Ezra 6:1-22
6 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi nɛ Matsɛ Darius fã, nɛ a hla níhi a mi ngɛ we ɔ nɛ a kɛ yi nɔ sane womi ɔmɛ toɔ ngɛ mi ɔ mi, ngɛ juetli to he ɔ nɛ ngɛ Babilon ɔ.
2 Nɛ a na womi kpo ko ngɛ mɔ ngua a nɛ ngɛ Ekbatana a mi ngɛ Media kpokpa a nɔ, nɛ a ngma munyu nɛ nyɛɛ se nɛ ɔ ngɛ nɔ:
3 “Ngɛ Matsɛ Sirus nɔ yemi ɔ we kekleekle jeha a mi ɔ, Matsɛ Sirus kɛ fami ha ngɛ Mawu we ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ he ke: ‘Á kpale ya ma we ɔ konɛ a nyɛ nɛ a sã afɔlehi ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ́ a fia e sisi tomi ɔmɛ; e hiɔwe yami nɛ pee kɔni fã 60,* nɛ e mi blimi nɛ pee kɔni fã 60.
4 Á ngɔ tɛ nguanguahi nɛ a to mɛ pue a sibi a nɔ etɛ, kɛ tsohi nɛ a to kɛ fia gbogbo ɔ; nɛ́ a ngɔ sika ngɛ matsɛ we ɔ kɛ wo a he hiɔ.
5 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, Mawu we ɔ mi sika tsu kɛ sika hiɔ kplu ɔmɛ nɛ Nebukadnezar muɔɔ kɛ je sɔlemi we ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem kɛ ba Babilon ɔ, á kpale kɛ ho, konɛ a kɛ ya to a to he ngɛ Mawu we ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ.’
6 “Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, amlɔ nɛ ɔ, mo Tatenai, nɛ ji amlaalo nɛ hyɛɛ kpokpa nɛ ngɛ Pa a Se* ɔ nɔ, Shetar Bozenai, kɛ nihi nɛ a piɛɛ nyɛ he ɔ, nɛ a ji kpokpa nɛ ngɛ Pa a Se ɔ nɔ amlaalo tsɔwi ɔmɛ—nyɛ nane ko ma lejɛ ɔ.
7 Nyɛ ko tsi Mawu we ɔ ní tsumi ɔ nya. Yuda bi ɔmɛ a we amlaalo ɔ, kɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ a ma nikɔtɔma amɛ maa kpale ma Mawu we ɔ ngɛ he nɛ e hi sa a.
8 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, nɔ́ nɛ i ngɛ fãe nɛ nyɛɛ pee ha Yuda bi ɔmɛ a ma nikɔtɔma nɛ ɔmɛ konɛ a kɛ kpale ma Mawu we ɔ ekohu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: Hiɔ nɛ a ma bɔ ngɛ ní tsumi ɔ he ɔ, a je ní ngɛ matsɛ ɔ juetli to he ɔ, nɛ ji tó nɛ a tsu ngɛ kpokpa nɛ ngɛ Pa a Se ɔ nɔ ɔ mi eko kɛ ha nyumu nɛ ɔmɛ oya nɔuu nɛ a kɛ tsa ní tsumi ɔ nɔ, nɛ nɔ ko nɛ ko tsi a nya.
9 Nɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ e he maa hia a—na kuhi nɛ a wɛ kɛ agbosuhi, kɛ jijɔ bimɛ nɛ a kɛ maa sã sami afɔle ha hiɔwe Mawu ɔ, hwiit, ngo, wai, kɛ nu kaa bɔ nɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ maa tsɔɔ ɔ—nyɛ ha mɛ daa ligbi nɛ nyɛ ko kpa,
10 konɛ a nyɛ nɛ a ya nɔ nɛ a sã afɔlehi nɛ maa sa hiɔwe Mawu ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ́ a sɔle kɛ ha matsɛ ɔ kɛ e binyumu ɔmɛ nɛ́ a se nɛ kɛ.
11 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, i kɛ fami ngɛ hae kaa nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ ma tɔ̃ mlaa nɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ, a ma je tso ngɛ e we ɔ yi mi kɛ ma si, nɛ a ma wo e nɔ kɛ ya hiɔwe, nɛ a maa sɛu lɛ ngɛ nɔ,* nɛ a maa ngɔ e we ɔ kɛ pee ma bi a niase yami he* ngɛ tɔmi nɛ ɔ nɛ e tɔ̃ ɔ he je.
12 Nɛ Mawu, nɔ nɛ e ha nɛ e biɛ ɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ nɛ́ e kpata matsɛ fɛɛ matsɛ, kɛ ma fɛɛ ma nɛ e be fami nɛ ɔ nɔ yee, nɛ́ e maa bɔ mɔde kaa e ma puɛ Mawu we ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ hɛ mi. Imi Darius lɛ i kɛ fami nɛ ɔ ngɛ hae. Á tsu he ní oya nɔuu.”
13 Kɛkɛ nɛ Tatenai, nɛ ji amlaalo nɛ hyɛɛ kpokpa nɛ ngɛ Pa a Se ɔ nɔ, kɛ Shetar Bozenai, kɛ nihi nɛ a piɛɛ a he ɔ pee nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ Matsɛ Darius fã ke a pee ɔ oya nɔuu.
14 Nɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ a ma nikɔtɔma amɛ ya nɔ nɛ a ma we ɔ, nɛ ní tsumi ɔ ya hɛ mi, nɛ gbami nɛ gbalɔ Hagai kɛ Zakaria, nɛ ji Ido bibi ɔ gba a wo mɛ he wami; a gbe we ɔ mami nya ngɛ Israel Mawu ɔ fami nya, kɛ Sirus, kɛ Darius, kɛ Persia Matsɛ Artaherhes a fami nya.
15 Ngɛ Matsɛ Darius nɔ yemi ɔ we jeha ekpane ɔ mi, ngɛ Adar* nyɔhiɔ ɔ we ligbi etɛne ɔ nɔ ɔ, a gbe we ɔ mami nya.
16 Kɛkɛ nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ, osɔfo ɔmɛ, Levi bi ɔmɛ, kɛ nihi nɛ a piɛ nɛ a je nyɔguɛ tso mi kɛ ba a bli Mawu we ɔ nya* kɛ bua jɔmi.
17 Nɛ a ha na ku 100, agbosu 200, jijɔ bimɛ 400, kaa a kɛ bli Mawu we nɛ ɔ nya, nɛ a ha akpakpo 12 ngɛ Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ a yibɔ nya, kaa a kɛ sã yayami afɔle ha Israel tsuo.
18 Nɛ a hla osɔfo ɔmɛ ngɛ a kuu ɔmɛ a nya, kɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ ngɛ a kuu ɔmɛ a nya kɛ ha Mawu sɔmɔmi ní tsumi ɔ ngɛ Yerusalem kaa bɔ nɛ a ngma ngɛ Mose womi ɔ mi ɔ.
19 Nɛ nihi nɛ a je nyɔguɛ tso mi kɛ ba a ye Hetsɔmi ɔ ngɛ kekleekle nyɔhiɔ ɔ we ligbi nɛ ji 14 ɔ nɔ.
20 Osɔfo ɔmɛ kɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ tsuo tsu a he, nɛ mɛ tsuo a he tsɔ; a gbe lohwe ɔmɛ nɛ a kɛ maa ye Hetsɔmi ɔ kɛ ha nihi tsuo nɛ a je nyɔguɛ tso mi kɛ ba a, kɛ a nyɛmimɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ hu a he.
21 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ nɛ a kpale kɛ je nyɔguɛ tso mi kɛ ba a, kɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ ba piɛɛ a he nɛ́ e jé e he kɛ je ma amɛ nɛ a ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ a ní peepeehi nɛ a he tsɔ we ɔ a he konɛ e ja Yehowa Israel Mawu ɔ,* ye ní ɔ eko.
22 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, a kɛ bua jɔmi ye Abolo Nɛ Masa Be Mi Gbijlɔ ɔ ligbi kpaago, ejakaa Yehowa ha nɛ a nyá, nɛ jehanɛ ɔ hu, e ha nɛ Asiria matsɛ ɔ ná a he bua jɔmi, nɛ e ye bua mɛ* ngɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ, nɛ ji Israel Mawu ɔ we ɔ he ní tsumi ɔ mi.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Maa pee mita 26.7 (nanewɛɛ 87.6). Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B14.
^ Aloo “Yufrate Pa a Se.”
^ Aloo “a ma ka lɛ kɛ wo he.”
^ Baiblo komɛ de ke “a maa ngɔ e we ɔ kɛ pee kuku; a maa ngɔ e we ɔ kɛ pee lohwehi a fĩ nya buami he.”
^ Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B15.
^ Aloo “jɔɔ Mawu we ɔ nɔ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “e hla Yehowa, Israel Mawu ɔ se blɔ ɔ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “e wo a nine mi he wami.”