Nehemia 5:1-19
5 Se nyumu ɔmɛ kɛ a yi ɔmɛ kpa ngmlaa wawɛɛ kɛ wo a nyɛmimɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ.
2 Ni komɛ ngɛ dee ke: “Waa kɛ wa binyumu ɔmɛ kɛ wa biyi ɔmɛ wa he hiɛ. E sa nɛ wa ná ngma* nɛ waa ye konɛ waa hi wami mi.”
3 Ni kpahi hu ngɛ dee ke: “Wa ngɔɔ wa ngmɔhi, kɛ wa wai ngmɔhi, kɛ wa wehi kɛ toɔ awaba konɛ wa ná ngma ngɛ hwɔ be mi.”
4 Ni kpa komɛ hu ngɛ dee ke: “Matsɛ ɔ tó ɔ he je ɔ, wa ya pa sika, nɛ wa ngɔ wa ngmɔ ɔmɛ kɛ wa wai ngmɔ ɔmɛ kɛ to nane mi.
5 Waa kɛ wa nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, he lo kɛ muɔ kake ji wɔ,* nɛ wa bimɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ kaa a bimɛ ɔmɛ nɔuu; se kɛ̃ ɔ, e biɔ nɛ wa ha nɛ wa binyumu ɔmɛ kɛ wa biyi ɔmɛ nɛ a ya sɔmɔ kaa nyɔguɛhi, nɛ wa biyi ɔmɛ ekomɛ po ngɛ sɔmɔe kaa nyɔguɛhi momo. Se wa be he wami nɛ waa kɛ maa po nɔ́ nɛ ɔ se, ejakaa wa ngmɔ ɔmɛ kɛ wa wai ngmɔ ɔmɛ ba pee ni kpahi a níhi.”
6 Benɛ i nu a ngmlaa kpami ɔ kɛ munyu nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, ye mi mi fu wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
7 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i susu ní nɛ ɔmɛ a he ngɛ ye tsui mi, nɛ i kã odehe ɔmɛ kɛ nɔ yeli ɔmɛ a hɛ mi, nɛ i de mɛ ke: “Nyɛ ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ngɛ hekpa hee ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e nyɛmi dɛ.”
Jehanɛ hu ɔ, i to blɔ nya kaa waa pee kpe ngua ko konɛ waa hyɛ munyu nɛ ɔ mi.
8 Nɛ i de mɛ ke: “Wa pee nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ wa ma nyɛ, nɛ wa he wɔ nitsɛmɛ wa nyɛmimɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ nɛ a jua mɛ kɛ ho je ma amɛ a mi ya a kɛ ba; se amlɔ nɛ ɔ, nyɛ maa jua nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ konɛ a kpale jua mɛ kɛ ha wɔ lo?” Kɛkɛ nɛ a nya mi jɔ, nɛ a nɛ nɔ́ ko nɛ a ma de.
9 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, i de mɛ ke: “Nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ ngɛ pee ɔ hí. Anɛ e sɛ nɛ nyɛɛ nyɛɛ ngɛ wa Mawu ɔ gbeye yemi mi bɔ nɛ pee nɛ je ma amɛ, nɛ ji wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ nɛ a ko ye wa he fɛu lo?
10 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, i kɛ ye nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ kɛ ye tsɔli ɔmɛ paa mɛ sika kɛ ngma. I kpa nyɛ pɛɛ, nyɛ ha nɛ wa kpa hekpa nɛ wa heɔ ngɛ níhi nɛ wa pa amɛ ɔ a he.
11 I kpa nyɛ pɛɛ, mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, nyɛɛ kpale a ngmɔ ɔmɛ, a wai ngmɔ ɔmɛ, a oliv ngmɔ ɔmɛ, kɛ a we ɔmɛ kɛ ha mɛ, nɛ jehanɛ hu ɔ, mi dlami lafa mi kake* nɛ nyɛ heɔ ngɛ sika, ngma, wai ehe, kɛ nu nɛ nyɛ ha mɛ ɔ he kaa hekpa a, nyɛɛ kpale kɛ ha mɛ.”
12 Kɛkɛ nɛ a de ke: “Wa maa kpale ní nɛ ɔmɛ kɛ ha mɛ, nɛ wa be nɔ́ ko hee ngɛ a dɛ. Wa maa pee kaa bɔ nɛ o de ɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i tsɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ, nɛ i ha nɛ nyumu nɛ ɔmɛ kã kita kaa a maa ye si womi nɛ ɔ nɔ.
13 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, i huanya ye tade ɔ gugue mi,* nɛ i de ke: “Kikɛ nɛ ɔ nɔuu nɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɛ́ e huanya nyumu fɛɛ nyumu nɛ e yi si womi nɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ kɛ je e we mi kɛ e weto níhi a he, nɛ kikɛ nɛ ɔ nɔuu nɛ é huanya jamɛatsɛ ɔ nɛ́ e je mi dɛ gu.” Kɛkɛ nɛ asafo ɔ tsuo de ke: “Amen!”* Nɛ a je Yehowa yi, nɛ ni ɔmɛ pee kaa bɔ nɛ a wo si ɔ.
14 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, kɛ je ligbi nɛ e hla mi kaa ma pee a we amlaalo ngɛ Yuda zugba a nɔ, kɛ je Matsɛ Artaherhes nɔ yemi jeha nɛ ji 20 ɔ mi kɛ ya si jeha nɛ ji 32 ɔ mi, nɛ ji jeha 12 ɔ, i kɛ ye nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ wa ti nɔ ko yi niye ní nɛ e sa kaa a kɛ ha amlaalo ɔ.
15 Se amlaalohi nɛ sɛ ye hlami ɔ pee tlomi kɛ ha ni ɔmɛ, nɛ daa ligbi ɔ, a ngɔɔ sika hiɔ shekel* 40 ngɛ a dɛ kɛ heɔ abolo kɛ wai. Jehanɛ hu ɔ, a tsɔli ɔmɛ wa ni ɔmɛ yi mi. Se imi lɛɛ, i pee we jã, ejakaa i yeɔ Mawu gbeye.
16 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, imi hu i tsu gbogbo ɔ he ní tsumi nɛ ɔ eko, nɛ wa he we ngmɔ ko; ye tsɔli ɔmɛ tsuo bua a he nya ngɛ lejɛ ɔ kɛ ha ní tsumi ɔ.
17 Yuda bi kɛ nɔ yeli ɔmɛ a se yeli 150 yeɔ ní ngɛ ye we okplɔɔ ɔ nɔ, e slo nihi nɛ a je je ma amɛ a mi kɛ ba wa ngɔ ɔ.
18 Daa ligbi ɔ, a gbeɔ na ku kake, jijɔ kakaaka ekpa nɛ a je blɔ hla, kɛ lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ kɛ haa mi,* nɛ ligbi nyɔngma fɛɛ ligbi nyɔngma a, wa náa wai slɔɔtohi tsuo babauu si kake. Ngɛ enɛ ɔ tsuo se ɔ, i de we ke a ha mi niye ní nɛ e sa kaa a ha amlaalo ɔ, ejakaa sɔmɔmi ɔ pee tlomi ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a kuɛ nɔ momo.
19 Oo ye Mawu, mo kai mi nɛ o pee mi kpakpa ngɛ níhi tsuo nɛ i pee ha nimli nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ he.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Ngma nɛ a ngɛ tsɔɔe ngɛ hiɛ ɔ ji hwiit, blɛfo kɛ a henɔ ɔmɛ.
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “wa he lo ngɛ kaa wa nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ a he lo.”
^ A heɔ enɛ ɔ nyɔhiɔ fɛɛ nyɔhiɔ.
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “i huanya ye gugue mi.”
^ Aloo “E ba mi jã!”
^ Shekel kake peeɔ gram 11.4 (oz t 0.367). Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B14.
^ Aloo “kɛ haa mi ngɛ imi nitsɛ ye sika mi.”
