Na Yisrael nguro bɔ Ben Hadade baba Hasael ole fili Yehoase baba Yehoahase ye sa nu wɔ koɛ nu ne, Yehoase sa le fili Ben Hadade sa nu. Yoase lili Ben Hadade so ngonim pɛen nza, na osa lele Yisrael nguro nemɔ.
Ɔhone koɛ osa lele Yisrael aseɛ bɔ ye wɛen fi Lebo Hamate kɔpem Araba Ɛpo ne, kyɛbɔ AWURADE Yisrael Nyameɛ dwirɛ bɔ ɔnate ye somvoɛ ngɔmhyɛlɛniɛ Yona so hane ne, ɔte ne ala. Yona fi Gate Hefa, na ye baba ole Amitae.
Yusia awa Yotam ɔwa Ahase bɔ ɔte Yuda hene ne, ye aberɛ so, Siria hene Resin ne Yisrael hene Peka bɔ ɔse ole Remalia ne, bɛɛfale koɛ bɛtetale Yerusalem, nakoso bangora banni so ngonim.
Bɔ AWURADE kã hɔ ɛhe: “Nnɛma nworɛniɛ ɔfa ye nworɛ hoahoa ye nwo, nnɛma anwoserɛniɛ ɔfa ye anwoserɛ hoahoa ye nwo, yeɛ nnɛma sikaniɛ ɔfa ye anwonya hoahoa ye nwo.
Dwudwo, ná se kyɛ, AWURADE Nyameɛ nwa nyoo, “Tie, meko metia wɔ, Misraim hene Faro, wɔ, sasrabɔnzam piri bɔ ɛla w’asue mɔ nu, bɔ ɛnwa: ‘M’asue Naele te me bɔbɔ me deɛ, na me bɔbɔ yeɛ nyɔ mane me nwo ɔ.’
Misraim aseɛ ne kɔkakyi kurofoen ne aseɛ pralaa, na bekonwu kyɛ me ole AWURADE. “Ɔnate kyɛ ɔnwa, ‘Asue Naele te me bɔbɔ me deɛ, na me bɔbɔ yeɛ nyɔle ɔ.’
Yiti Nana, me foɛ bɔ mebaatu wɔ ye, de to nu: Bɔ bra bɔ ɔtengyɛ ɔ ná yakyi bɔne yɔlɛ; nwu bɛ bɔ bɛyɛ anwumvo ɔ anwumvoin, ná yakyi amumuyɛɛ yɔlɛ, amaa ɔnate so ebiaa né wɔ so anu atɔ wɔ ahyɛ.”
na osele kyɛ, “Babilɔn yeɛ wayɛ piri sɔa e! Aso nna me tumi piri yeɛ mafa makyekye kuro ye maa wayɛ m’ahenguro, bɔ mefa meye m’ahennie animnyam ali ɔ?”
Na AWURADE Nyameɛ siesiele ngomvo bakaa bie maa onyi katale Yona so, kyɛ ɔyɛ fɔnwoo ɔkata ye ti so, ná ɔye ye ofi ye amaneɛ ne anu. Yiti Yona nye gyele ngomvo bakaa ne anwo paa.
“Sɔ mmerɛ ne, w’animguaseɛ yɔleɛ amukoraa bɔ ɛfa tole me mmeraa ne, ngɔye ngofi berɛ, na bɛ bɔ bedi anwomasoɛ nu ahurusi ne, ngotu bɛ bo ngofi wɔ nu, na ɛngɔyɛ ahandaen ko wɔ me bokaa krongron ne aso.
Yeɛ mmisale abɔfo bɔ ɔne me dwudwole ne kyɛ, “Na ɛhemɔ, nzikyɛ ɛne?” Na obuale me kyɛ, “Ɛhemɔ ole mmɛen bɔ bɛbɔle Yuda, Yisrael ne Yerusalem bɛsandele ne.”