2 Samuel 5:8
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Ɛberɛ a atɛnnidie nkra firi banbɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ kuro no mu duruu Dawid asom no, ɔka kyerɛɛ ne dɔm no sɛ, “Momfa nsudorobɛn no mu nkɔ kuro no mu, na monkɔsɛe Yebusifoɔ mpakye ne anifirafoɔ no, ɛfiri sɛ mekyiri wɔn! ‘Anifirafoɔ ne mpakye’ nnkɔ efie no mu” no abɔseɛ nie.
2 Samuel 5:8 in English
2 Samuel 5:8 · Berean Standard Bible
On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.*” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
Context
6Dawid dii nʼakodɔm anim kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔko tiaa Yebusifoɔ. Yebusifoɔ no dii wɔn ho fɛ sɛ, “Morentumi mma ha. Na mpo, anifirafoɔ ne mmubuafoɔ bɛtu mo afiri ha.” Ɛfiri sɛ, na Yebusifoɔ no dwene sɛ wɔwɔ banbɔ. 7Nanso, Dawid ko faa Sion aban no a seesei wɔfrɛ no Dawid Kuropɔn no. 8Ɛberɛ a atɛnnidie nkra firi banbɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ kuro no mu duruu Dawid asom no, ɔka kyerɛɛ ne dɔm no sɛ, “Momfa nsudorobɛn no mu nkɔ kuro no mu, na monkɔsɛe Yebusifoɔ mpakye ne anifirafoɔ no, ɛfiri sɛ mekyiri wɔn! ‘Anifirafoɔ ne mpakye’ nnkɔ efie no mu” no abɔseɛ nie. 9Enti, Dawid yɛɛ aban no nʼatenaeɛ, na ɔfrɛɛ hɔ Dawid Kuropɔn. Ɔsisii banbɔdan bebree twaa kuro no ho kaa ho. Wɔhyɛɛ dwumadie no ase wɔ Milo de baa mu. 10Na Dawid kɔɔ so yɛɛ kɛseɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Asafo Awurade Onyankopɔn ka ne ho.
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