Ezra 4
1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to the LORD God of Israel;
Yuda ne Benyamin atamfo no tee sɛ wɔn a wotwaa wɔn asu no resiesie Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, asɔredan no.
2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, who brought us up hither.
Enti wɔkɔɔ Serubabel ne ntuanofo no a wɔaka no nkyɛn, na wɔkae se, “Momma yɛne mo nsi, efisɛ yɛsom mo Nyankopɔn sɛnea mosom no no. Efi bere a Asiriahene Esarhadon de yɛn baa ha yi, yɛabɔ afɔre ama no.”
3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
Na Serubabel, Yesua ne Israel ntuanofo bi buae se, “Munni kyɛfa wɔ saa dwuma yi di mu, efisɛ yɛne mo nni hwee yɛ. Yɛn nko ara na yebesi Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, asɔredan no sɛnea Persiahene Kores ahyɛ yɛn no.”
4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Na ɔmanfo no pɛɛ sɛ wobu Yudafo no aba mu na wohunahunaa wɔn wɔ adwuma no yɛ ho.
5 And hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Wɔhyɛɛ ananmusifo bi afono mu sɛ wɔnhaw wɔn na wɔnsɛe wɔn botae no. Eyi kɔɔ so wɔ Persiahene Kores ahenni nyinaa mu kosii bere a Persiahene Dario bedii ahengua no.
6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote [to him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Bere a Ahasweros dii ade mfe kakraa bi akyi no, Yudafo atamfo kyerɛw no krataa, bɔɔ kwaadu tiaa Yuda ne Yerusalem.
7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions to Artaxerxes king of Persia, and the writing of the letter [was] written in the Syrian language, and interpreted in the Syrian language.
Na ɛno akyi no mpo, Persiahene Artasasta bere so no, Yuda atamfo a Bislam, Mitredat ne Tabeel di anim, kyerɛw krataa wɔ Arameike kasa mu kɔmaa Artasasta, na wɔkyerɛɛ ase kyerɛɛ ɔhene no.
8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Amrado Rehum ne Simsai a ɔyɛ asennii kyerɛwfo kyerɛw krataa kɔkyerɛɛ ɔhene Artasasta sɛnea ɔman Yerusalem mu te.
9 Then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dianites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, [and] the Elamites,
Wokyiaa ɔhene no ma ɛkɔtoo wɔn a wɔne wɔn bɔ, atemmufo ne ɔman no mu ntuanofo, Tarpela manfo, Persiafo, Babelfo ne Elamfo.
10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest [that are] on this side of the river, and at such a time.
Wɔsan kyiaa nnipa a wɔaka no a ɔkɛse ne otitiriw Asurbanipa atwa wɔn asu, de wɔn akogu Samaria ne nsase a atwa hɔ ahyia wɔ asu Eufrate atɔe fam no so no.
11 This [is] the copy of the letter that they sent to him, [even] to Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men on this side of the river, and at such a time.
Eyi yɛ krataa a wɔde kɔmaa no no nsɛso: Efi wʼasomfo a wɔwɔ asu Eufrate agya no nkyɛn de kɔma Artasasta:
12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came from thee to us are come to Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the noxious city, and have set up its walls, and joined the foundations.
Yɛrebɔ wo amanneɛ sɛ, Yudafo a wofi Babilonia baa Yerusalem ha no resiesie atuatewfo ne abɔnefo kurow no. Wɔato afasu no fapem dedaw, na ɛrenkyɛ na wɔawie.
13 Be it known now to the king, that, if this city shall be built, and the walls set up [again], [then] they will not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and [so] thou wilt endamage the revenue of the kings.
Na yɛpɛ sɛ wote sɛ, sɛ wosiesie kurow yi ne nʼafasu no wie a, ɛremmoa wo koraa, efisɛ Yudafo no rentua wɔn tow ne aguade biara mma wo.
14 Now because we have maintenance from [the king's] palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
Esiane sɛ yɛyɛ wʼasomfo nokwafo nti, yɛmpɛ sɛ wʼanim begu ase wɔ saa kwan yi so nti na yɛrebɔ wo saa amanneɛ yi.
15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so wilt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city [is] a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
Yɛpɛ sɛ wohwehwɛ wʼagyanom nkrataa mu, hu sɛnea saa kurow yi yɛɛ atuatew kurow tete no. Nokware ni, wɔsɛee no, esiane abakɔsɛm tenten a ɛda hɔ sɛ wɔsɔre tiaa ahemfo ne aman a wɔpɛe sɛ wodi wɔn so no nti.
16 We certify the king that, if this city shall be built [again], and its walls set up, by this means thou wilt have no portion on this side of the river.
Yɛpae mu ka se, sɛ wosiesie kurow yi na wowie nʼafasu no a, wobɛhwere asu Eufrate agya asase no.
17 [Then] the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and [to] Shimshai the scribe, and [to] the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and [to] the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Artasasta mmuae ni: Mede krataa yi kɔma amrado Rehum, asennii kyerɛwfo Simsai ne wɔn mfɛfo a wɔte Samaria ne wɔn a wɔwɔ asu Eufrate agya no nyinaa.
18 The letter which ye sent to us hath been plainly read before me.
Mikyia mo nyinaa. Krataa a mokyerɛwee no, wɔakyerɛ ase, akenkan akyerɛ me.
19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and [that] rebellion and sedition have been made in it.
Mahyɛ sɛ wɔnkɔyɛ nkrataa mu mpɛnsɛnpɛnsɛnmu, na mahu sɛ, ampa ara, mmere bi a atwa mu no, na Yerusalem yɛ atuatewman a etiaa ahemfo bebree a na abantugu yɛ ade a wɔyɛ daa wɔ hɔ.
20 There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all [countries] beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid to them.
Ahemfo atumfo a adi ade wɔ Yerusalem ne asu Eufrate agya no nyinaa agye tow ne aguade bebree.
21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until [another] commandment shall be given from me.
Ɛno nti, hyɛ na saa nnipa yi nnyae wɔn adwuma. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wosiesie kurow no, gye sɛ mema ho kwan.
22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Monntwentwɛn so koraa, efisɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛma asɛm no gye nsam.
23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter [was] read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Bere a wɔkenkan saa krataa a efi ɔhene Artasasta nkyɛn kyerɛɛ Rehum, Simsai ne wɔn mfɛfo no, wɔyɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ Yerusalem kɔhyɛɛ Yudafo no ma wogyaee adansi no.
24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. So it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Wogyaee Onyankopɔn asɔredan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no ho adwumayɛ, wɔ nea adu hɔ ara, kosii Persiahene Dario ahenni afe a ɛto so abien no so.
