Ezra 8
1 And so these are the leaders of the families, with their genealogy, of those who ascended with me from Babylon, during the reign of king Artaxerxes.
Esiawoe nye ƒometatɔ siwo trɔ gbɔ kplim tso Babilonia le fia Artazerses ƒe fiaɖuɖu me la ƒe ŋkɔwo kple ƒometɔ siwo ŋlɔ ŋkɔ ɖe wo gbɔ la ƒe ŋkɔwo:
2 From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush.
Ame siwo tso Finehas ƒe dzidzime me: Gersom; Ame siwo tso Itamar ƒe dzidzime me: Daniel; Ame siwo tso David ƒe dzidzime me: Hatus
3 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Parosh, Zechariah, and one hundred fifty men were numbered with him.
si tso Sekania ƒe dzidzime me; Ame siwo tso Paros ƒe dzidzime me: Zekaria kple ŋutsu alafa ɖeka blaatɔ̃ siwo ŋlɔ ŋkɔ ɖe egbɔ;
4 From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and two hundred men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Pahat Moab ƒe dzidzime me: Zerahia ƒe vi, Eliehoenai kple ŋutsu alafa eve siwo kpe ɖe eŋu la;
5 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and three hundred men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Zatu ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome: Sekania, Yahaziel ƒe vi kple ŋutsu alafa etɔ̃ siwo le eŋu la;
6 From the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and fifty men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Adin ƒe dzidzime me: Yonatan ƒe vi, Ebed kple ŋutsu blaatɔ̃ siwo nɔ eŋu la;
7 From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and seventy men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Elam ƒe dzidzime me: Atalia ƒe vi, Yesaya kple ŋutsu blaadre siwo le eŋu la;
8 From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and eighty men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Sefatia ƒe dzidzime me: Mikael ƒe vi, Zebadia kple ŋutsu blaenyi siwo dze eyome la;
9 From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel, and two hundred eighteen men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Yoab ƒe dzidzime me: Yehiel ƒe vi, Obadia kple ŋutsu alafa eve kple wuienyi siwo nɔ eŋu la;
10 From the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and one hundred sixty men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Bani ƒe dzidzime me: Yosifia ƒe vi, Selomit kple ŋutsu alafa ɖeka kple blaade siwo nɔ eŋu la;
11 From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and twenty-eight men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Bebai ƒe dzidzime me: Bebai ƒe vi, Zekaria kple ŋutsu blaeve-vɔ-enyi siwo nɔ eŋu la;
12 From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and one hundred and ten men were with him.
Ame siwo tso Azgad ƒe dzidzime me: Hakatan ƒe vi, Yohanan kple ŋutsu alafa ɖeka kple ewo siwo nɔ eŋu la;
13 From the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, and these were their names: Eliphelet, and Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and sixty men were with them.
Ame siwo tso Adonikam ƒe dzidzime me: Ame mamlɛ siwo ƒe ŋkɔwoe nye Elifelet, Yeuel kple Semaya kple ŋutsu blaade siwo nɔ wo ŋu la;
14 From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and seventy men were with them.
Ame siwo tso Bigvai ƒe dzidzime me: Utai kple Zakur kple ŋutsu blaadre siwo nɔ wo ŋu la.
15 Now I gathered them together at the river that runs down to Ahava, and we stayed there for three days. And I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and I found none there.
Tete meƒo wo nu ƒu ɖe tɔsisi si si ɖo ta Ahava la to eye míeƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe afi ma ŋkeke etɔ̃. Esi metsa le ameawo kple nunɔlaawo dome la, nyemekpɔ Levitɔ aɖeke o.
16 And so I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Shemaiah, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise.
Ale meyɔ Eliezer, Ariel, Semaya, Elnatan, Yarib, Elnatan, Natan, Zekaria kple Mesulam, ame siwo nye kplɔlawo, kpe ɖe Yoyarib kple Elnatan ŋu, ame siwo nye agbalẽnyala gãwo,
17 And I sent them to Iddo, who is first within the place of Casiphia. And I placed in their mouth the words that they should speak to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants, in the place of Casiphia, so that they would lead to us ministers for the house of our God.
eye medɔ wo ɖo ɖe dudzikpɔla Ido gbɔ le Kasifia. Megblɔ nya si wòle be woagblɔ na Ido kple nɔvia siwo nye dɔlawo le gbedoxɔ me le Kasifia, ale be woaɖo dɔwɔlawo ɖe mí hena dɔwo wɔwɔ le míaƒe Mawu la ƒe aƒe me.
18 And because the good hand of our God was over us, they led to us a very learned man from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, with Sherebiah, and his sons, and his eighteen brothers,
Esi wònye be míaƒe Mawu la ƒe amenuvevesie nɔ mía dzi ta la, wokplɔ Serebia, ŋutsu si ŋu ŋutete geɖe nɔ la vɛ na mí, ame si nye Mahli, Levi ƒe dzidzimevi. Ke Mahli nye Levi ƒe vi, eye Levi nye Israel ƒe vi, kpe ɖe Serebia ƒe viŋutsuwo kple nɔvia ŋutsuwo ŋu, eye wo katã wole ame wuienyi.
19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, and his brothers, and his sons, numbering twenty.
Woawo kple Hasabia, kpe ɖe Yesaya si tso Merari ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ŋuti kple nɔvia ŋutsuwo kple woƒe ƒometɔ bubuwo, ale wo katã wole ŋutsu blaeve.
20 And from the temple servants, whom David, and the leaders had provided for the ministry of the Levites, there were two hundred twenty temple servants. All these were called by their names.
Woawo hã kplɔ gbedoxɔmedɔwɔla alafa eve kple blaeve ɖe asi, ame siwo David kple eƒe dɔnunɔlawo ɖo be woakpe ɖe Levitɔwo ŋu. Woŋlɔ wo katã ƒe ŋkɔwo ɖi.
21 And I proclaimed a fast in that place, beside the river Ahava, so that we might afflict ourselves in the sight of the Lord our God, and so that we might request of him the right way for us, and for our sons, and for all our substance.
Le Ahava tɔsisi la to, le afi ma meɖe gbeƒã nutsitsidɔ, ale be míabɔbɔ mía ɖokuiwo le míaƒe Mawu la ŋkume be míabia dedinɔnɔ na míawo ŋutɔ kple mía viwo kple míaƒe nunɔamesiwo ƒe dedinɔnɔ.
22 For I was ashamed to petition the king for assistance and for horsemen, who would defend us from the enemy along the way. For we had said to the king: “The hand of our God is over all those who seek him in goodness. And his authority, and his strength and fury, is over all those who forsake him.”
Ŋu le kpeyem be mabia fia la be wòana asrafowo kple sɔdolawo mí, woadzɔ mía ŋu le mɔa dzi le míaƒe futɔwo ta, elabena megblɔ na fia la be, “Míaƒe Mawu la ƒe amenuvevesi nɔa ame sia ame si ɖoa dzi ɖe eŋu la dzi, ke eƒe dziku gã la nɔa ame siwo katã gbee la dzi.”
23 And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.
Ale míetsi nu dɔ, ƒo koko na míaƒe Mawu la tso nu sia ŋuti, eye wòɖo míaƒe gbedodoɖa ŋu.
24 And I separated twelve from among the leaders of the priests: Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.
Tete meɖe nunɔla siwo bi ɖe dɔa me nyuie la dometɔ wuieve ɖe aga kpe ɖe Serebia, Hasabia kple wo nɔviŋutsu ewo bubuwo ŋu.
25 And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold, and the vessels consecrated to the house of our God, which had been offered by the king, and by his counselors and his leaders, and by all those of Israel who had been found.
Meda sika, klosalo kple nu bubu siwo fia la, eƒe aɖaŋuɖolawo, eƒe dɔnunɔlawo kple Israel blibo si nɔ afi ma la na hena míaƒe Mawu ƒe aƒe la.
26 And I weighed out to their hands six hundred fifty talents of silver, and one hundred vessels of silver, and one hundred talents of gold,
Meda klosalo tɔn blaeve-vɔ-eve na wo kple klosalonu bubu siwo ƒe kpekpeme nɔ tɔn etɔ̃ kple afã la na wo, kpe ɖe sika tɔn etɔ̃ kple afã
27 and twenty gold bowls which had the weight of one thousand coins, and two vessels of the finest shining brass, as beautiful as gold.
kple sikagba blaeve siwo ƒe home anɔ sikaga kilogram enyi kple afã, kpe ɖe akɔblinu vevi eve siwo ŋu wozrɔ̃ wole dzo dam abe sika adodea ene la ŋu.
28 And I said to them: “You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, with the silver and the gold, which has been offered freely to the Lord, the God of our fathers.
Eye megblɔ na wo be, “Wokɔ miawo ŋutɔ kple nu siawo katã ŋuti na Yehowa. Klosalo kple sika nye lɔlɔ̃nununanawo na Yehowa, mia fofowo ƒe Mawu la.
29 Watch and guard them, until you weigh them out before the leaders of the priests and the Levites, and the rulers of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasury of the house of the Lord.”
Midzɔ wo ŋu nyuie eye midzra wo ɖo va se ɖe esime miada wo ɖe Yehowa ƒe aƒe la ƒe xɔwo me le Yerusalem le nunɔla tsitsiawo, Levitɔwo kple Israel ƒe ƒometatɔwo ŋkume.”
30 Then the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, so that they might carry these to Jerusalem, into the house of our God.
Ale nunɔlaawo kple Levitɔwo xɔ klosalo, sika kple nu kɔkɔe bubu siwo woda be woatsɔ ayi ɖe míaƒe Mawu ƒe aƒe la mee le Yerusalem.
31 Therefore, we set out from the river Ahava, on the twelfth day of the first month, so that we might travel to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was over us, and he freed us from the hand of the enemy and of those who lay in ambush along the way.
Le dzinu gbãtɔ ƒe ŋkeke wuievelia dzi la, míedze mɔ tso Ahava tɔsisi la to ɖo ta Yerusalem. Míaƒe Mawu la ƒe asi nɔ mía dzi, eye wòɖe mí tso futɔwo kple adzohawo ƒe asime le mɔa dzi.
32 And we arrived at Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.
Ale míeva ɖo Yerusalem, eye míedzudzɔ ŋkeke etɔ̃.
33 Then, on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed out in the house of our God, by the hand of Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest; and with him was Eleazar, the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad, the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui.
Le ŋkeke enelia dzi, le míaƒe Mawu la ƒe aƒe me, míeda sika, klosalo kple nu kɔkɔe bubuawo de asi na Uria ƒe vi, nunɔla Meremot. Eleazar, Finehas ƒe vi, nɔ egbɔ hekpe ɖe Levitɔwo, Yozabad, Yesua ƒe vi kple Noadia, Binui ƒe vi ŋuti.
34 This was done according to the number and weight of everything; and every weight was written down at that time.
Míena akɔnta tso nu sia nu ŋuti, le woƒe xexlẽme kple kpekpeme nu, eye woŋlɔ kpekpeme ɖe sia ɖe da ɖi le ɣe ma ɣi me.
35 Moreover, those who came from the captivity, the sons of the transmigration, offered holocausts to the God of Israel: twelve calves on behalf of all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin. All these were a holocaust to the Lord.
Tete ame siwo gbɔ tso aboyo me la sa numevɔ na Israel ƒe Mawu la kple nu siawo: Nyitsu wuieve, ɖe Israel ƒe toawo nu, agbo blaasiekɛ-vɔ-ade, alẽvi blaadre-vɔ-adre kple gbɔ̃tsu wuieve abe nu vɔ̃ vɔsa ene. Wotsɔ esiawo katã wɔ numevɔsae na Yehowa.
36 Then they gave the edicts of the king to the rulers who served in the sight of the king, and to the governors beyond the river, and they exalted the people and the house of God.
Wotsɔ fia la ƒe sededewo hã na fiateƒenɔlawo kple mɔmefia siwo le Frat tɔsisi la godo, ame siwo na kpekpeɖeŋu dukɔ la kple Mawu ƒe aƒe la.
