɛatwerɛ deɛ wɔkaeɛ no wɔ yɛn man mmara nsɛm mu, sɛ: Antiokus ba Numenius ne Yason ba Antipater, Yudafoɔ ananmusifoɔ aba yɛn nkyɛn ne yɛn rebɛfa yɔnkoɔ foforɔ.
23 Na asɔ yɛn nkurɔfoɔ ani sɛ yɛde anidie bɛgye mmarima yi, na yɛde wɔn nsɛm no nhwɛsoɔ bɛto ɔman tete nnoɔma korabea, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ na Spartafoɔ bɛnya wɔn ho adanseɛ. Na wɔde yei ho nhwɛsoɔ akɔma Ɔsɔfopanin Simon.
24 Yei akyiri no, Simon somaa Numenius kɔɔ Roma de sika kyɛm kɛseɛ a emu duro yɛ mmɛnaa apem, sɛ ɛnkɔsi wɔn ne Romafoɔ ayɔnkofa no so agyinaeɛ.
Simon animuonyam abodin
25 Ɛberɛ a nkurɔfoɔ no tee yeinom no, wɔkaa sɛ: Yɛbɛyɛ dɛn ada Simon ne ne mma ase?
26 Ɛfiri sɛ ɔno ne ne nuanom ne n’agya fie agyina pintinn; wɔn ne Israel atamfoɔ ako apamo wɔn, na wɔn fawohodie atim.
27 Enti wɔyɛɛ adanseɛ wɔ kɔbere mfrafraeɛ apono so na wɔde kɔsii adum so wɔ Bepɔ Sion so.
Deɛ wɔtwerɛeɛ no nhwɛsoɔ nie: Bosome Elul da a ɛtɔ so dunwɔtwe wɔ afe ɔha ne aduɔson mmienumu, a ɛyɛ Ɔsɔfo panin kɛseɛ Simon afe a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa,
28 wɔ Asaramel, asɔfoɔ, nkurɔfoɔ ne ɔman no ahemfo ne ɔman no mpanimfoɔ badwa kɛseɛ no mu na wɔkaa nsɛm a ɛdidi soɔ yi sɛ:
29 Ɛsiane sɛ na ɔko sisi ɔman no mu nti, Matatias ba Simon, a ɔyɛ ɔsɔfoɔ a ɔfiri Yoarib mma mu, ne ne nuanom bɔɔ wɔn ho mmusuo na wɔsii ɔman no atamfoɔ kwan, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn kronkronbea ne wɔn mmara no wɔbɛkora; na wɔde animuonyam kɛseɛ brɛɛ wɔn man.
30 Yonatan kaa ɔman no boaa ano, na ɔbɛyɛɛ wɔn sɔfo panin, na wɔsiee no kaa ne nkurɔfoɔ ho.
31 Ɛberɛ a wɔn atamfoɔ faa adwene sɛ wɔbɛhyɛne wɔn man mu na wɔde wɔn nsa aka kronkronbea no,
32 ɛnna Simon sɔreeɛ na ɔko maa ne man. Ɔsɛee ɔno ankasa ne sika pii; ɔde akodeɛ maa asraafoɔ a wɔwɔ ne man mu na ɔtuaa wɔn ka.
33 Ɔbɔɔ nkuro a ɛwɔ Yudea no ho ban, baabi a kane no na anka ɔtamfo no kora n’akodeɛ no, na ɔde Yudafoɔ abansifoɔ duaa hɔ.
34 Ɔsan nso bɔɔ Yopa a ɛwɔ ɛpo ano no ho ban, ne Gasara, deɛ ɛne Asoto bɔ hyeɛ no. Ɔde Yudafoɔ kɔtenaa hɔ, na ɔde biribiara a ɛbɛhia ama kuro kyekyerɛ no maa wɔn a wɔtete hɔ.
35 Ɔman no hunuu Simon nokorɛdie ne animuonyam a wanya de ama ne man, na wɔyɛɛ no wɔn kannifoɔ ne ɔsɔfo panin, ɛsiane sɛ wayɛ nnoɔma yeinom nyinaa ne atɛntenenee ne nokorɛsom a wakora ama ɔman no nti. Ɔbɔɔ mmɔden biara sɛ ɔbɛma ne man so.
36 Ne berɛ so, nnoɔma yɛɛ yie wɔ ne nsam, a enti wɔpamoo Amanaman no firii ɔman no mu, sɛdeɛ na ɛteɛ nso wɔ Dawid kurom wɔ Yerusalem no, wɔn a na wɔasi abandenden a emu na wɔfiri tua na wɔgu kronkronbea hɔ fi, na wɔde ɔsɛeɛ kɛseɛ sɛe ne kronkronyɛ no.
37 Ɔmaa Yudafoɔ kɔtenaa emu na ɔbɔɔ ho ban de maa ɔman no ne kuro no nyaa asomdwoeɛ, na ɔtoo Yerusalem fasuo tentene.
38 Yeinom nyinaa mu na Ɔhene Demetrius sii no pi sɛ ɔsɔfo panin,
39 na ɔyɛɛ no ne Nnamfonom mu baako, na ɔde anidie a ɛso maa no.
40 Na wate sɛ Romafoɔ no frɛ Yudafoɔ no sɛ nnamfoɔ ne ayɔnkofoɔ ne anuanom, na Romafoɔ no de anidie agye Simon ananmusifoɔ no.
41 Yudafoɔ no ne wɔn asɔfoɔ no abɔ pɔ sɛ, Simon nyɛ wɔn kannifoɔ ne wɔn sɔfo panin daa, kɔsi sɛ odiyifoɔ nokwafoɔ bɛsɔreɛ,
42 na ɔbɛyɛ amrado ahwɛ wɔn so na wahwɛ kronkronbea no so, na wayiyi asomfoɔ ahwɛ ne dwumadie so ne ɔman no so, ne akodeɛ ne abandenden no so, na ɔno bɛhwɛ kronkronbea no so,
43 na nnipa nyinaa atie no, na dwumadie nhyehyɛɛ a ɛwɔ ɔman no mu nyinaa wɔntwerɛ no wɔ ne din mu, na wɔnhyɛ beredum atadeɛ ne sika.
44 Na wɔremma ɔman no mu biara anaa asɔfoɔ no kwan mma ɔntwa saa nhyehyɛɛ yi mu anaasɛ ɔbɛtia deɛ ɛreka, anaasɛ ɔbɛfrɛ badwa nhyiamu wɔ ɔman no mu wɔ berɛ a ɔmmaa ho kwan, anaasɛ ɔbɛfira beredum atadeɛ anaasɛ ɔde sika aboomu bɛbɔ soɔ.
45 Obiara a ɔbɛyɛ biribi a ɛtia deɛ yɛasisi so agyinaeɛ yi anaasɛ ɔbɛpo emu biara no, ɔfata sɛ wɔtwe n’aso.
46 Nnipa no nyinaa penee so sɛ wɔbɛma Simon kwan na wayɛ deɛ agyinaeɛ no aka no.
47 Enti Simon gye tomm na ɔpenee so sɛ ɔbɛyɛ ɔsɔfo panin, ɔbɛyɛ Yudafoɔ ne asɔfoɔ no sahene ne wɔn amrado, na wayɛ wɔn nyinaa banbɔfoɔ.
48 Na wɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔnkurukyire wɔ kɔbere mfrafraeɛ aboɔpono so, na wɔmfa nto baabi a wɔbɛhu no yie wɔ kronkronbea no mpɔtamu hɔ,
49 na wɔmfa ne nhwɛsoɔ nkɔsie wɔ sikakorabea hɔ, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Simon ne ne mma nsa bɛtumi aka.