Ezra 5
1 Now the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, were preaching to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.
Azɔ la, Nyagblɔɖilawo Hagai kple Zekaria, Ido ƒe dzidzimeviwo gblɔ nya ɖi na Yudatɔ siwo le Yuda kple Yerusalem, le Israel ƒe Mawu, ame si nɔ wo dzi ɖum la ƒe ŋkɔ me.
2 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
Tete Zerubabel, Sealtiel ƒe vi kple Yesua, Yozadek ƒe vi, wogayi Mawu ƒe aƒe si le Yerusalem la gbugbɔtu ƒe dɔ dzi, eye Mawu ƒe Nyagblɔɖilawo nɔ wo gbɔ, nɔ kpekpem ɖe wo ŋu.
3 At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?
Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, Frat tɔsisi la godo nuto la me ƒe mɔmefia, Tatenai, Setar Bozenai kple wo ŋutimewo yi ɖabia wo be, “Ame kae ɖe mɔ na mi be miagbugbɔ gbedoxɔ sia kple xɔ sia ƒe gliwo aɖo?”
4 Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?
Wogabia wo be, “Ŋutsu siwo le teƒe sia tum la ƒe ŋkɔwo ɖe?”
5 But the eye of their God was on the chiefs of the Jews, and they did not make them give up working till the question had been put before Darius and an answer had come by letter about it.
Ke Yehowa ƒe ŋku nɔ Yudatɔwo ƒe dumegãwo ta kpɔm, ale womete ŋu ɖo asi wo dzi o va se ɖe esime woaŋlɔ agbalẽ na Darius, eye wòaɖo eŋu hafi woanya afɔ si woaɖe.
6 This is a copy of the letter which Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, living across the river, sent to Darius the king:
Esia nye nu si Tatenai, Frat tɔsisi la godo ƒe mɔmefia kple Setar Bozenai kple wo ŋutimewo kpakple dɔnunɔla siwo le Frat tɔsisi la godo ŋlɔ ɖo ɖe Fia Darius.
7 They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:
Agbalẽa me nyawo yi ale: Na: Fia Darius. Míedo gbe tɔxɛ na wò.
8 This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.
Fia la nenyae be míegbugbɔ yi ɖe Yuda nuto la me, ɖe Mawu gã la ƒe gbedoxɔ me. Ameawo le xɔtudɔ la dzi kple kpe gãwo, eye wole ʋuƒoawo dem gliawo me. Wole dɔ la wɔm kple moveviɖoɖo, eye wòle afɔ tsɔm le woƒe kpɔkplɔ te.
9 Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?
Míebia gbe woƒe dumegãwo be, “Ame kae ɖe mɔ na mi be miagbugbɔ gbedoxɔ sia kple xɔ sia ƒe gliwo aɖo?”
10 And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.
Míebia woƒe ŋkɔwo hã ta ale be míaŋlɔ woƒe ŋgɔnɔlawo ƒe ŋkɔwo aɖo ɖe wò wòanɔ nyanya na wò.
11 And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.
Esiae nye ŋuɖoɖo si wona mí: “Dziƒo kple anyigba ƒe Mawu la ƒe dɔlawo míenye; míegbugbɔ le gbedoxɔ si wotu ƒe geɖewoe nye esi va yi la tum, gbedoxɔ si Israel ƒe fia xɔŋkɔ aɖe tu, wu enu,
12 But when the God of heaven was moved to wrath by our fathers, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean, who sent destruction on this house and took the people away into Babylon.
gake esi mía fofowo do dziku na dziƒo Mawu la ta la, etsɔ wo de asi na Kaldeatɔ Nebukadnezar, Babilonia fia, ame si gbã gbedoxɔ sia, eye wòɖe aboyo ameawo ɖo ɖe Babilonia.
13 But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;
“Ke hã la, le Babilonia fia, Sirus ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe gbãtɔ me la, Fia Sirus de se be woagbugbɔ Mawu ƒe aƒe sia atu.
14 And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple which was in Jerusalem, and put into the house of his god in Babylon, these Cyrus the king took from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made ruler;
Gawu la, ena wolɔ sikanu kple klosalonu siwo nɔ Mawu ƒe aƒe la me, esiwo Nebukadnezar lɔ le Yerusalem gbedoxɔ me tsɔ va kɔ ɖe Babilonia gbedoxɔ me la do goe. “Emegbe Fia Sirus tsɔ wo de asi na ŋutsu aɖe si woyɔna be Sesbazar, ame si wòɖo mɔmefiae la si,
15 And he said to him, Go, take these vessels, and put them in the Temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be put up again in its place.
gblɔ de esi be, ‘Tsɔ nu siawo eye yi nàkɔ wo ɖe Yerusalem gbedoxɔ me. Gbugbɔ Mawu ƒe aƒe la tu ɖe teƒe si wònɔ tsã.’
16 Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.
“Ale Sesbazar sia va ɖo Mawu ƒe aƒe la ƒe gbedoxɔ gɔme anyi ɖe Yerusalem, eya ta tso gbe ma gbe dzi va se ɖe fifia la, wole etutu dzi, eye womekpɔ wu enu haɖe o.”
17 So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.
Azɔ la, ne edze fia la ŋu la, nena woatsa le Babilonia ƒe nyaŋlɔɖigbalẽwo me ne woakpɔe ɖa be vavãe fia Sirus de se aɖe nenema be woagbugbɔ Mawu ƒe aƒe si le Yerusalem la atu hã. Ekema fia la neɖo gbe ɖa tso eƒe nyametsotso ŋuti le nya sia me.
