Nehemiah 3
1 [(This is a list/These are the names) of the people who helped to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem]. Eliashib the Supreme Priest and the other priests began to rebuild it at the Sheep Gate. They also put the gates in their places. They built the wall as far as the Tower of 100 Soldiers and [further north] to the Tower of Hananel, and they dedicated it to God.
Afei, ɔsɔfopanin Eliasib ne asɔfoɔ bi hyɛɛ aseɛ too ɔfasuo no firii Nnwan Ɛpono no. Wɔdwiraa ho, sisii nʼapono, de kɔsii Ɔha Abantenten ne Hananel Abantenten no.
2 Next to them, [beyond the Tower of Hananel, ] men from Jericho built [part of the wall]. Next to them, Zaccur, the son of Imri, built [part of the wall].
Nnipa a wɔfiri Yeriko kuropɔn no mu toaa wɔn so yɛɛ adwuma hɔ, na Imri babarima Sakur dii so.
3 The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. The put in their places the wooden beams above the gates, and also the doors, the bolts, and the bars [for locking the gate].
Hasenaa mmammarima na wɔsii Mpataa Ɛpono no. Wɔyɛɛ ho biribiara. Wɔtotoo mpunan no, sisii apono no, de nkyerewa ne nnaban hyehyɛɛ wɔn afa.
4 Next to them, Meremoth, the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired [the next part of the wall]. Next to him, Meshullam, the son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, repaired [the next part of the wall]. Next to him, Zadok the son of Baana repaired the next part of the wall.
Uria babarima Meremot a ɔyɛ Hakkos nana na ɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no fa a ɛdi hɔ no. Nʼaboafoɔ ne Berekia babarima Mesulam a ɔyɛ Mesesabel nana na afei Baana babarima Sadok.
5 Next to him, the men from Tekoa [town] repaired [part of the wall], but the leaders of Tekoa refused to do the work that their boss/supervisor assigned to them.
Wɔn a wɔdi soɔ ne Tekoafoɔ, mmom wɔn mpanimfoɔ no ampene sɛ wɔbɛboa.
6 Joiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah, repaired the Old Gate. They also put in their places the beams above the gate and put in the bolts and the bars [for locking the gate].
Paseah babarima Yoiada ne Besodeia babarima Mesulam na wɔsiesiee Kuropɔn Dada Ɛpono no. Wɔtotoo mpunan no, sisii apono no de nkyerewa ne nnaban bobɔɔ mu.
7 Next to them, Melatiah from Gibeon [city], Jadon from Meronoth [town], and other men from Gibeon and from Mizpah [city], which was where the governor of the province west of the [Euphrates] River lived, repaired [part of the wall].
Wɔn a wɔdi wɔn so yɛ Melatia a ɔfiri Gibeon, Yadon a ɔfiri Meronot ne nnipa a wɔfiri Gibeon ne Mispa a ɛyɛ amrado a ɔwɔ Asubɔnten Eufrate atɔeɛ fam no atenaeɛ.
8 Next to them, Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, and Hananiah repaired the wall as far as the Broad/Wide Wall. Harhaiah made things from gold, and Hananiah made perfumes.
Harhaia babarima Usiel a na ɔyɛ sikadwumfoɔ no na ɔdi so. Ɔno nso dii dwuma wɔ ɔfasuo no ho. Hanania a ɔyɛ aduhwamyɛfoɔ no na ɔdi so. Wɔgyaa Yerusalem fa bi a ɛkɔsi Ɔfasuo Tɛtrɛtɛ no.
9 Next to them, Rephaiah the son of Hur, who ruled half of Jerusalem District, repaired [part of the wall].
Deɛ ɔdi soɔ yɛ Hur a na ɔda Yerusalem mansini fa bi ano no no, babarima Refaia.
10 Next to him, Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired [part of the wall] near his house. Next to him, Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired [part of the wall].
Deɛ ɔdi hɔ yɛ Harumaf babarima Yedaia a ɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi a ɛbɛn ne fie, na deɛ ɔdi ne soɔ ne Hasabnia babarima Hatus.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab, repaired a section [of the wall], and also repaired the Tower of the Ovens.
Deɛ ɔdi soɔ ne Harim babarima Malkia ne Pahat-Moab babarima Hasub. Wɔkɔsiesiee Afononoo Abantenten no de kaa ɔfasuo no fa bi ho.
12 Next to them, Shallum the son of Hallohesh, who ruled the other half of Jerusalem District, repaired [part of the wall]. His daughters [helped him with the work].
Halohes babarima Salum ne ne mmammaa na wɔsiesiee ɛfa a ɛdi hɔ no. Ɔno na na ɔtua Yerusalem mansini fa a aka ano.
13 Hanun and people from Zanoah [city] repaired the Valley Gate. They put the gates in their places, and also put in the bolts and bars [for locking the gate]. They repaired the wall for (1,500 feet/500 meters), as far as the Dung Gate.
Sanoafoɔ a Hanun da wɔn ano no na wɔsiesiee Bɔnhwa Ɛpono no, sisii nʼapono, de nkyerewa bobɔɔ mu, bramm no. Afei, wɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no anammɔn apem ne ahanum de kɔsii Sumina Ɛpono no.
14 Malchijah the son of Rechab, who ruled Beth-Haccherem District, repaired the Dung Gate. He also put in their places the bolts and bars [for locking the gate].
Rekab babarima Malkia a na ɔda Bet-Hakerem mansini ano no na ɔsiesiee Sumina Ɛpono no. Ɔsiesie wieeɛ no, ɔsisii apono no, de nkyerewa hyehyɛɛ mu, bramm no.
15 Shallum the son of Colhozeh, who ruled Mizpah District, repaired the Fountain Gate. He put/built a roof over the gate, and put in their places the gates and the bolts and the bars [for locking the gate]. Near the Pool of Shelah he built the wall next to the king’s garden, as far as the steps that went down from the City of David.
Kol-Hose babarima Salum a na ɔtua Mispa mansini ano no na ɔsiesiee Asutire Ɛpono no. Ɔsiesiee, bɔɔ so, sisii nʼapono na ɔde nkyerewa bobɔɔ mu, bramm no. Afei, ɔsiesiee Siloam abura ho ɔfasuo a ɛbɛn ɔhene mfikyifuo no. Ɔsane too ɔfasuo no kɔsii ntwedeɛ a ɛsiane firi Dawid kuropɔn mu no.
16 Next to him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, who ruled half of the Beth-Zur District, repaired [the wall] as far as the tombs [in the City] of David, to the reservoir that the people had made and the army barracks.
Deɛ ɔtoa ne so yɛ Asbuk babarima Nehemia a na ɔtua Bet-Sur mansini fa ano no. Ɔtoo ɔfasuo no kɔsii baabi a na ɛne adehyeɛ amusieeɛ no di nhwɛanimu, kɔsi nsukoraeɛ no so ne Nnɔmmarima Fie.
17 Next to him, several descendants of Levi [who helped the priests] repaired [parts of the wall]. Rehum the son of Bani repaired one section. Hashabiah, who ruled half of the Keilah District, repaired the next section on behalf of the people of his district.
Wɔn a wɔtoa so yɛ Lewifoɔ ekuo a na wɔhyɛ Bani babarima Rehum ase yɛ adwuma no. Hasabia a, na ɔyɛ Keila mansini fa ntuanoni no na ɔsii nʼankasa mansini ananmu, hwɛɛ ɔfasuo no toɔ so.
18 Bavvai the son of Henadad, who ruled the other half of the Keilah District, repaired [the next section] along with other descendants of Levi.
Wɔn a wɔdi so yɛ ɔno ara ne manfoɔ a na Henadad babarima Binui tua wɔn ano. Ɔno na na ɔtua Keila mansini fa no ano.
19 Next to him, Ezer the son of Jeshua, who ruled Mizpah [city], repaired another section in front of the [steps which] went up to the (armory/building where the weapons are kept), as far as where the wall turns [a bit to the right].
Wɔn a wɔdi wɔn so yɛ Yesua babarima Eser a ɔtua Mispa ano no. Wɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi a ɛne akodeɛ akoradan fapem di nhwɛanimu no.
20 Next to him, Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired a section, as far as the door of the house of Eliashib the Supreme Priest.
Onipa a ɔdi so ne Sabai babarima Baruk a ɔsiesiee fa bi firi fapem no, de kɔsii ɔsɔfopanin Eliasib fie ɛpono no ano.
21 Next to him, Meremoth the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired a section from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of Eliahib’s house.
Uria babarima Meremot a ɔyɛ Hakos nana nso, siesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi firi baabi a, ɛne Eliasib efie ɛpono di nhwɛanimu no, de kɔsii efie no nkyɛn baabi.
22 Next to him, [several priests repaired parts of the wall]. Priests from the area near Jerusalem repaired [one section].
Afei, asɔfoɔ a wɔfifiri amantam a atwa hɔ ahyia na wɔdi soɔ.
23 Next to them, Benjamin and Hasshub repaired [a section] in front of their house. Azariah, the son of Maaseiah and grandson of Ananiah, repaired the next [section] in front of his house.
Wɔn akyi no, Benyamin ne Hasub ne Asaria a ɔyɛ Maaseia babarima a na ɔyɛ Anania nana nso siesiee ɔfasuo no afaafa a ɛbemmɛn wɔn ankasa afie.
24 Next to him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired a section, from Azariah’s house to where the wall turns a bit.
Deɛ ɔdi hɔ yɛ Henadad babarima Binui a ɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi a, ɛfiri Asaria fie kɔsi fapem no ne ntweasoɔ hɔ.
25 [Next to him], Palal the son of Uzai repaired [a section], from where the wall turns and from where the watchtower is taller than the upper palace, the one where King [Solomon] had lived. The watchtower is near the courtyard where the guards [live].
Usai babarima Palal toaa adwuma no so firii baabi a ɛne fapem no ne ntweasoɔ hɔ no di nhwɛanimu, ne abantenten no a ɛde ba atifi ahemfie a ɛbɛn awɛmfoɔ no adihɔ no. Deɛ ɔdi ne so yɛ Paros babarima Pedaia,
26 Next to him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired [a section] toward the east to a place near the Water Gate and near the tall tower. That part of the wall is near Ophel [Hill], where the temple servants lived.
ne asɔredan mu asomfoɔ a na wɔte kokoɔ Ofel so. Wɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no kɔsii Nsuo Ɛpono no de kɔ apueeɛ fam ne abantenten a ɛyi ne ho adi no.
27 Next to him, men from Tekoa [town] repaired another section, from near the tall tower as far as the wall near Ophel [Hill]. [That was the second section that they repaired].
Afei, Tekoafoɔ nso toaa so. Wɔbɛsiesiee ɛfa foforɔ bi a ɛne abantenten kɛseɛ a ɛyi ne ho adi no ntentenesoɔ kɔsi Ofel ɔfasuo no.
28 A group of priests repaired [the wall] north from the Horse Gate. Each one repaired the section near his own house.
Asɔfoɔ no nso siesiee ɔfasuo no a ɛwɔ kokoɔ so na ɛtoa Apɔnkɔ Ɛpono no soɔ no. Obiara siesiee baabi a ɛne ne fie di nhwɛanim.
29 Next to them, Zadok the son of Immer repaired [the section] in front of his house. Next to him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, who (was the gatekeeper at/opened and closed) the East Gate, repaired [the next section].
Deɛ ɔdi hɔ yɛ Imer babarima Sadok, ɔno nso too ɔfasuo no fa a ɛtoa ne fie so. Deɛ ɔtoa so ne Sekania babarima Semaia a na ɔyɛ apueeɛ ɛpono ano hwɛfoɔ no.
30 Next to him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a section. That was the second [section that they repaired]. Next to them, Meshullam the son of Berekiah, made repairs across from where he lived.
Selemia babarima Hanania ne Hanun a ɔyɛ Salaf babarima a ɔtɔ so nsia no siesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi, ɛna Berekia babarima Mesulam nso too ɔfasuo no fa a ɛtoa ne fie so.
31 Next to them, Malchijah, who also made things from gold, repaired [a section] as far as the building used by the temple servants and merchants, which was close to the Inspection Gate. This was the gate into the temple that was near the room on top of the northeast corner of the wall.
Malkia a ɔyɛ sikadwumfoɔ no mu baako siesiee ɔfasuo no, kɔsii Asɔredan mu asomfoɔ ne adwadifoɔ fie a Badwa Ɛpono no ne no di nhwɛanim. Afei ɔtoa so kɔsii abansoro a ɛwɔ ntweasoɔ hɔ no.
32 Other men who made things from gold, along with merchants, repaired [the last section of the wall], as far as the Sheep Gate.
Sikadwumfoɔ a wɔaka no ne adwadifoɔ no siesiee ɔfasuo no firii saa ntweasoɔ hɔ de kɔsii Nnwan Ɛpono no ano.
