Ezra 8
1 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:
These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2 Ame siwo tso Finehas ƒe dzidzime me: Gersom; Ame siwo tso Itamar ƒe dzidzime me: Daniel; Ame siwo tso David ƒe dzidzime me: Hatus
from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush
3 si tso Sekania ƒe dzidzime me; Ame siwo tso Paros ƒe dzidzime me: Zekaria kple ŋutsu alafa ɖeka blaatɔ̃ siwo ŋlɔ ŋkɔ ɖe egbɔ;
of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
4 Ame siwo tso Pahat Moab ƒe dzidzime me: Zerahia ƒe vi, Eliehoenai kple ŋutsu alafa eve siwo kpe ɖe eŋu la;
from the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;
5 Ame siwo tso Zatu ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome: Sekania, Yahaziel ƒe vi kple ŋutsu alafa etɔ̃ siwo le eŋu la;
from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;
6 Ame siwo tso Adin ƒe dzidzime me: Yonatan ƒe vi, Ebed kple ŋutsu blaatɔ̃ siwo nɔ eŋu la;
from the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;
7 Ame siwo tso Elam ƒe dzidzime me: Atalia ƒe vi, Yesaya kple ŋutsu blaadre siwo le eŋu la;
from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
8 Ame siwo tso Sefatia ƒe dzidzime me: Mikael ƒe vi, Zebadia kple ŋutsu blaenyi siwo dze eyome la;
from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
9 Ame siwo tso Yoab ƒe dzidzime me: Yehiel ƒe vi, Obadia kple ŋutsu alafa eve kple wuienyi siwo nɔ eŋu la;
from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
10 Ame siwo tso Bani ƒe dzidzime me: Yosifia ƒe vi, Selomit kple ŋutsu alafa ɖeka kple blaade siwo nɔ eŋu la;
from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;
11 Ame siwo tso Bebai ƒe dzidzime me: Bebai ƒe vi, Zekaria kple ŋutsu blaeve-vɔ-enyi siwo nɔ eŋu la;
from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
12 Ame siwo tso Azgad ƒe dzidzime me: Hakatan ƒe vi, Yohanan kple ŋutsu alafa ɖeka kple ewo siwo nɔ eŋu la;
from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
13 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;
from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
14 Ame siwo tso Bigvai ƒe dzidzime me: Utai kple Zakur kple ŋutsu blaadre siwo nɔ wo ŋu la.
and from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.
15 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.
Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
16 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,
Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
17 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.
And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
18 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.
And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
19 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.
also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.
20 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.
They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.
21 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.
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
22 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.”
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
23 Ale míetsi nu dɔ, ƒo koko na míaƒe Mawu la tso nu sia ŋuti, eye wòɖo míaƒe gbedodoɖa ŋu.
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
24 Tete meɖe nunɔla siwo bi ɖe dɔa me nyuie la dometɔ wuieve ɖe aga kpe ɖe Serebia, Hasabia kple wo nɔviŋutsu ewo bubuwo ŋu.
Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
25 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.
and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
26 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
I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, articles of silver weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
27 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.
20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
28 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.
Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
29 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.”
Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
30 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.
So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
31 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.
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.
32 Ale míeva ɖo Yerusalem, eye míedzudzɔ ŋkeke etɔ̃.
So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.
33 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.
On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
34 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.
Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.
35 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.
Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
36 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.
They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
