Ezra 8:1-36
8 Jehanɛ ɔ, nihi nɛ a kɛ mi kuɔ kɛ je Babilon kɛ ho benɛ Matsɛ Artaherhes ngɛ nɔ yee ɔ a tsɛmɛ a we ɔmɛ a nyatsɛmɛ nɛ a ngma a biɛhi weku nya weku nya ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ:
2 ngɛ Finehas binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Gershom; ngɛ Itamar binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Daniel; ngɛ David binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Hatush;
3 ngɛ Shekania binyumu ɔmɛ kɛ Parosh binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Zakaria, nɛ nyumuhi 150 nɛ a ngma a biɛ piɛɛ e he;
4 ngɛ Pahat Moab binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Elieho Enai, nɛ ji Zerahia binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 200 piɛɛ e he;
5 ngɛ Zatu binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Shekania, nɛ ji Yahaziel binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 300 piɛɛ e he;
6 ngɛ Adin binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Ebed, nɛ ji Yonatan binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 50 piɛɛ e he;
7 ngɛ Elam binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Yeshaya, nɛ ji Atalia binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 70 piɛɛ e he;
8 ngɛ Shefatia binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Zebadia, nɛ ji Mikael binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 80 piɛɛ e he;
9 ngɛ Yoab binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Obadia, nɛ ji Yehiel binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 218 piɛɛ e he;
10 ngɛ Bani binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Shelomit, nɛ ji Yosifia binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 160 piɛɛ e he;
11 ngɛ Bebai binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Zakaria, nɛ ji Bebai binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 28 piɛɛ e he;
12 ngɛ Azgad binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Yohanan, nɛ ji Hakatan binyumu ɔ, nɛ nyumuhi 110 piɛɛ e he;
13 ngɛ Adonikam binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, ni nɛmɛ nɛ a ji sekpɛtsɛmɛ nɛ a kpale a se kɛ ba a, a biɛhi ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ: Elifelet, Yeyel, kɛ Shemaya, nɛ nyumuhi 60 piɛɛ a he;
14 ngɛ Bigvai binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, Utai kɛ Zabbud, nɛ nyumuhi 70 piɛɛ a he.
15 I bua a nya ngɛ pa a nɛ beɔ kɛ baa Ahava a he, nɛ wa to si ngɛ lejɛ ɔ ligbi etɛ. Se benɛ i hyɛ ni ɔmɛ kɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, i nɛ́ Levi bi ɔmɛ a ti nɔ ko ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
16 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i tsɔ nɛ a ya tsɛ Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaya, Elnatan, Yarib, Elnatan, Natan, Zakaria, kɛ Meshulam, nɛ a ji hɛ mi nyɛɛli ɔ, kɛ Yoyarib kɛ Elnatan, nɛ a ji ní tsɔɔli ɔ kɛ ba.
17 Kɛkɛ nɛ i tsɔ mɛ Ido nɛ e ji hɛ mi nyɛɛlɔ ngɛ he ko nɛ a tsɛɛ ke Kasifia a ngɔ. I de mɛ kaa a ya de Ido kɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ, nɛ a ji sɔlemi we ɔ sɔmɔli* nɛ a ngɛ Kasifia a kaa a ha wɔ nihi konɛ a ba sɔmɔ ngɛ wa Mawu ɔ we ɔ.
18 Akɛnɛ wa Mawu ɔ nine nɛ e hi ɔ ngɛ wa nɔ he je ɔ, a kɛ Mahli binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti nɔ kake nɛ e hɛ mi kã si nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ ke Sherebia a, kɛ e binyumu ɔmɛ kɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ ba, mɛ tsuo a peeɔ nyumuhi 18. Mahli ji Levi bibi, nɛ Levi tsɛ ji Israel;
19 nɛ a kɛ Hashabia hu ba, nɛ Yeshaya nɛ e je Merari bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, kɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ, kɛ a binyumu ɔmɛ hu piɛɛ e he, mɛ tsuo a peeɔ nyumuhi 20.
20 Nɛ a tsɔ sɔlemi we ɔ sɔmɔli* 220 kɛ ba. A ji sɔlemi we ɔ sɔmɔli nɛ David kɛ ma nikɔtɔma amɛ hla mɛ kaa a sɔmɔ Levi bi ɔmɛ ɔ a nina; a ngma mɛ tsuo a biɛ kɛ wo womi mi.
21 Kɛkɛ nɛ i fiɛɛ kaa a ha hwɔ ngɛ Ahava pa a he konɛ waa ba wa he si ngɛ wa Mawu ɔ hɛ mi, konɛ wa hla blɔ tsɔɔmi kɛ je e ngɔ ngɛ blɔ nɛ wa hia a he kɛ ha waa kɛ wa bimɛ ɔmɛ kɛ wa ní ɔmɛ tsuo.
22 E pee mi zo kaa ma bi matsɛ ɔ nɛ e ha wɔ ta buli kɛ okpɔngɔ nɔ hili konɛ a bu wa he ngɛ he nyɛli a he ngɛ blɔ ɔ nɔ, ejakaa wa de matsɛ ɔ ke: “Wa Mawu ɔ nine nɛ e hi ɔ ngɛ nihi tsuo nɛ a hlaa e se blɔ ɔ a nɔ, se nihi tsuo nɛ a kuaa lɛ ɔ, e kɛ e he wami kɛ e we abofu ɔ kpleɔ a nɔ.”
23 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa ha hwɔ, nɛ wa kpa wa Mawu ɔ pɛɛ ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ he, nɛ e bu wa pɛɛ kpami ɔ tue.
24 Jehanɛ ɔ, i hla osɔfo ɔmɛ a nya dali ɔmɛ a kpɛti nihi 12. Mɛ ji Sherebia kɛ Hashabia, kɛ a nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti nihi nyɔngma.
25 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, i ngmɛ sika hiɔ ɔ, kɛ sika tsu ɔ, kɛ ní ɔmɛ, nɛ ji níhi nɛ matsɛ ɔ kɛ e ga woli ɔmɛ, kɛ e ma nikɔtɔma amɛ kɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a ngɛ lejɛ ɔ kɛ ha ngɛ wa Mawu ɔ we ɔ he ɔ, nɛ i kɛ ha mɛ.
26 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i ngmɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ i kɛ wo a dɛ; sika hiɔ talɛnt* 650, sika hiɔ níhi 100 nɛ maa su talɛnt enyɔ, sika tsu talɛnt 100,
27 sika tsu kplu nyafinyafi 20 nɛ maa su darik* 1,000, kɛ akɔblee kpakpa níhi enyɔ nɛ́ a ngɛ kpɛe, nɛ́ a he jua wa kaa sika tsu.
28 Kɛkɛ nɛ i de mɛ ke: “Nyɛ ngɛ klɔuklɔu ha Yehowa, nɛ ní ɔmɛ hu ngɛ klɔuklɔu, nɛ sika hiɔ ɔ kɛ sika tsu ɔ ji afɔle nɛ je tsui mi faa nɛ a kɛ ha Yehowa, nyɛ nɛmɛ a Mawu ɔ.
29 Nyɛɛ hyɛ ní ɔmɛ a nɔ saminya kɛ ya si be nɛ nyɛ maa ngmɛ mɛ ngɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ a nya dali ɔmɛ, kɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ, kɛ Israel tsɛmɛ a we ɔmɛ a nyatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi ngɛ Yerusalem ngɛ Yehowa we ɔ tsu ɔmɛ a mi.”*
30 Nɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ kɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ ngɔ sika hiɔ ɔ kɛ sika tsu ɔ kɛ ní ɔmɛ nɛ a ngmɛ kɛ ha mɛ ɔ, konɛ a ngɔ kɛ ba Yerusalem ngɛ wa Mawu ɔ we ɔ.
31 Nyagbenyagbe ɔ, wa hia kɛ je Ahava pa a he ngɛ kekleekle nyɔhiɔ ɔ we ligbi nɛ ji 12 ɔ nɔ, nɛ wa pue Yerusalem blɔ, nɛ wa Mawu ɔ nine ngɛ wa he, nɛ e kpɔ̃ wɔ ngɛ he nyɛli kɛ ka woli a dɛ ngɛ blɔ ɔ nɔ.
32 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa ba su Yerusalem, nɛ wa hi lejɛ ɔ ligbi etɛ.
33 Nɛ ngɛ ligbi eywiɛne ɔ nɔ ɔ, wa ngmɛ sika hiɔ ɔ, kɛ sika tsu ɔ, kɛ ní ɔmɛ ngɛ wa Mawu ɔ we ɔ, nɛ waa kɛ ha Meremot, nɛ ji osɔfo Uriya binyumu ɔ, nɛ nɔ nɛ piɛɛ e he ji Eleazar, nɛ ji Finehas binyumu ɔ, nɛ nihi nɛ a piɛɛ a he ji Levi no Yozabad, nɛ ji Yeshua binyumu ɔ, kɛ Levi no Noadia, nɛ ji Binui binyumu ɔ.
34 A kane nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ a ngmɛ, nɛ a ngma a jiɔmi kɛ fɔ si.
35 Nihi nɛ a je nyɔguɛ tso mi kɛ ba a ngɔ níhi kɛ ba sã sami afɔlehi ha Israel Mawu ɔ, na ku 12 kɛ ha Israel tsuo, jehanɛ hu waa kɛ agbosu 96, kɛ jijɔ wayo 77 sã sami afɔle, nɛ waa kɛ akpakpo 12 sã yayami afɔle; a kɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo sã sami afɔle kɛ ha Yehowa.
36 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, waa kɛ matsɛ ɔ mlaa amɛ ha matsɛ ɔ kpokpa a nɔ hyɛli ɔmɛ,* kɛ amlaalohi nɛ a ngɛ kpokpa nɛ ngɛ Pa a Se* ɔ nɔ ɔ, nɛ a fĩ ni ɔmɛ a se, nɛ a ha mɛ níhi nɛ a he maa hia kɛ ha anɔkuale Mawu ɔ we ɔ.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “Netinim.” Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “Nihi nɛ a kɛ mɛ ha a.”
^ Aloo “Netinim.” Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “nihi nɛ a kɛ mɛ ha.”
^ Talɛnt kake peeɔ kilogram 34.2 (oz t 1,101). Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B14.
^ Darik ji Persia bi a sika ko nɛ a kɛ sika tsu pee. Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B14.
^ Aloo “ní yemi asa amɛ a nɔ.”
^ Aloo “satrap ɔmɛ.” Sablai nɛ ɔ sisi ji “nɔ yemi he ɔmɛ a he buli.” Ngɛ hiɛ ɔ, e kɔɔ Persia Nɔ Yemi ɔ mi kpokpa amɛ a nɔ amlaalohi a he.
^ Aloo “Yufrate Pa a Se.”
