Ɛsra 6

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

Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the scrolls of the treasuries placed 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 has been found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, a scroll, and a record thus written within it [is]:

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 Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king has made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: let the house be built in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height 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.

three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and let the outlay 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, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, let be given back, and go to the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, [each] to its place, and put [them] down 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 Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, the Apharsachites, who [are] beyond the river, be far from here;

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 alone the work of this house of God, let the governor of the Jews, and [the] elders of the Jews, build this house of God on its place.

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 a decree is made by me concerning that which you do with [the] elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of [the] riches of [the] king, that [are] of [the] tribute beyond [the] river, let the outlay be given speedily to these men, that they do not cease;

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 are needing—both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who [are] in Jerusalem—let be given to 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 are bringing sweet savors near to the God of the heavens, and praying 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.

And a decree is made by me, that anyone who changes this thing, let wood be pulled down from his house, and being raised up, let him be struck on it, and let his house 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 God, who caused His Name to dwell there, casts down any king and people that puts forth his hand to change, to destroy this house of God that [is] in Jerusalem; I Darius have made a decree; 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 Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king has sent, so they have done 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 are building and prospering through [the] prophecy of Haggai [the] prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by [the] decree of [the] God of Israel, and by [the] decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes 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 has gone out until the third day of the month Adar, that is [in] the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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

And the sons of Israel have made, [and] the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, a 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 have brought near for the dedication of this house of God: one hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and twelve young male goats for a sin-offering for all Israel 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 have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that [is] in Jerusalem, as it is written in the scroll 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 sons of the captivity make the Passover on the fourteenth 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 have been purified together—all of them [are] pure—and they slaughter the Passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brothers 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 the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and everyone who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them, to seek to YHWH, God of Israel, eat,

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 make the Celebration of Unleavened Things seven days with joy, for YHWH made them to rejoice, and turned around the heart of the king of Asshur to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.