Nehemia 13:1-31
13 Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, a kane Mose womi ɔ, nɛ ni ɔmɛ nu, nɛ a na nɛ́ a ngma ngɛ mi kaa e sɛ nɛ Amon no ko aloo Moab no ko nɛ e ba anɔkuale Mawu ɔ asafo ɔ mi kɔkɔɔkɔ,
2 ejakaa a kɛ abolo kɛ nyu ba kpee we Israel bi ɔmɛ, mohu ɔ, a bɔ Balaam apaa kaa e ba gbiɛ mɛ. Se wa Mawu ɔ plɛ gbiɛmi ɔ kɛ pee jɔɔmi.
3 Benɛ a nu Mlaa a mi munyu ɔmɛ pɛ ɔ, a bɔni nibwɔ* ɔmɛ tsuo jemi ngɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti.
4 Jehanɛ ɔ, loko nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa ba a, osɔfo nɛ e hyɛɛ wa Mawu ɔ we* ɔ nito he tsu ɔmɛ* a nɔ ɔ ji Eliashib, e weku no ji Tobia.
5 E je nito he tsu* ngua ko kɛ ha lɛ. Be ko nɛ be ɔ, lejɛ ɔ nɛ a toɔ ní nɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ: ngma afɔle ɔ, ohɛ ɔ, níhi nɛ a kɛ tsuɔ ní ngɛ sɔlemi we ɔ, kɛ ngma* kɛ wai ehe kɛ nu ɔ mi dlami nyɔngmanyɔngma mi kakaaka amɛ nɛ a kɛ haa Levi bi ɔmɛ, lali ɔmɛ, kɛ agbo nya buli ɔmɛ, kɛ yemi kɛ buami nɛ a kɛ haa osɔfo ɔmɛ ɔ.
6 Be nɛ ɔ mi tsuo ɔ, i be Yerusalem, ejakaa i ho matsɛ ɔ ngɔ ya ngɛ Babilon Matsɛ Artaherhes nɔ yemi jeha nɛ ji 32 ɔ mi; nɛ pee se ɔ, i bi matsɛ ɔ kaa e ha mi blɔ nɛ ma je.
7 Kɛkɛ nɛ i ba Yerusalem, nɛ i ba na yayami ngua nɛ Eliashib pee ngɛ Tobia he je, kaa e je nito he tsu ko kɛ ha lɛ ngɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ we ɔ yale ɔ mi.
8 Ye bua jɔɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ he kulaa, enɛ ɔ he ɔ, i je Tobia tsu mi ní ɔmɛ tsuo kpo kɛ je nito he tsu ɔ mi,* nɛ i sake ngɔ pue he.
9 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, i fã, nɛ a dla nito he tsu ɔmɛ a mi* nyaii; nɛ i kpale ngɔ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ we ɔ ní ɔmɛ, kɛ ngma afɔle ɔ, kɛ ohɛ ɔ kɛ ya to lejɛ ɔ.
10 I na hu kaa níhi nɛ e sa kaa a ha Levi bi ɔmɛ ɔ, a ha we mɛ, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Levi bi ɔmɛ kɛ lali ɔmɛ nɛ a tsuɔ ní ɔ je kɛ ho; a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ho lɛ nitsɛ e ngmɔ mi ya.
11 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i kã nɔ yeli ɔmɛ a se yeli ɔmɛ a hɛ mi, nɛ i bi mɛ ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ nyɛ kua anɔkuale Mawu ɔ we ɔ?” Kɛkɛ nɛ i bua a nya, nɛ i kpale ngɔ mɛ kɛ ba to a ní tsumi ɔmɛ a nya.
12 Nɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ tsuo ngɔ ngma kɛ wai ehe kɛ nu ɔ mi dlami nyɔngmanyɔngma mi kakaaka amɛ kɛ ba nito he tsu ɔmɛ a mi.
13 Kɛkɛ nɛ i ngɔ osɔfo Shelemia, Zadok, nɛ ji womi ngmalɔ ɔ* kɛ Pedaya nɛ je Levi bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ kɛ da nito he tsu ɔmɛ a nya, nɛ Hanan, nɛ ji Matania binyumu Zakur binyumu ɔ ji a se yelɔ, ejakaa a buu nyumu nɛ ɔmɛ kaa nihi nɛ a ma nyɛ maa fĩa kɛ fɔ a nɔ. A ní tsumi ji kaa a ma gba ní ɔmɛ kɛ ha a nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ.
14 Oo ye Mawu, mo kai mi ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ he, nɛ suɔmi nɛ se pui nɛ i je kpo ngɛ ye Mawu ɔ we ɔ kɛ e he ní tsumi ɔmɛ a* he ɔ, o hɛ ko je nɔ.
15 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, i na nihi ngɛ Yuda nɛ a ngɛ wai ngae ngɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ nɔ, nihi nɛ a ngɔɔ ngma nɛ a to glegleegle kɛ baa nɛ a kɛ ba pueɔ tejihi a nɔ, kɛ nihi nɛ a ngɔɔ wai, wai yiblii, fig, kɛ tlomi slɔɔtohi tsuo kɛ baa Yerusalem ngɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ nɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i bɔ mɛ kɔkɔ kaa a ko jua ní ngɛ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ nɔ.*
16 Nɛ Tiro bi nɛ a ngɛ ma a mi ɔ ngɔɔ pami lohi kɛ nijua ní slɔɔtohi tsuo kɛ baa, nɛ a ba juaa kɛ haa Yuda bi ɔmɛ ngɛ Yerusalem ngɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ nɔ.
17 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i kã Yuda odehe ɔmɛ a hɛ mi, nɛ i de mɛ ke: “Mɛni yayami nyɛ ngɛ pee nɛ ɔ? Nyɛ ngɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ po blee!
18 Anɛ pi nɔ́ nɛ ɔ nɔuu nɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ pee nɛ wa Mawu ɔ ngɔ haomi nɛ ɔ tsuo kɛ ba wa nɔ, kɛ ma nɛ ɔ hu nɔ ɔ lo? Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, nyɛ ma ha nɛ Mawu mi mi nɛ fu Israel ɔ nya maa wa wawɛɛ ngɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ nɛ nyɛ ble ɔ he je.”
19 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, benɛ nini ɔmɛ bɔni Yerusalem agbo ɔmɛ a nɔ puemi loko Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ maa je sisi ɔ, oya nɔuu nɛ i fã kaa a nga sinya amɛ. Jehanɛ hu ɔ, i de ke a ko bli sinya amɛ kɛ ya si be nɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ maa be, nɛ i ngɔ imi nitsɛ ye tsɔli ɔmɛ ekomɛ kɛ to agbo ɔmɛ a nya konɛ a ko ngɔ tlomi ko kɛ ba ma a mi ngɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ nɔ.
20 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, jua yeli ɔmɛ, kɛ nihi nɛ a juaa nijua ní slɔɔtohi tsuo ɔ hwɔ Yerusalem agbo ɔ se si kake loo si enyɔ.
21 Kɛkɛ nɛ i bɔ mɛ kɔkɔ, nɛ i de mɛ ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ nyɛ hwɔ gbogbo ɔ se ɔ? Ke nyɛ pee jã ekohu ɔ, ma fiee nyɛ pani nya.” Kɛ je jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, a bɛ ngɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ nɔ hu.
22 Nɛ i de Levi bi ɔmɛ ke a tsu a he be fɛɛ be nɛ a ba nɛ a ba bu agbo ɔmɛ a nya, konɛ Hejɔɔmi Ligbi ɔ nɛ pee klɔuklɔu. Oo ye Mawu, mo kai mi ngɛ enɛ ɔ hu he, nɛ́ o na mi mɔbɔ, ngɛ o suɔmi babauu nɛ se pui ɔ he je.
23 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, i na Yuda bi komɛ hu nɛ a ngɔ Ashdod, Amon, kɛ Moab yihi.*
24 A binyumu ɔmɛ fã tuɔ Ashdod bi ɔmɛ a gbi ɔ, kɛ ni kpahi a gbi, se a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko li bɔ nɛ a tuɔ Yuda bi ɔmɛ a gbi ɔ ha.
25 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i kã a hɛ mi, nɛ i gbiɛ mɛ, nɛ i gba nyumu ɔmɛ a ti ni komɛ ma, nɛ i hiaa a yi bwɔmi, nɛ i ha nɛ a ngɔ Mawu biɛ kɛ kã kita. I de mɛ ke: “Nyɛ ko ngɔ nyɛ biyi ɔmɛ kɛ ha a binyumu ɔmɛ, nɛ nyɛ ko ngɔ a biyi ɔmɛ kɛ ha nyɛ binyumu ɔmɛ aloo nyɛ he.
26 Anɛ pi ní nɛ ɔmɛ nɔuu nɛ ha nɛ Israel Matsɛ Salomo pee yayami ɔ lo? Ngɛ je ma amɛ tsuo a kpɛti ɔ, matsɛ ko be nɛ ngɛ kaa lɛ; nɛ e Mawu ɔ suɔ lɛ, enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Mawu wo lɛ Israel tsuo nɔ matsɛ. Se ma se yihi ha nɛ lɛ po e pee yayami.
27 Anɛ e be nyakpɛ kaa nyɛ pee yayami ngua nɛ ɔ, nɛ nyɛ yi wa Mawu ɔ anɔkuale kɛ gu ma se yihi nɛ nyɛ ngɔ ɔ nɔ lo?”
28 Eliashib, nɛ ji osɔfo nɔkɔtɔma a binyumu Yoyada binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti nɔ kake ba pee Sanbalat, nɛ ji Horon no ɔ ngatsɛ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i fiee lɛ kɛ je ye kasa nya.
29 Oo ye Mawu, mo kai mɛ, ejakaa a ble osɔfo yemi ɔ, kɛ osɔfo yemi somi ɔ, kɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ.
30 Nɛ i tsu a he ngɛ ma se níhi tsuo nɛ e bleɔ nɔ ɔ he, nɛ i gba ní tsumihi kɛ ha osɔfo ɔmɛ kɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ; a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ho lɛ nitsɛ e sɔmɔmi ní tsumi he ya,
31 nɛ i to blɔ nya konɛ a ngɔ lɛ́ kɛ ba ngɛ behi nɛ a to ɔ mi, nɛ́ a ngɔ kekleekle yiblii hu kɛ ba.
Oo ye Mawu, mo kai mi nɛ o pee mi kpakpa.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “futufututsɛmɛ.”
^ Aloo “sɔlemi we.”
^ Aloo “ní yemi asahi.”
^ Aloo “ní yemi asa.”
^ Ngma nɛ a ngɛ tsɔɔe ngɛ hiɛ ɔ ji hwiit, blɛfo kɛ a henɔ ɔmɛ.
^ Aloo “ní yemi asa a nɔ.”
^ Aloo “ní yemi asa amɛ a nɔ.”
^ Hebri munyu nɛ ɔ tsɔɔ nihi nɛ a hyɛɛ Mlaa womi ɔ kɛ Ngmami Klɔuklɔu ɔ fã komɛ a nɔ nɛ a ngmaa e mi munyu ɔmɛ kɛ fɔɔ si.
^ Aloo “kɛ e nɔ hyɛmi ɔ.”
^ Baiblo komɛ de ke “i bɔ mɛ kɔkɔ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ kaa a ko jua ní.”
^ Aloo “a ngɔ Ashdod, Amon, kɛ Moab yihi kɛ ya a wehi a mi.”