Ezra 9:1-15
9 Benɛ a pee ní nɛ ɔmɛ ta pɛ ɔ, ma nikɔtɔma amɛ ba su ye he, nɛ a de mi ke: “Israel bi ɔmɛ, kɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ je we a he kɛ ji zugba amɛ a nɔ bi ɔmɛ, kɛ a ní hiemi* ní ɔmɛ a he, nɛ ji níhi nɛ Kanaan bi, Hit bi, Periz bi, Yebus bi, Ammon bi, Moab bi, Egipt bi, kɛ Amor bi ɔmɛ peeɔ ɔ.
2 A ya ngɔ yihi ngɛ zugba amɛ a nɔ bi ɔmɛ a biyi ɔmɛ a kpɛti kɛ ha mɛ nitsɛmɛ a he kɛ a binyumu ɔmɛ. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, mɛ nɛ́ a ji nina* klɔuklɔu ɔ ya futu zugba amɛ a nɔ bi ɔmɛ. Nihi nɛ a kɛ a he wo yayami nɛ ɔ mi titli ji ma nikɔtɔma amɛ kɛ nɔ yeli ɔmɛ a se yeli ɔmɛ.”
3 Benɛ i nu nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, oya nɔuu nɛ i gba ye tade ɔ kɛ ye tade klɔii nɛ kɔni be he ɔ, nɛ i hiaa ye yi bwɔmi kɛ ye kpɛni, nɛ ye he mi po, nɛ i hi si.
4 Kɛkɛ nɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e ngɛ bumi* kɛ ha Israel Mawu ɔ munyu ɔmɛ ɔ ba bɔle mi kɛ kpe ngɛ anɔkuale nɛ́ nihi nɛ a je nyɔguɛ tso mi kɛ ba a yi ɔ he je. Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, ye he mi po, nɛ i hi si hluu kɛ ya si gbɔkuɛ ngma afɔle sami be ɔ.
5 Nɛ gbɔkuɛ ngma afɔle sami be ɔ, i te si ngɛ ye hɛ mi si puemi ɔ mi kɛ ye he tade kɛ tade klɔii nɛ kɔni be he nɛ́ e gba a, nɛ i kplã si ngɛ ye nakutso nya, nɛ i wo ye ninehi a nɔ kɛ tsɔɔ Yehowa, ye Mawu ɔ.
6 Nɛ i de ke: “Oo ye Mawu, ye hɛ mi pue si, nɛ e ngɛ mi zo pee kaa ma wo ye hɛ nɔ kɛ tsɔɔ mo, ye Mawu, ejakaa wa tɔmi ɔmɛ hiɛ kɛ be nɔ, nɛ wa fɔ yemi ɔ kuɔ kɛ ya su hiɔwe tɔɔ.
7 Kɛ je wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a be ɔ mi hluu kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, wa fɔ yemi ɔ kle; nɛ wa tɔmi ɔmɛ a he je ɔ, a kɛ wɔ, kɛ wa matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ wa we osɔfo ɔmɛ wo zugba amɛ a nɔ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a dɛ, nɛ nihi kɛ klaate gbe wɔ, wa ya nyɔguɛ tso mi, nihi ha wa ní, nɛ nihi pue wa hɛ mi si kaa bɔ nɛ e ji mwɔnɛ ɔ.
8 Se ngɛ be kpiti nɛ ɔ mi ɔ, Yehowa, wa Mawu ɔ na wɔ mɔbɔ nɛ e ha nɛ a ngmɛɛ wa kpɛti ni komɛ a he, nɛ e ha wɔ sihi he nɛ ngɛ slɔkee* ngɛ e he klɔuklɔu ɔ, konɛ wa hɛngmɛ nɔ nɛ tsɔ, nɛ́ é ha wɔ he jɔmi bɔɔ ngɛ wa nyɔguɛ yemi ɔ mi, Oo wa Mawu.
9 E ngɛ mi kaa nyɔguɛhi ji wɔ mohu lɛɛ, se wa Mawu ɔ kua we wɔ ngɛ wa nyɔguɛ yemi ɔ mi; mohu ɔ, e je e suɔmi nɛ se pui ɔ kpo kɛ ha wɔ ngɛ Persia matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi, konɛ e ha wɔ he wami bɔ nɛ pee nɛ wa wo wa Mawu ɔ we ɔ nɔ, nɛ́ waa kpale ma we ɔ nɛ e hule ɔ, konɛ e ha wɔ gbogbo nɛ maa po wa he piɛ* ngɛ Yuda kɛ Yerusalem.
10 “Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ, wa Mawu, mɛni wa ma nyɛ ma de ngɛ enɛ ɔ se? Ejakaa wa je o kita amɛ a se,
11 kitahi nɛ o ha wɔ kɛ gu o sɔmɔli, nɛ ji gbali ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ́ o de ke: ‘Zugba a nɛ nyɛ yaa nɛ nyɛ ya ngɔ ɔ, e ji zugba nɛ he tsɔ we, ejakaa zugba amɛ a nɔ bi ɔmɛ a he tsɔ we, ngɛ ní hiemi* níhi nɛ a peeɔ, nɛ́ a ha nɛ zugba a nɔ tsuo hyi tɔ kɛ a mu ní peepee ɔmɛ ɔ he je.
12 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ ko ngɔ nyɛ biyi ɔmɛ kɛ ha a binyumu ɔmɛ, nɛ nyɛ ko ngɔ a biyi ɔmɛ kɛ ha nyɛ binyumu ɔmɛ hulɔ; nɛ nyɛ ko pee nɔ́ ko nɛ ma ha nɛ a ná tue mi jɔmi, nɛ́ jehanɛ se hu á ya nɔ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ nyɛ he nɛ wa, nɛ́ nyɛɛ ye zugba a nɔ ní kpakpa amɛ, nɛ́ zugba a nɛ pee nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ binyumu ɔmɛ nyɛ nɔ́ kɛ ya neneene.’
13 Nɛ ngɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ ba wa nɔ ngɛ wa ní yayami ɔmɛ kɛ wa fɔ yemi nɛ kle ɔ tsuo se ɔ—ejakaa mo, wa Mawu, o kɛ wɔ yi ngɛ wa tɔmi ɔ nya, nɛ o ha nɛ wɔ nihi nɛ wa ngɛ hiɛ ɔ wa yi ná wami—
14 anɛ e sa nɛ wa tɔ̃ o kita amɛ a nɔ ekohu, nɛ́ waa kɛ nihi nɛ a peeɔ ní hiemi ní nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ́ sɛ gba si himi mi* lo? Anɛ lɔ ɔ be hae nɛ o mi mi nɛ fu wɔ wawɛɛ nɛ o kpata wa hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ, nɛ́ nɔ ko nɔ ko be piɛe, aloo nɔ ko yi be wami náe lo?
15 Oo Yehowa, Israel Mawu, dalɔ ji mo, ejakaa wɔ ji nihi nɛ wa piɛ nɛ wa yi ná wami kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, wa ba o hɛ mi kaa nihi nɛ a ye fɔ, pohu wa be nyɛe maa da o hɛ mi ngɛ si fɔfɔɛ nɛ wa ngɛ mi ɔ he je.”
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “ní hiɔmi.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “ngmɛdu.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “e he dooɔ blibliibli.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “tso plɛɛko.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “tɛ gbogbo.”
^ Aloo “ni hiɔmi.”
^ Aloo “so gba si himi somihi.”
