< Nehemia 3 >
1 Afei, ɔsɔfopanin Eliasib ne asɔfoɔ bi hyɛɛ aseɛ too ɔfasuo no firii Nnwan Ɛpono no. Wɔdwiraa ho, sisii nʼapono, de kɔsii Ɔha Abantenten ne Hananel Abantenten no.
Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.
2 Nnipa a wɔfiri Yeriko kuropɔn no mu toaa wɔn so yɛɛ adwuma hɔ, na Imri babarima Sakur dii so.
And by his side the men of Jericho were building. And after them, Zaccur, the son of Imri.
3 Hasenaa mmammarima na wɔsii Mpataa Ɛpono no. Wɔyɛɛ ho biribiara. Wɔtotoo mpunan no, sisii apono no, de nkyerewa ne nnaban hyehyɛɛ wɔn afa.
The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.
4 Uria babarima Meremot a ɔyɛ Hakkos nana na ɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no fa a ɛdi hɔ no. Nʼaboafoɔ ne Berekia babarima Mesulam a ɔyɛ Mesesabel nana na afei Baana babarima Sadok.
By their side Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was making good the walls. Then Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel; and by him, Zadok, the son of Baana.
5 Wɔn a wɔdi soɔ ne Tekoafoɔ, mmom wɔn mpanimfoɔ no ampene sɛ wɔbɛboa.
Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
6 Paseah babarima Yoiada ne Besodeia babarima Mesulam na wɔsiesiee Kuropɔn Dada Ɛpono no. Wɔtotoo mpunan no, sisii apono no de nkyerewa ne nnaban bobɔɔ mu.
Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.
7 Wɔn a wɔdi wɔn so yɛ Melatia a ɔfiri Gibeon, Yadon a ɔfiri Meronot ne nnipa a wɔfiri Gibeon ne Mispa a ɛyɛ amrado a ɔwɔ Asubɔnten Eufrate atɔeɛ fam no atenaeɛ.
By their side were working Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah from the seat of the ruler across the river.
8 Harhaia babarima Usiel a na ɔyɛ sikadwumfoɔ no na ɔdi so. Ɔno nso dii dwuma wɔ ɔfasuo no ho. Hanania a ɔyɛ aduhwamyɛfoɔ no na ɔdi so. Wɔgyaa Yerusalem fa bi a ɛkɔsi Ɔfasuo Tɛtrɛtɛ no.
Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall.
9 Deɛ ɔdi soɔ yɛ Hur a na ɔda Yerusalem mansini fa bi ano no no, babarima Refaia.
Near them was working Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of half Jerusalem.
10 Deɛ ɔdi hɔ yɛ Harumaf babarima Yedaia a ɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi a ɛbɛn ne fie, na deɛ ɔdi ne soɔ ne Hasabnia babarima Hatus.
By his side was Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, opposite his house. And by him was Hattush, the son of Hashabneiah.
11 Deɛ ɔdi soɔ ne Harim babarima Malkia ne Pahat-Moab babarima Hasub. Wɔkɔsiesiee Afononoo Abantenten no de kaa ɔfasuo no fa bi ho.
Malchijah, the son of Harim, and Hasshub, the son of Pahath-moab, were working on another part, and the tower of the ovens.
12 Halohes babarima Salum ne ne mmammaa na wɔsiesiee ɛfa a ɛdi hɔ no. Ɔno na na ɔtua Yerusalem mansini fa a aka ano.
Near them was Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half Jerusalem, with his daughters.
13 Sanoafoɔ a Hanun da wɔn ano no na wɔsiesiee Bɔnhwa Ɛpono no, sisii nʼapono, de nkyerewa bobɔɔ mu, bramm no. Afei, wɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no anammɔn apem ne ahanum de kɔsii Sumina Ɛpono no.
Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed.
14 Rekab babarima Malkia a na ɔda Bet-Hakerem mansini ano no na ɔsiesiee Sumina Ɛpono no. Ɔsiesie wieeɛ no, ɔsisii apono no, de nkyerewa hyehyɛɛ mu, bramm no.
And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the doorway of the waste, building it up and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods.
15 Kol-Hose babarima Salum a na ɔtua Mispa mansini ano no na ɔsiesiee Asutire Ɛpono no. Ɔsiesiee, bɔɔ so, sisii nʼapono na ɔde nkyerewa bobɔɔ mu, bramm no. Afei, ɔsiesiee Siloam abura ho ɔfasuo a ɛbɛn ɔhene mfikyifuo no. Ɔsane too ɔfasuo no kɔsii ntwedeɛ a ɛsiane firi Dawid kuropɔn mu no.
And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, as far as the steps which go down from the town of David.
16 Deɛ ɔtoa ne so yɛ Asbuk babarima Nehemia a na ɔtua Bet-Sur mansini fa ano no. Ɔtoo ɔfasuo no kɔsii baabi a na ɛne adehyeɛ amusieeɛ no di nhwɛanimu, kɔsi nsukoraeɛ no so ne Nnɔmmarima Fie.
By his side was working Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the division of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite the last resting-places of David's family, and the pool which was made and the house of the men of war.
17 Wɔn a wɔtoa so yɛ Lewifoɔ ekuo a na wɔhyɛ Bani babarima Rehum ase yɛ adwuma no. Hasabia a, na ɔyɛ Keila mansini fa ntuanoni no na ɔsii nʼankasa mansini ananmu, hwɛɛ ɔfasuo no toɔ so.
Then came the Levites, Rehum, the son of Bani. By his side was working Hashabiah, ruler of half the division of Keilah, for his division.
18 Wɔn a wɔdi so yɛ ɔno ara ne manfoɔ a na Henadad babarima Binui tua wɔn ano. Ɔno na na ɔtua Keila mansini fa no ano.
After him were working their brothers, Bavvai, the son of Henadad, ruler of half the division of Keilah.
19 Wɔn a wɔdi wɔn so yɛ Yesua babarima Eser a ɔtua Mispa ano no. Wɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi a ɛne akodeɛ akoradan fapem di nhwɛanimu no.
And by his side was working Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, making good another part opposite the way up to the store of arms at the turning of the wall.
20 Onipa a ɔdi so ne Sabai babarima Baruk a ɔsiesiee fa bi firi fapem no, de kɔsii ɔsɔfopanin Eliasib fie ɛpono no ano.
After him Baruch, the son of Zabbai, was hard at work on another part, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib, the chief priest.
21 Uria babarima Meremot a ɔyɛ Hakos nana nso, siesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi firi baabi a, ɛne Eliasib efie ɛpono di nhwɛanimu no, de kɔsii efie no nkyɛn baabi.
After him Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was working on another part, from the door of the house of Eliashib as far as the end of his house.
22 Afei, asɔfoɔ a wɔfifiri amantam a atwa hɔ ahyia na wɔdi soɔ.
After him were working the priests, the men of the lowland.
23 Wɔn akyi no, Benyamin ne Hasub ne Asaria a ɔyɛ Maaseia babarima a na ɔyɛ Anania nana nso siesiee ɔfasuo no afaafa a ɛbemmɛn wɔn ankasa afie.
After them came Benjamin and Hasshub, opposite their house. After them Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made good the wall by the house where he himself was living.
24 Deɛ ɔdi hɔ yɛ Henadad babarima Binui a ɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi a, ɛfiri Asaria fie kɔsi fapem no ne ntweasoɔ hɔ.
After him Binnui, the son of Henadad, was working on another part, from the house of Azariah as far as the turning of the wall and the angle.
25 Usai babarima Palal toaa adwuma no so firii baabi a ɛne fapem no ne ntweasoɔ hɔ no di nhwɛanimu, ne abantenten no a ɛde ba atifi ahemfie a ɛbɛn awɛmfoɔ no adihɔ no. Deɛ ɔdi ne so yɛ Paros babarima Pedaia,
Palal, the son of Uzai, made good the wall opposite the angle and the tower which comes out from the higher part of the king's house, by the open space of the watch. After him was Pedaiah, the son of Parosh.
26 ne asɔredan mu asomfoɔ a na wɔte kokoɔ Ofel so. Wɔsiesiee ɔfasuo no kɔsii Nsuo Ɛpono no de kɔ apueeɛ fam ne abantenten a ɛyi ne ho adi no.
(Now the Nethinim were living in the Ophel, as far as the place facing the water doorway to the east, and the tower which comes out.)
27 Afei, Tekoafoɔ nso toaa so. Wɔbɛsiesiee ɛfa foforɔ bi a ɛne abantenten kɛseɛ a ɛyi ne ho adi no ntentenesoɔ kɔsi Ofel ɔfasuo no.
After him the Tekoites were making good another part, opposite the great tower which comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel.
28 Asɔfoɔ no nso siesiee ɔfasuo no a ɛwɔ kokoɔ so na ɛtoa Apɔnkɔ Ɛpono no soɔ no. Obiara siesiee baabi a ɛne ne fie di nhwɛanim.
Further on, past the horse doorway, the priests were at work, every one opposite his house.
29 Deɛ ɔdi hɔ yɛ Imer babarima Sadok, ɔno nso too ɔfasuo no fa a ɛtoa ne fie so. Deɛ ɔtoa so ne Sekania babarima Semaia a na ɔyɛ apueeɛ ɛpono ano hwɛfoɔ no.
After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door.
30 Selemia babarima Hanania ne Hanun a ɔyɛ Salaf babarima a ɔtɔ so nsia no siesiee ɔfasuo no fa bi, ɛna Berekia babarima Mesulam nso too ɔfasuo no fa a ɛtoa ne fie so.
After him Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, were making good another part. After him Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, made good the wall opposite his room.
31 Malkia a ɔyɛ sikadwumfoɔ no mu baako siesiee ɔfasuo no, kɔsii Asɔredan mu asomfoɔ ne adwadifoɔ fie a Badwa Ɛpono no ne no di nhwɛanim. Afei ɔtoa so kɔsii abansoro a ɛwɔ ntweasoɔ hɔ no.
After him Malchijah, one of the gold-workers to the Nethinim and the traders, made good the wall opposite the doorway of Hammiphkad and as far as the way up to the angle.
32 Sikadwumfoɔ a wɔaka no ne adwadifoɔ no siesiee ɔfasuo no firii saa ntweasoɔ hɔ de kɔsii Nnwan Ɛpono no ano.
And between the way up to the angle and the sheep door, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.