Ezra 6
1 Thus King Darius ordered that a search be made of the archives that were housed in the treasury of Babylon.
Enti, ɔhene Dario hyɛɛ sɛ, wɔnkɔnpɛnsɛmpɛnsɛm Babilonia nneɛma dada akoraeɛ hɔ baabi a wɔkora nneɛma a ɛsom bo no.
2 But it was actually in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found, recording the following:
Na Ekbatana aban a ɛwɔ Mediaman no mu na wɔhunuu krataa mmobɔeɛ bi. Na emu nsɛm nie: Asɛnkaeɛ krataa:
3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree regarding God's Temple in Jerusalem: Let the Temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered, and make sure it has strong foundations are firm. Make it sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
Ɔhene Kores dii adeɛ nʼafe a ɛdi so no, wɔhyɛɛ mmara faa Onyankopɔn asɔredan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no ho. Ɛkaa sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsane si no wɔ beaeɛ a na Yudafoɔ bɔ wɔn afɔdeɛ hɔ, wɔ fapem dada no so. Ɛsɛ sɛ ne ɔsorokɔ yɛ anammɔn aduɔkron, na ne tɛtrɛtɛ mu nso yɛ anammɔn aduɔkron.
4 with three layers of stone blocks and one of timber. Expenses are to be paid from the royal treasury.
Aboɔ a wɔasiesie no sononko no ntosoɔ mmiɛnsa biara so no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde nnua gu so. Na adehyeɛ fotoɔ mu na wɔbɛfiri atua ho ka.
5 In addition, the gold and silver items of God's Temple, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, must also be returned to the Temple in Jerusalem and placed there.
Sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ nkuku ne nkaka a Nebukadnessar tase firii Onyankopɔn asɔredan a ɛsi Yerusalem no mu de kɔɔ Babilonia no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsane de kɔ Yerusalem, de kɔgu Onyankopɔn asɔredan no mu sɛdeɛ na ɛteɛ no.
6 These are my instructions to you, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your fellow officials, and officials of the province: Stay far away from there!
Na ɔhene Dario too saa nkra yi: Mede krataa yi kɔma amrado Tatenai a ɔwɔ asuo Eufrate atɔeɛ fam ne Setar-Bosnai ne mo mfɛfoɔ ne mpanimfoɔ a wɔwɔ Eufrate atɔeɛ fam sɛ monnkɔ hɔ.
7 This work on God's Temple—leave it alone! Let the governor and leaders of the Jews continue with rebuilding this Temple of God on its original site.
Monnkɔtwintwane Onyankopɔn asɔredan no sie. Wɔnsi no wɔ beaeɛ dada mu hɔ ara, na monntwintwane Yuda amrado ne Yudafoɔ mpanimfoɔ ananmu wɔ adwuma no yɛ mu.
8 Furthermore, this is my decree as to what you are to do for these Jewish leaders regarding the rebuilding of this Temple of God. The full expense involved is to be paid from royal income, the tribute of the province west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be delayed.
Na mesane hyɛ mo bio sɛ, mommoa saa Yudafoɔ mpanimfoɔ no wɔ Onyankopɔn asɔredan no sie mu. Ɛsɛ sɛ motua adansie no ho ka nyinaa firi me toɔ a mogyegye firi Eufrate asuogya hɔ, a monntwentwɛn so koraa, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a adwuma no bɛkɔ so ama wɔawie.
9 Provide whatever is needed by the priests in Jerusalem: young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil. Make sure to give them this each day without fail.
Biribiara a ɛho hia asɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ Yerusalem, sɛ ebia, nantwie mma, nnwennini ne nnwammaa a wɔde bɛbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ama Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ ɔsorosoro no, momfa mma wɔn. Afei, momma wɔn atokoɔ, nkyene, nsã ne ngo a ɛho bɛhia wɔn da biara a monnto mu.
10 In this way they can offer sacrifices that are acceptable to the God of heaven, and pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
Sɛ ɛba saa a, wɔbɛtumi abɔ afɔdeɛ a ɛsɔ ani ama ɔsorosoro Onyankopɔn, na wɔabɔ mpaeɛ ama me ne me mmammarima.
11 Further I declare that if any man interferes with this decree, a beam is to be ripped from his house and set in the ground, and he is to be impaled on top of it. His own house shall be turned into a pile of rubble for disobeying this decree.
Wɔn a wɔbɛbu mmara no so wɔ ɛkwan biara so no, wɔbɛyi wɔn adan so mpunan. Na wɔde wɔn abobɔ mu, abɔ wɔn mmaa, ama wɔn afie adwiri, adane nkunkumasie.
12 May God who chose the city of Jerusalem as the place where he would be honored, destroy any king or people who try to alter what I have said or who destroy this Temple. I, Darius, issue this decree. Let it be faithfully carried out.
Onyankopɔn a wayi Yerusalem kuro sɛ beaeɛ a wɔnhyɛ ne din animuonyam no nsɛe ɔhene anaa ɔman biara a wɔbɛbu ne mmara so asɛe asɔredan no. Me Dario na mahyɛ saa mmara yi. Ma ɔmanfoɔ ntie no aso pa mu.
13 Tattenai, the governor of the province west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their fellow officials faithfully carried out what King Darius had decreed.
Na Tatenai a ɔyɛ asuo Eufrate atɔeɛ amrado ne Setar-Bosnai ne nʼafɛfoɔ dii Dario mmara a ɔhyɛeɛ no so prɛko pɛ.
14 As a result the Jewish leaders continued building, and they were encouraged by the messages from Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, son of Iddo. They completed building the Temple following the command of the God of Israel, and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
Enti, Yudafoɔ mpanimfoɔ toaa wɔn dwumadie no so na asɛnka a adiyifoɔ Hagai ne Ido babarima Sakaria kaeɛ no hyɛɛ wɔn nkuran. Na, wɔwiee asɔredan no sie, sɛdeɛ, Israel Onyankopɔn hyɛeɛ na Kores, Dario ne Persiahene Artasasta hyɛɛ mmara no.
15 The Temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
Wɔwiee asɔredan no sie Abib (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛtɔ so dumienu, wɔ ɔhene Dario ahennie mfeɛ nsia so.
16 Then the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who had returned from exile, all joyfully celebrated the dedication of the God's Temple.
Israelfoɔ, asɔfoɔ, Lewifoɔ ne nnipa no nkaeɛ a wɔfiri asutwa mu aba no de ahosɛpɛ too Onyankopɔn asɔredan no din.
17 To dedicate God's Temple they sacrificed one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for the whole of Israel comprising twelve male goats, one for each Israelite tribe.
Onyankopɔn asɔredan no dintoɔ afahyɛ no mu no, wɔde anantwie mma ɔha, nnwennini ahanu ne nnwammaa ahanan bɔɔ afɔdeɛ. Na wɔmaa mmirekyie dumienu sɛ bɔne ho afɔrebɔdeɛ, de gyinaa hɔ maa Israel mmusuakuo dumienu no.
18 They organized the priests and Levites by their divisions to serve God in the Temple at Jerusalem, in accordance with the Book of Moses.
Afei, wɔkyekyɛɛ asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ no mu, sɛdeɛ wɔn akuo ahodoɔ teɛ no, ma wɔsomm wɔ Onyankopɔn asɔredan no mu wɔ Yerusalem, sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Mose Nwoma mu no.
19 The exiles who had returned observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Adar bosome (bɛyɛ Oforisuo) da a ɛtɔ so aduonu baako no, wɔn a wɔatwa wɔn asu no a wɔasane aba no dii Twam Afahyɛ.
20 The priests and Levites had all purified themselves so that they were clean according to the ceremonial law. So they killed the Passover lamb for all the exiles who had returned, for their fellow priests, and for themselves.
Asɔfoɔ no ne Lewifoɔ no dwiraa wɔn ho, ma wɔn ho te maa afahyɛ no. Enti, wɔkumm Twam Afahyɛ dwammaa maa wɔn a wɔtwaa wɔn asu no a wɔasane aba no nyinaa ne asɔfoɔ a wɔaka ne wɔn ankasa wɔn ho.
21 The Passover was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and by those who had joined them and had rejected the pagan practices of the peoples of the land in order to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
Nnipa a wɔwɔ Israel a wɔfiri asutwa mu aba no ne nnipa no nkaeɛ a wɔwɔ ɔman no mu no a wɔadane afiri wɔn amumuyɛ akwan ho abɛsom Awurade Israel Onyankopɔn no na wɔdii twam aduane no.
22 Then they observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. Everyone throughout the land was so happy because the Lord had made the king of Assyria favorable to them, helping them to rebuild the Temple of God, the God of Israel.
Wɔdii Twam Afahyɛ aduane no, ɛnna wɔde nnanson nso dii Apiti Afahyɛ no. Ahosɛpɛ baa ɔman no mu afanan nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade sesaa Asiriahene adwene a ɔwɔ wɔ wɔn ho, ma ɔboaa wɔn ma wɔsii Onyankopɔn, Israel Onyankopɔn, asɔredan no.
