Ezra 6
1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
Enti ɔhene Dario hyɛɛ sɛ, wɔnkɔhwehwɛ Babilonia nneɛma dedaw akorae hɔ faako a wɔkora nneɛma a ɛsom bo no.
2 A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
Na Ekbatana aban a ɛwɔ Mediaman no mu hɔ no na wohuu krataa mmobɔwee bi. Na emu nsɛm ni: Amanneɛbɔ krataa:
3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid, with its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits;
Ɔhene Kores dii ade nʼafe a edi so no, wɔhyɛɛ mmara faa Onyankopɔn asɔredan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no ho. Ɛkae se ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsan si no wɔ beae a na Yudafo bɔ wɔn afɔre hɔ, wɔ fapem dedaw no so. Ɛsɛ sɛ ne sorokɔ yɛ anammɔn aduɔkron, na ne trɛw nso anammɔn aduɔkron.
4 with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.
Abo a wɔasiesie no sononko no mmeaso abiɛsa biara so no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde nnua gu. Na adehye foto mu na wobefi atua ho ka.
5 Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everything to its place. You shall put them in God’s house.
Sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ nkuku ne nkaka a Nebukadnessar tase fii Onyankopɔn asɔredan a esi Yerusalem no mu de kɔɔ Babilonia no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsan de kɔ Yerusalem, de kogu Onyankopɔn asɔredan no mu sɛnea na ɛte no.
6 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.
Na ɔhene Dario de saa nkra yi somae: Mede krataa yi kɔma amrado Tatenai a ɔwɔ asu Eufrate agya ne Setar-Bosnai ne mo mfɛfo ne mpanyimfo a wɔwɔ Eufrate agya sɛ monnkɔ hɔ.
7 Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
Monnkotwintwan Onyankopɔn asɔredan no si anan mu. Wonsi no wɔ beae dedaw mu hɔ ara, na monntoto Yuda amrado ne Yudafo mpanyimfo anan mu wɔ adwuma no yɛ ho.
8 Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered.
Na mesan hyɛ mo bio sɛ, mommoa saa Yudafo mpanyimfo no wɔ Onyankopɔn asɔredan no si mu. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutua adansi no ho ka nyinaa fi tow a mugyigye fi mo man mu a monntwentwɛn so koraa, sɛnea adwuma no yɛ renka.
9 That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail,
Biribiara a ɛho hia asɔfo a wɔwɔ Yerusalem, sɛ ebia, nantwimma, adwennini ne nguantenmma a wɔde bɛbɔ ɔhyew afɔre ama Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ ɔsorosoro no, momfa mma wɔn. Afei, momma wɔn atoko, nkyene, nsa ne ngo a ɛho behia wɔn da biara a monnto mu.
10 that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.
Sɛ ɛba saa a, wobetumi abɔ afɔre a ɛsɔ ani ama ɔsorosoro Nyankopɔn, na wɔabɔ mpae ama me ne me mmabarima.
11 I have also made a decree that whoever alters this message, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened on it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
Wɔn a wobebu mmara no so wɔ ɔkwan biara so no, wobeyi wɔn adan so mpuran, na wɔde wɔn abobɔ mu, abɔ wɔn mmaa, ama wɔn afi adwiriw, adan sumina siw.
12 May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who stretch out their hand to alter this, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree. Let it be done with all diligence.
Onyankopɔn a wayi Yerusalem kurow sɛ beae a wɔnhyɛ ne din anuonyam no nsɛe ɔhene anaa ɔman biara a wobebu ne mmara so, asɛe asɔredan no. Me Dario na mahyɛ saa mmara yi. Ma ɔmanfo ntie no aso pa mu.
13 Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.
Na Tatenai a ɔyɛ asu Eufrate agya amrado ne Setar-Bosnai ne ne mfɛfo dii Dario mmara a ɔhyɛɛ no so prɛko pɛ.
14 The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Enti Yudafo mpanyimfo toaa wɔn dwumadi no so na asɛm a adiyifo Hagai ne Ido babarima Sakaria kae no hyɛɛ wɔn nkuran. Na wowiee asɔredan no si, sɛnea Israel Nyankopɔn hyɛe na Kores, Dario ne Persiahene Artasasta hyɛɛ mmara no.
15 This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
Wowiee asɔredan no si wɔ Abib (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛto so dumien, ɔhene Dario ahenni mfe asia so.
16 The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
Israelfo, asɔfo, Lewifo ne nnipa no nkae a wofi nnommum mu aba no de ahosɛpɛw too Onyankopɔn asɔredan no din.
17 They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Onyankopɔn asɔredan no dinto afahyɛ no mu no, wɔde nantwimma ɔha, adwennini ahannu ne nguantenmma ahannan bɔɔ afɔre. Na wɔmaa mmirekyi dumien sɛ bɔne ho afɔrebɔde, de gyinaa hɔ maa Israel mmusuakuw dumien no.
18 They set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God which is at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
Na wɔkyekyɛɛ asɔfo ne Lewifo no mu, sɛnea wɔn akuw ahorow te no ma wɔsom wɔ Onyankopɔn asɔredan no mu wɔ Yerusalem, sɛnea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mose Nhoma mu no.
19 The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Adar ɔsram (bɛyɛ Oforisuo) da a ɛto so aduonu baako no, wɔn a wofi nnommum mu bae no dii Twam Afahyɛ.
20 Because the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together, all of them were pure. They killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.
Asɔfo no ne Lewifo no dwiraa wɔn ho maa wɔn ho tew maa afahyɛ no. Enti wokum Twam Afahyɛ guamma maa wɔn a wofi nnommum mu bae no nyinaa ne asɔfo a wɔaka ne wɔn ankasa wɔn ho.
21 The children of Israel who had returned out of the captivity, and all who had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,
Nnipa a wɔwɔ Israel a wofi nnommum mu aba no ne nnipa no nkae a wɔwɔ ɔman no mu no a wɔadan afi wɔn amumɔyɛ akwan ho abɛsom Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, no na wodii twam aduan no.
22 and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; because Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of God, the God of Israel’s house.
Wodii Twam Afahyɛ aduan no, na wɔde nnanson nso dii Apiti Afahyɛ no. Ahosɛpɛw baa ɔman no mmaa nyinaa, efisɛ Awurade sakraa Asiriahene adwene a ɔwɔ wɔ wɔn ho ma ɔboaa wɔn sii Onyankopɔn, Israel Nyankopɔn, asɔredan no.
