Ɛsra 6

1 Enti, ɔhene Dario hyɛɛ sɛ, wɔnkɔnpɛnsɛmpɛnsɛm Babilonia nneɛma dada akoraeɛ hɔ baabi a wɔkora nneɛma a ɛsom bo no.

Then gave king Darius an order, that they should make search in the house of the books, where the treasures were laid up there in Babylon.

2 Na Ekbatana aban a ɛwɔ Mediaman no mu na wɔhunuu krataa mmobɔeɛ bi. Na emu nsɛm nie: Asɛnkaeɛ krataa:

And there was found at Achmetha, in the castle that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: A record.

3 Ɔhene Kores dii adeɛ nʼafe a ɛdi so no, wɔhyɛɛ mmara faa Onyankopɔn asɔredan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no ho. Ɛkaa sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsane si no wɔ beaeɛ a na Yudafoɔ bɔ wɔn afɔdeɛ hɔ, wɔ fapem dada no so. Ɛsɛ sɛ ne ɔsorokɔ yɛ anammɔn aduɔkron, na ne tɛtrɛtɛ mu nso yɛ anammɔn aduɔkron.

In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus gave an order concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be built, the place where they used to offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid: its height shall be sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,

4 Aboɔ a wɔasiesie no sononko no ntosoɔ mmiɛnsa biara so no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde nnua gu so. Na adehyeɛ fotoɔ mu na wɔbɛfiri atua ho ka.

With three rows of heavy stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.

5 Sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ nkuku ne nkaka a Nebukadnessar tase firii Onyankopɔn asɔredan a ɛsi Yerusalem no mu de kɔɔ Babilonia no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsane de kɔ Yerusalem, de kɔgu Onyankopɔn asɔredan no mu sɛdeɛ na ɛteɛ no.

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took away out of the temple which is in Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought back unto the temple which is in Jerusalem, every one to its place, and let them be put in the house of God.

6 Na ɔhene Dario too saa nkra yi: Mede krataa yi kɔma amrado Tatenai a ɔwɔ asuo Eufrate atɔeɛ fam ne Setar-Bosnai ne mo mfɛfoɔ ne mpanimfoɔ a wɔwɔ Eufrate atɔeɛ fam sɛ monnkɔ hɔ.

Now Thathnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from there:

7 Monnkɔtwintwane Onyankopɔn asɔredan no sie. Wɔnsi no wɔ beaeɛ dada mu hɔ ara, na monntwintwane Yuda amrado ne Yudafoɔ mpanimfoɔ ananmu wɔ adwuma no yɛ mu.

Let 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 on its site.

8 Na mesane hyɛ mo bio sɛ, mommoa saa Yudafoɔ mpanimfoɔ no wɔ Onyankopɔn asɔredan no sie mu. Ɛsɛ sɛ motua adansie no ho ka nyinaa firi me toɔ a mogyegye firi Eufrate asuogya hɔ, a monntwentwɛn so koraa, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a adwuma no bɛkɔ so ama wɔawie.

And by me is the order given what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God, that out of the king's property, arising out of the tax beyond the river, the expenses shall forthwith be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

9 Biribiara a ɛho hia asɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ Yerusalem, sɛ ebia, nantwie mma, nnwennini ne nnwammaa a wɔde bɛbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ama Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ ɔsorosoro no, momfa mma wɔn. Afei, momma wɔn atokoɔ, nkyene, nsã ne ngo a ɛho bɛhia wɔn da biara a monnto mu.

And what they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt-offerings unto the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the requirement of the priests who are a Jerusalem, shall be given unto them day by day, without fail.

10 Sɛ ɛba saa a, wɔbɛtumi abɔ afɔdeɛ a ɛsɔ ani ama ɔsorosoro Onyankopɔn, na wɔabɔ mpaeɛ ama me ne me mmammarima.

That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savors unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

11 Wɔn a wɔbɛbu mmara no so wɔ ɛkwan biara so no, wɔbɛyi wɔn adan so mpunan. Na wɔde wɔn abobɔ mu, abɔ wɔn mmaa, ama wɔn afie adwiri, adane nkunkumasie.

Also is by me the order given, that if any man should alter this command, timber shall be pulled down from his house, and being set up, he shall be hanged thereon; and his house shall be made a dunghill for this.

12 Onyankopɔn a wayi Yerusalem kuro sɛ beaeɛ a wɔnhyɛ ne din animuonyam no nsɛe ɔhene anaa ɔman biara a wɔbɛbu ne mmara so asɛe asɔredan no. Me Dario na mahyɛ saa mmara yi. Ma ɔmanfoɔ ntie no aso pa mu.

And may the God that causeth his name to dwell there cast down every king and people that will stretch forth their hand to alter, to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have given the order: let it be done speedily.

13 Na Tatenai a ɔyɛ asuo Eufrate atɔeɛ amrado ne Setar-Bosnai ne nʼafɛfoɔ dii Dario mmara a ɔhyɛeɛ no so prɛko pɛ.

Then did Thathnai the, governor on this aide of the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, in accordance with what king Darius had sent, act in this manner speedily.

14 Enti, Yudafoɔ mpanimfoɔ toaa wɔn dwumadie no so na asɛnka a adiyifoɔ Hagai ne Ido babarima Sakaria kaeɛ no hyɛɛ wɔn nkuran. Na, wɔwiee asɔredan no sie, sɛdeɛ, Israel Onyankopɔn hyɛeɛ na Kores, Dario ne Persiahene Artasasta hyɛɛ mmara no.

And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of 'Iddo. And they built, and completed it, according to the order of the God of Israel, and according to the order of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes the king of Persia.

15 Wɔwiee asɔredan no sie Abib (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛtɔ so dumienu, wɔ ɔhene Dario ahennie mfeɛ nsia so.

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

16 Israelfoɔ, asɔfoɔ, Lewifoɔ ne nnipa no nkaeɛ a wɔfiri asutwa mu aba no de ahosɛpɛ too Onyankopɔn asɔredan no din.

Then celebrated the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the exile, the dedication of this house of God with joy;

17 Onyankopɔn asɔredan no dintoɔ afahyɛ no mu no, wɔde anantwie mma ɔha, nnwennini ahanu ne nnwammaa ahanan bɔɔ afɔdeɛ. Na wɔmaa mmirekyie dumienu sɛ bɔne ho afɔrebɔdeɛ, de gyinaa hɔ maa Israel mmusuakuo dumienu no.

And they offered for the dedication of this house of God one hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

18 Afei, wɔkyekyɛɛ asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ no mu, sɛdeɛ wɔn akuo ahodoɔ teɛ no, ma wɔsomm wɔ Onyankopɔn asɔredan no mu wɔ Yerusalem, sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Mose Nwoma mu no.

And they stationed the priests in their orders, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

19 Adar bosome (bɛyɛ Oforisuo) da a ɛtɔ so aduonu baako no, wɔn a wɔatwa wɔn asu no a wɔasane aba no dii Twam Afahyɛ.

And the children of the exile prepared the passover-[sacrifice] on the fourteenth day of the first month.

20 Asɔfoɔ no ne Lewifoɔ no dwiraa wɔn ho, ma wɔn ho te maa afahyɛ no. Enti, wɔkumm Twam Afahyɛ dwammaa maa wɔn a wɔtwaa wɔn asu no a wɔasane aba no nyinaa ne asɔfoɔ a wɔaka ne wɔn ankasa wɔn ho.

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves, as one man were all of them clean; and they slaughtered the passover-sacrifice for all the children of the exile, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

21 Nnipa a wɔwɔ Israel a wɔfiri asutwa mu aba no ne nnipa no nkaeɛ a wɔwɔ ɔman no mu no a wɔadane afiri wɔn amumuyɛ akwan ho abɛsom Awurade Israel Onyankopɔn no na wɔdii twam aduane no.

And then did the children of Israel, who were returned out of the exile, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the uncleanness of the nations of the earth, to seek the Lord the God of Israel, eat thereof.

22 Wɔdii Twam Afahyɛ aduane no, ɛnna wɔde nnanson nso dii Apiti Afahyɛ no. Ahosɛpɛ baa ɔman no mu afanan nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade sesaa Asiriahene adwene a ɔwɔ wɔ wɔn ho, ma ɔboaa wɔn ma wɔsii Onyankopɔn, Israel Onyankopɔn, asɔredan no.

And they celebrated the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Asshur toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.