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:

Now, these, are their ancestral heads, and their genealogical register, —even of those who came up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, out of Babylon: —

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

Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, —of the sons 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 sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, —and, with him—by genealogical registry of males, a hundred and fifty:

4 Ame siwo tso Pahat Moab ƒe dzidzime me: Zerahia ƒe vi, Eliehoenai kple ŋutsu alafa eve siwo kpe ɖe eŋu la;

Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, son of Zerahiah, —and, with him, two hundred males;

5 Ame siwo tso Zatu ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome: Sekania, Yahaziel ƒe vi kple ŋutsu alafa etɔ̃ siwo le eŋu la;

Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jehaziel, —and, with him, three hundred males;

6 Ame siwo tso Adin ƒe dzidzime me: Yonatan ƒe vi, Ebed kple ŋutsu blaatɔ̃ siwo nɔ eŋu la;

And, of the sons of Adin, Ebed, son of Jonathan, —and, with him, fifty males;

7 Ame siwo tso Elam ƒe dzidzime me: Atalia ƒe vi, Yesaya kple ŋutsu blaadre siwo le eŋu la;

And, of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, son of Athaliah, —and, with him, seventy males;

8 Ame siwo tso Sefatia ƒe dzidzime me: Mikael ƒe vi, Zebadia kple ŋutsu blaenyi siwo dze eyome la;

And, of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, son of Michael, —and, with him, eighty males;

9 Ame siwo tso Yoab ƒe dzidzime me: Yehiel ƒe vi, Obadia kple ŋutsu alafa eve kple wuienyi siwo nɔ eŋu la;

Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, son of Jehiel, and, with him, two hundred and eighteen males;

10 Ame siwo tso Bani ƒe dzidzime me: Yosifia ƒe vi, Selomit kple ŋutsu alafa ɖeka kple blaade siwo nɔ eŋu la;

And, of the sons of Bani, Shelomith, son of Josiphiah, —and, with him, a hundred and sixty males;

11 Ame siwo tso Bebai ƒe dzidzime me: Bebai ƒe vi, Zekaria kple ŋutsu blaeve-vɔ-enyi siwo nɔ eŋu la;

And, of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, son of Bebai, and, with him, twenty-eight males;

12 Ame siwo tso Azgad ƒe dzidzime me: Hakatan ƒe vi, Yohanan kple ŋutsu alafa ɖeka kple ewo siwo nɔ eŋu la;

And, of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, son of Hakkatan, —and, with him, a hundred and ten males;

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;

And, of the later sons of Adonikam, these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, —and, with them, sixty males;

14 Ame siwo tso Bigvai ƒe dzidzime me: Utai kple Zakur kple ŋutsu blaadre siwo nɔ wo ŋu la.

And, of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, —and, with him, seventy males.

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.

And I gathered them together, unto the river that cometh into Ahava, and we encamped there three days, —and I informed myself among the people and the priests, and, of the sons of Levi, found I none 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,

So I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, —also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, teachers.

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 forth unto Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, —and I put into their mouth words, to speak unto Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, to bring unto us attendants 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.

So they brought unto us, according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, —and Sherebiah, and his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

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.

and Hashabiah, and, with him, Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, —his brethren and their sons, twenty;

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.

and, of the Nethinim whom David and the rulers had given for the service of the Levites, Nethinim, two hundred and twenty, —all of them, expressed by name.

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.

Then proclaimed I there a fast, by the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, —to seek of him a smooth way, for us and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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 of the king, a band of soldiers and horsemen, to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God, is upon all who seek him, for good, But, his power and his anger, are 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 sought of our God, concerning this, —and he suffered himself to be entreated by us.

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 separated, from among the rulers of the priests, twelve, —even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and, with them, from among their brethren, ten;

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 weighed unto them, the silver and the gold, and the utensils, —the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counselors and his rulers and all Israel who were present, had offered:

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 even weighed unto their hand, of silver, six hundred and fifty talents, and, of utensils of silver, a hundred talents, —of gold, a hundred talents;

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.

and, bowls of gold, twenty, of a thousand drams, —and, utensils of fine bright bronze, two, 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 said I unto them, Ye, are hallowed unto Yahweh, and, the utensils, are hallowed, —and, the silver and the gold, are a freewill offering, unto Yahweh, 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.”

Watch and guard, until ye weigh [them] before the rulers of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral rulers of Israel, in Jerusalem, —in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.

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 the Levites accepted the weight of the silver and the gold, and the utensils, —to bring to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God.

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.

Then brake we up from the river of Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to journey unto Jerusalem, —and, the hand of our God, was upon us, and he delivered us from the grasp of the enemy and of the lier in wait, by the way.

32 Ale míeva ɖo Yerusalem, eye míedzudzɔ ŋkeke etɔ̃.

So we came to Jerusalem, —and we rested there, 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.

And, on the fourth day, was weighed—the silver and the gold and the utensils, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and, with him, was Eleazar son of Phinehas, —and, with them, were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, Levites:

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.

by the number and by the weight of the whole, —and all the weight, was written down, 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.

They who came in out of the captivity, Sons of the Exile, offered as ascending-sacrifices unto the God of Israel—bullocks twelve for all Israel, rams ninety-six, young sheep seventy-seven, he-goats for bearing sin, twelve, —the whole, as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh.

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.

Then delivered they the decrees of the king, unto the satraps of the king, and the pashas Beyond the River, —and they upheld the people and the house of God.