ʻEsela 9
1 Pea ʻi he fai ʻo ʻosi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe haʻu ai ʻae ngaahi houʻeiki kiate au, ʻo pehē, ʻOku teʻeki vahevahe ʻakinautolu ʻe he kakai ʻo ʻIsileli, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau Livai, mei he kakai ʻoe ngaahi fonua, ʻi he fai ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau ngaahi angakovi, ʻio, ʻoe kakai Kēnani, mo e kakai Heti, mo e kakai Pelesi, mo e kakai Sepusi, mo e kakai ʻAmoni, mo e kakai ʻAmoli.
Na Yudafo ntuanofo no baa me nkyɛn bɛkae se, “Israelfo bebree, na mpo, asɔfo ne Lewifo ntwee wɔn ho mfii nnipa afoforo bi a wɔte asase no so no ho. Wodi akyiwade a na Kanaanfo, Hetifo, Perisifo, Yebusifo, Amonfo, Moabfo, Misraimfo ne Amorifo yɛ no akyi.
2 He kuo nau ʻomi honau ngaahi ʻofefine moʻonautolu, pea mo honau ngaahi foha: ko ia kuo fakafehakoʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻe he hako māʻoniʻoni mo e kakai ʻoe ngaahi fonua ko ia: ʻio, kuo kau lahi ʻae nima ʻoe houʻeiki mo e ngaahi pule ʻi he meʻa hala ni.
Na Israelfo mmarima ware fi saa nnipa no mu, na wɔpɛ yerenom fi wɔn mu, ma wɔn mmabarima. Enti ananafo aware no ama nnipa kronkron no ho agu fi. Nea ɛsɛee asɛm no koraa ne sɛ, mpanyimfo ne ntuanofo no koraa na wodi ho fɔ kɛse.”
3 Pea ʻi heʻeku fanongo ki he meʻa ni, naʻaku hae hoku kofu mo hoku pulupulu, peau fusi hoku ngaahi fulufuluʻi ʻulu mei hoku ʻulu, pea mo ʻeku kava, peau nofo ki lalo ʻo tāfuʻua.
Metee saa asɛm no, misunsuan me ntade mu, tutuu me tinwi fii me ti so, tutuu mʼabogyesɛ nso, tew tenaa fam ahodwiriw so.
4 Pea naʻe kātoa kiate au ʻakinautolu taki taha kotoa pē naʻe tetetete ki he ngaahi folofola ʻae ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ko e meʻa ʻi he talangataʻa ʻokinautolu naʻe fetuku fakapōpula: peau nofo tāfuʻua pe ʻo aʻu ki he feilaulau fakaefiafi.
Na wɔn a na wonya ayamhyehye wɔ Israel Nyankopɔn asɛm ho no bɛtenaa me nkyɛn wɔ ne nkurɔfo nokware a wɔanni no ho. Metenaa ase ahodwiriw so kosii anwummere afɔrebɔbere.
5 Pea ʻi he feilaulau fakaefiafi ne u tuʻu hake mei heʻeku māfasia; peau hae hoku kofu mo hoku pulupulu, peau tūʻulutui ʻi hoku tui, peau mafao atu hoku nima kia Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua,
Eduu afɔrebɔbere no, mesɔre gyinaa faako a na mete hɔ awerɛhow mu a masunsuan mʼatade mu no, na mibuu nkotodwe, maa me nsa so kyerɛɛ Awurade, me Nyankopɔn no.
6 Pea naʻaku pehē, “ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ʻoku ou mā pea kula hoku mata ke hiki hake hoku mata kiate koe, ʻe hoku ʻOtua: he kuo tupu ʻo lahi hake ʻemau ngaahi hia ʻi ʻolunga ki homau ʻulu, pea ko ʻemau fai hala kuo tupu hake ki he ngaahi langi.
Mebɔɔ mpae se: “Me Nyankopɔn, mʼani awu yiye, na mafɛre sɛ merema mʼani so kyerɛ wo. Na yɛn bɔne akɔ soro sen yɛn ti, na yɛn afɔdi adu ɔsorosoro.
7 Talu mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻemau ngaahi tamai kuo mau moʻua ʻi he hala lahi ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni; pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻemau ngaahi hia, naʻe tukuange ai ʻakimautolu, mo homau ngaahi tuʻi, mo homau ngaahi taulaʻeiki, ki he nima ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻoe ngaahi fonua, ki he heletā, pea ki he pōpula, pea ki he maumau, pea ki he puputuʻu ʻoe mata, ʻo hangē ʻi he ʻaho ni.
Yɛn abakɔsɛm nyinaa yɛ bɔne kɛse. Ɛno nti na yɛn ne yɛn ahemfo ne yɛn asɔfo de yɛn ho akɔhyɛ abosonsomfo ahemfo a wɔwɔ asase no so ase no. Wɔakunkum yɛn, wɔakyere yɛn nnommum, wɔabɔ yɛn korɔn, agu yɛn anim ase sɛnea yɛte nnɛ yi
8 Pea ko eni kuo fakahā ʻae ʻofa kiate kimautolu ʻi he kuonga siʻi meia Sihova ko homau ʻOtua, ke tuku kiate kimautolu ha toenga [kakai], ke hoa, pea ke tuku kiate kimautolu ʻae faʻo ʻi hono potu māʻoniʻoni, koeʻuhi ke fakamaama homau mata ʻe homau ʻOtua, pea foaki kiate kimautolu ʻae fakaakeake siʻi ʻi homau nofo pōpula.
“Nanso mprempren, Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, ayɛ yɛn adom ama yɛn mu kakra atena nkwa mu sɛ nkaase. Wabɔ yɛn ho ban wɔ beae kronkron ha. Yɛn Nyankopɔn abue yɛn ani, ama yɛn ahomegye kakra afi yɛn nkoasom mu.
9 He ko e kau tangata hopoate ʻakimautolu; ka naʻe ʻikai liʻaki ʻakimautolu ʻe homau ʻOtua ʻi heʻemau nofo pōpula, ka kuo fakahoko ʻae ʻofa kiate kimautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Peasia, ke tuku kiate kimautolu ʻae fakaakeake, ke fokotuʻu ʻae fale ʻo homau ʻOtua, pea ke fakafoʻou hono ngaahi potu maumau pea ke foaki kiate kimautolu ʻae ʻā maka ʻi Siuta pea ʻi Selūsalema.
Efisɛ na yɛyɛ nkoa, nanso ne dɔ a ɔde dɔ yɛn daa no nti, Onyankopɔn annyaa yɛn wɔ yɛn nkoasom mu. Mmom, ɔmaa Persiahene hwɛɛ yɛn yiye. Ɔkanyan yɛn, sɛnea yebetumi asan asi yɛn Nyankopɔn asɔredan no, asiesie nʼamamfo no. Wama yɛn bammɔ afasu wɔ Yuda ne Yerusalem.
10 Pea ko eni, ʻE homau ʻOtua, ko e hā te mau lea [ʻaki ]hili ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē? He kuo mau liʻaki hoʻo ngaahi fekau,
“Na mprempren, yɛn Nyankopɔn, asɛm bɛn na yɛwɔ ka wɔ eyinom nyinaa akyi? Efisɛ yɛapo wo mmara nsɛm
11 ʻAia naʻa ke fekau ʻi hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ko e kau palōfita, ʻo pehē, Ko e fonua ʻoku mou ʻalu ke maʻu, ko e fonua taʻemaʻa ia ʻi he ngaahi angaʻuli ʻoe kakai ʻoe ngaahi fonua, mo ʻenau ngaahi angakovi, ʻaia kuo nau fakafonu ʻaki ia mei hono potu ʻe taha ki hono potu ʻe taha ʻi heʻenau anga taʻemaʻa;
a wonam wʼasomfo adiyifo no so bɔɔ yɛn kɔkɔ sɛ, ‘Asase a mobɛfa no, nnipa a wɔte so no nam wɔn nneyɛe bɔne so agu ho fi koraa. Porɔwee ahyɛ asase no so ma, fi ti kosi ti.
12 Pea ko eni, ʻoua naʻa mou foaki homou ngaahi ʻofefine ki honau ngaahi foha, pea ʻoua naʻa mou toʻo honau ngaahi ʻofefine mo homou ngaahi foha, pea ʻoua naʻa mou kumi ki heʻenau melino pe ki heʻenau koloa ʻo taʻengata: koeʻuhi ke mou mālohi, pea kai ʻae lelei ʻoe fonua, pea tuku ia ko e ʻapi tofiʻa ki hoʻomou fānau ke taʻengata.
Enti mommma mo mmabea nware wɔn mmabarima, na mo mmabarima nso nware wɔn mmabea, na ɛnsɛ sɛ moboa saa aman no wɔ ɔkwan biara so, na yɛayɛ ɔman kɛse, adi asase no so nnepa, na yɛagyaw ama yɛn mma sɛ daapem agyapade.’
13 Pea hili ʻae meʻa kotoa pē kuo tō kiate kimautolu ʻi heʻemau ngaahi ngāue kovi, pea ʻi heʻemau hala lahi, he ko koe ko homau ʻOtua kuo siʻi hifo hao tautea ʻakimautolu kae lahi ʻemau ngaahi hia, pea kuo ke tuku kiate kimautolu ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻui pehē ni;
“Nea ato yɛn yi fi yɛn amumɔyɛsɛm ne yɛn afɔdi. Nanso asotwe a wode ama yɛn no sua koraa sen sɛnea ɛfata yɛn, efisɛ wo Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn ama yɛn mu bi atena sɛ nkaase.
14 He te mau toe liʻaki hoʻo ngaahi fekau, pea hoko ʻo fakataha ʻakimautolu mo e kakai ʻoe ngaahi angakovi ni? Pea ʻikai te ke houhau ai kiate kimautolu ke ʻoua ke fakaʻauha ʻakimautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai ha niʻihi ʻe toe, pe ha meʻa ke hao ai?
Nanso mprempren, yɛresan abu wo mmara nsɛm so, na yɛne wɔn a wɔyɛ saa akyiwade no redi aware. Nokware, wʼabufuw bɛsɛe yɛn ara akosi sɛ, nkaefo kakra no ase bɛtɔre koraa.
15 ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻoku ke māʻoniʻoni koe: he ʻoku mau kei nofo hao pe, ʻo hangē ko e ʻaho ni: vakai, ʻoku mau ʻi ho ʻao ʻi heʻemau ngaahi angahala: he ʻoku ʻikai te mau faʻa tuʻu ʻi ho ʻao koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni.”
Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, woyɛ ɔtreneeni. Yɛnka hwee sɛ nkaefo a wɔafi nkoasom mu. Yɛde yɛn afɔdi gyina wʼanim a anka yɛn mu biara rentumi nnyina wʼanim wɔ saa tebea yi mu.”
