1 Samuel 12

Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you.

Ɛwom sɛ ahohoahoa ho nni mfaso biara de, nanso ɛsɛ sɛ mehoahoa me ho. Nanso afei mɛka anisoadehu ne adiyisɛm a Awurade ada no adi akyerɛ me no.

Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day.

Minim Okristoni bi a mfe dunan ni biribi hwim no de no kɔɔ soro. ‘Minnim sɛ saa asɛm yi sii ampa ara anaasɛ ɛyɛ anisoadehu. Onyankopɔn nko ara na onim.’

Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.”

Miti mu bio. Minim sɛ wohwim saa ɔbarima yi kɔɔ Paradise. ‘Bio minnim sɛ saa asɛm yi sii ampa ara anaasɛ ɛyɛ anisoadehu. Onyankopɔn nko ara na onim.’

“You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

Na ɛhɔ na ɔtee nneɛma bi a wode ka nsɛm a ɛnyɛ ye, nneɛma a onipa anofafa ntumi nka.

Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.”

“He is witness,” they said.

Enti mede saa onipa yi bɛhoahoa me ho na meremfa me ara me ho nhoahoa me ho gye sɛ nneɛma a ɛda me adi sɛ meyɛ mmerɛw no ho.

Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors up out of Egypt.

Sɛ mepɛ sɛ mehoahoa me ho a, anka merenyɛ ɔkwasea, efisɛ, anka mɛka nokware. Nanso merenhoahoa me ho, efisɛ, mempɛ sɛ obiara bu me otitiriw sen sɛnea wahu na wate afi me nkyɛn no.

Now then, stand here, because I am going to confront you with evidence before the Lord as to all the righteous acts performed by the Lord for you and your ancestors.

Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɛnam saa adiyisɛm nwowaso yi nti meremma me ho so no, ɔbonsam somaa ne bɔfo ma ɔbɛhwee me, brɛɛ me ase.

“After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

Mebɔɔ eyi ho mpae mpɛn abiɛsa kyerɛɛ Awurade na mesrɛɛ no se ɔmma omfi me so nkɔ.

“But they forgot the Lord their God; so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

Ne mmuae a ɔmaa me ne sɛ, “M’adom nko ara na ɛho hia wo na bere a woayɛ mmerɛw no na me tumi mu yɛ den pa ara.” Enti ɛyɛ me anigye pa ara sɛ mede me mmerɛwyɛ hoahoa me ho sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mɛte Kristo banbɔ tumi a ɛbɔ me ho ban no.

They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’

Esiane Kristo nti, mepene mmerɛwyɛ, ɔyaw, amanehunu, ɔtaa ne akwansiwde so. Efisɛ, me mmerɛwyɛ mu no na meyɛ den.

Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,^[a] Barak,^[b] Jephthah and Samuel,^[c] and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

Meyɛ me ho sɛ ɔkwasea nanso mo na moama mayɛ saa. Mo na anka ɛsɛ sɛ mugye me tom. Na sɛ menyɛ hwee a, ɔkwan biara so no, menyɛ sɛ abomfiaa wɔ mo anim nsen “Asomafo” a mubu wɔn no.

“But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.

Mede boasetɔ dii dwuma wɔ mo mu de kyerɛe sɛ meyɛ ɔsomafo.

Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you.

Dwumadi no bi yɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ne anwonwade. Adɛn nti na moyɛ asɔre a aka no mu abomfiaa, efisɛ, mammisa mo mmoa bi nti? Mesrɛ mo momfa saa mfomso no nkyɛ me.

If you fear the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God—good!

Eyi ne ne mpɛn abiɛsa so a masiesie me ho pɛ sɛ mebɛsra mo. Na meba nso a, meremmisa mo biribiara. Mo na merehwehwɛ mo na ɛnyɛ mo sika. Efisɛ ɛnyɛ mma na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhwɛ wɔn awofo na mmom awofo na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhwɛ mma.

But if you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your ancestors.

Ɛbɛyɛ me anigye sɛ mo nti, mɛhwere nea mewɔ ne m’adagyew de aboa mo. Esiane sɛ medɔ mo yiye no nti, mo dɔ a modɔ me no so bɛtew anaa?

“Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes!

Mobɛte ase sɛ na menyɛ adesoa mma mo. Nanso obi bɛka se, na meyɛ ɔdaadaafo a mede nnaadaa yii mo.

Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”

Ɔkwan bɛn so? Menam abɔfo a mesomaa wɔn mo nkyɛn no so sisii mo anaa?

Then Samuel called on the Lord, and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the Lord and of Samuel.

Mesomaa Tito sɛ ɔnkɔ, ɛnna mesomaa onua baako kaa ne ho. Mokyerɛ sɛ Tito sisii mo anaa? Ɔno ne me nyinaa nkita adwenekoro nni dwuma koro?

The people all said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

Ebia, mudwen sɛ ɔpɛ ara na yɛpɛ sɛ yɛka biribi de tetew yɛn ho wɔ mo anim. Dabi! Yɛkasa sɛnea Kristo pɛ sɛ yɛka wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. Na biribiara a yɛyɛ no nso, me nnamfo pa, yɛyɛ de boa mo.

“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

Misuro sɛ, sɛ midu hɔ a, sɛnea anka mepɛ sɛ mihu mo no, merenhu mo saa. Saa ara nso na sɛnea anka mopɛ sɛ muhu me no, morenhu me saa. Minim sɛ mɛba abɛto akasakasa ne anibere, abufuw ne pɛsɛmenkominya, ɔyaw ne nseku, ahantan ne basabasayɛ so.

Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

Misuro sɛ da a mɛba bio no, Onyankopɔn begu m’anim ase wɔ mo anim na mesu mama wɔn a wɔayɛ bɔne dedaw na wonnuu wɔn ho wɔ wɔn akɔnnɔ ne aguamammɔ ho no.

For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.

But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”