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1 Eyinom ne abusua mu ntuanofo ne anato ahorow a ɔhene Artasasta di ade no, wɔne me fi Babilonia bae:
This is a list of the family leaders and genealogical records of those who came back with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2 Pinehas asefo mu no: Gersom; Itamar asefo mu no: Daniel. Dawid asefo mu no: Sekania babarima Hatus.
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush,
3 Paros asefo mu no: Sakaria ne mmarima afoforo bi ɔha aduonum.
son of Shecaniah. From the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him 150 men were registered.
4 Pahat-Moab asefo mu no: Serahia babarima Eliehoenai ne mmarima afoforo bi ahannu.
From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.
5 Satu asefo mu no: Yahasiel babarima Sekania ne mmarima afoforo bi ahaasa.
From the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men.
6 Adin asefo mu no: Yonatan babarima Ebed ne mmarima afoforo bi aduonum.
From the sons of Adin, Ebed, son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men.
7 Elam asefo mu no: Yesaia babarima Atalia ne mmarima afoforo bi aduɔson.
From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men.
8 Sefatia asefo mu no: Mikael babarima Sebadia ne mmarima afoforo bi aduɔwɔtwe.
From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, son of Michael, and with him 80 men.
9 Yoab asefo mu no: Yehiel babarima Obadia ne mmarima afoforo bi ahannu ne dunwɔtwe.
From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.
10 Bani asefo mu no: Yosifia babarima Selomit ne mmarima afoforo bi ɔha aduosia.
From the sons of Bani, Shelomith, son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men.
11 Bebai asefo mu no: Bebai babarima Sakaria ne mmarima afoforo bi aduonu awotwe.
From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, son of Bebai, and with him 28 men.
12 Asgad asefo mu no: Hakatan babarima Yohanan ne mmarima afoforo bi ɔha ne du.
From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men.
13 Adonikam asefo a wotwa to no: wɔn din de Elifelet, Yeiel, ne Semaia a, mmarima afoforo bi aduosia ka wɔn ho.
From the sons of Adonikam, those who were last, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men.
14 Bigwai asefo mu no: Utai ne Sakur a mmarima afoforo bi aduɔson ka wɔn ho.
From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.
15 Meboaa nnommum no ano wɔ Ahawa nsukwan no so, na yɛma wɔtenaa hɔ nnansa, bere a merehwɛ nnipa no ne asɔfo a wɔabedu hɔ no din mu no, mihuu sɛ Lewifo no mu baako mpo antu ne ho ansi hɔ.
I gathered the returning exiles together at the Ahava Canal. We camped there for three days while I reviewed who had come—the ordinary people, the priests, and the Levites. I discovered there wasn't a single Levite
16 Enti mesoma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Elieser, Ariel, Semaia, Elnatan, Yarib, Elnatan, Natan, Sakaria ne Mesulam, a wɔyɛ ɔmanfo no ntuanofo no. Mesan soma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Yoiarib ne Elnatan, a na wɔyɛ nimdefo no nso;
so I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men with good insight.
17 na mema wɔkɔɔ Ido a na otua Lewifo no ano no nkyɛn wɔ Kasifia. Mekyerɛɛ wɔn nea wɔnka nkyerɛ Ido ne nʼabusuafo ne asɔredan no mu asomfo no wɔ Kasifia, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔde ahwɛfo bɛbrɛ yɛn wɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn fi.
I told them to go to Iddo, the leader of the Temple servants at Casiphia, asking him and his relatives to send us ministers for the Temple of our God.
18 Esiane sɛ Onyankopɔn adom nsa wɔ yɛn so no nti, wɔbrɛɛ yɛn ɔbarima bi a ne din de Serebia, a ne mmabarima ne ne nuabarimanom dunwɔtwe ka ne ho. Na ɔyɛ onyansafo a ɔyɛ Mahli a na ɔyɛ Israel babarima Lewi no aseni,
Since our gracious God was with us, they brought us Sherebiah, a man with good insight from the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, together with his sons and brothers, a total of eighteen men;
19 ne Merari asefo Yesaia, Hasabia ne ne mmabarima ne ne nuabarimanom aduonu
and Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, from the sons of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, a total of twenty men.
20 ne asɔredan no mu asomfo ahannu ne aduonu bae. Na asɔredan mu asomfo no yɛ Lewifo no aboafo a na wɔyɛ asɔredan mu adwumayɛfo kuw bi a Dawid na ɔfaa wɔn kan. Wɔkyerɛw wɔn nyinaa din.
In addition they brought 220 of the Temple servants, a group appointed by David and his officials to help the Levites. These were all registered by name.
21 Na Ahawa Suka no ho no, mehyɛɛ sɛ yenni mmuada, na yɛmmrɛ yɛn ho ase mma Onyankopɔn. Yɛbɔɔ mpae sɛ ɔbɛma yɛakodu dwoodwoo, na wabɔ yɛn ne yɛn mma ne yɛn nneɛma a yɛde rebetu kwan no ho ban.
At the Ahava Canal I called for a fast so we could confess our sins before God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, along with all our possessions.
22 Na mefɛree sɛ mebisa ɔhene no sɛ ɔmma yɛn asraafo ne apɔnkɔsotefo na wɔnka yɛn ho mmɔ yɛn ho ban wɔ ɔkwan so, efisɛ na yɛaka akyerɛ ɔhene no se, “Yɛn Nyankopɔn bɔ wɔn a wɔsom no no ho ban, na nʼabufuwhyew no tia wɔn a wɔpo no.”
I had been reluctant to ask the king to give us a military escort to protect us from enemies on the way. We had told the king, “Our gracious God takes care of everyone who follows him, but shows his anger against anyone who abandons him.”
23 Enti yedii mmuada, bɔɔ mpae srɛɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn wɔ eyi ho, na otiee yɛn mpaebɔ.
So we fasted and asked God to protect us, and he answered our prayers.
24 Na miyii asɔfo no ntuanofo dumien a wɔne Serebia, Hasabia ne asɔfo afoforo du a wɔka wɔn ho
Then I designated twelve of the leading priests, and Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
25 sɛ wɔnhwɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ, sikakɔkɔɔ hweaseammɔ ne nneɛma a ɛka ho a ɔhene no nʼagyinatufo, ne ntuanofo ne Israelfo de ama Onyankopɔn fi no so.
and I weighed out and handed them the donations of silver and gold, and the items that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the people of Israel there had given for the Temple of our God.
26 Mede agude no rema wɔn no, mekarii na mihuu sɛ emu duru yɛ: dwetɛ nkaribo tɔn aduonu anan, sikakɔkɔɔ nkuku ne nkaka nkaribo pɔn mpem ahanson ne ahannum, sikakɔkɔɔ nkaribo pɔn mpem ahanson ne ahannum,
I weighed out and placed in their hands 650 talents of silver, silver Temple items weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
27 sikakɔkɔɔ hweaseammɔ aduonu a ɛne sikakɔkɔɔ nnwetɛbona apem bo yɛ pɛ, kɔbere nneɛma abien a wɔabere ho ma ɛrekɔyɛ sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ ankasa.
20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two articles of highly-polished bronze, as valuable as gold.
28 Na meka kyerɛɛ saa asɔfo yi se, “Wɔayi mo ne saa agyapade yi nyinaa asi nkyɛn sɛ ade kronkron ama Awurade. Saa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ yi yɛ koma pa mu afɔrebɔde a wɔde rema Awurade, yɛn agyanom Nyankopɔn.
I told them, “You are set apart for the Lord, and these Temple items are too. The silver and gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your forefathers.
29 Monhwɛ saa agyapade yi so yiye, na momfa mma asɔfo mpanyin, Lewifo ne Israel ntuanofo wɔ adekorae a ɛwɔ Yerusalem asɔredan no mu no.”
You are to guard them and keep them safe until you hand them over, weighing them before the high priests, the Levites and the family leaders in Israel at Jerusalem, in the treasury rooms within the Lord's Temple.”
30 Enti asɔfo no ne Lewifo no gye too wɔn ho so sɛ wɔde saa Onyankopɔn asɔre sika no bɛkɔ Yerusalem.
The priests and Levites took responsibility for the silver and gold and the Temple items that had been weighed out to be brought to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.
31 Yefii Ahawa Suka atenae hɔ Ab ɔsram (bɛyɛ Oforisuo) da a ɛto so dunkron, sii mu kɔɔ Yerusalem. Na Onyankopɔn nsa no bɔɔ yɛn ho ban, gyee yɛn fii atamfo ne akwamukafo nsam.
On the twelfth day of the first month, we left the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and our God was with us to protect us from enemy ambushes along the way.
32 Enti yekoduu Yerusalem dwoodwoo, homee wɔ hɔ nnansa.
Eventually we arrived in Jerusalem and rested there for three days.
33 Yeduu no, ne nnaanan so no, wɔkarii dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne aboɔdenne a aka no wɔ Onyankopɔn asɔredan no mu, na wɔde hyɛɛ Uria babarima ɔsɔfo Meremot ne Pinehas babarima Eleasar ne Yesua babarima Yosabad ne Binui babarima Noadia a wɔn baanu no yɛ Lewifo no nsa.
On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the Temple items were weighed out in the Temple of our God and handed over to Meremoth, son of Uriah the priest, accompanied by Eleazar, son of Phinehas. Also present were the Levites, Jozabad, son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, son of Binnui.
34 Wɔkan biribiara dodow, karii mu duru, kyerɛw biribiara.
Everything was checked, both by number and weight, and the total weight was written down at the time.
35 Na wɔn a wofi nnommum mu bae no de anantwi dumien, adwennini aduɔkron asia ne nguantenmma aduɔson ason, bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre, maa Israel Nyankopɔn. Afei, wɔmaa mmirekyi dumien sɛ bɔne ho afɔrebɔde. Wɔde eyinom nyinaa bae sɛ ɔhyew afɔre maa Awurade.
Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel—twelve bulls for all of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and a sin offering of twelve goats. All were sacrificed as a burnt offering to the Lord.
36 Wɔde ɔhene no mmara no maa ne mpanyimfo ne amradofo a wɔwɔ asu Eufrate agya no, na wɔn nyinaa yɛɛ baako boaa Onyankopɔn asɔredan no si.
They also delivered the king's decrees to the chief officers of the king and the governors of the province west of the Euphrates, who then provided assistance to the people and to God's Temple.
