Ezra

1 Ngɛ Persia Matsɛ Sirus nɔ yemi ɔ we kekleekle jeha a mi ɔ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ munyu nɛ Yehowa tu kɛ gu Yeremia nɔ ɔ nɛ e ba mi ɔ, Yehowa ha nɛ Persia Matsɛ Sirus ná suɔmi ɔ kaa e maa fiɛɛ munyu nɛ ɔ ngɛ e nɔ yemi he ɔmɛ tsuo, nɛ e ngma kɛ fɔ si ke:

2 “Nɔ́ nɛ Persia Matsɛ Sirus de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, ‘Yehowa, nɛ ji hiɔwe Mawu ɔ ngɔ zugba a nɔ matsɛ yemi ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ ha mi, nɛ e tsɔ mi kaa ma ya ma we ha lɛ ngɛ Yerusalem, ngɛ Yuda. 3 E we bi ɔmɛ a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti ɔ, e Mawu ɔ nɛ piɛɛ e he, nɛ́ e kuɔ kɛ ya Yerusalem ngɛ Yuda, nɛ́ e kpale ya ma Yehowa, Israel Mawu ɔ we ɔ; lɛ ji anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɛ́ e we ɔ hi Yerusalem ɔ* nɛ. 4 Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ ji nubwɔ, nɛ e suɔ nɛ e kpale ɔ, he fɛɛ he nɛ e ngɛ ɔ, e kpɔ mi bi ɔmɛ* nɛ́ a ye bua lɛ kɛ sika hiɔ kɛ sika tsu, kɛ níhi nɛ a ngɛ kɛ lohwe lɛlɛɛhi, kɛ afɔle nɛ je tsui mi faa kɛ ha anɔkuale Mawu ɔ we ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ.’”

5 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ kɛ Benyamin bi ɔmɛ a tsɛmɛ a we ɔmɛ a nyatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ—nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ ha nɛ e ná suɔmi ɔ—dla e he, konɛ a kuɔ kɛ ya nɛ́ a kpale ya ma Yehowa we ɔ nɛ́ e hi Yerusalem ɔ ekohu. 6 A kpɔ mi bi ɔmɛ tsuo ye bua mɛ* kɛ sika hiɔ kɛ sika tsu níhi, kɛ níhi nɛ a ngɛ, lohwe lɛlɛɛhi, kɛ ní kpahi nɛ a he jua wa, e slo nike níhi tsuo nɛ je tsui mi faa kɛ ha Mawu we ɔ.

7 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, Matsɛ Sirus je Yehowa we ɔ ní ɔmɛ nɛ Nebukadnezar ya muɔɔ kɛ je Yerusalem nɛ e kɛ ya pue e mawu ɔ we ɔ mi ɔ kpo. 8 Persia Matsɛ Sirus ha nɛ juetli nɔ hyɛlɔ Mitredat hyɛ nɛ a je ní ɔmɛ kpo, nɛ Mitredat kane ní ɔmɛ, nɛ e kɛ wo Yuda ganɔ Sheshbazar* dɛ.

9 Ní ɔmɛ ji: sika tsu kpluhi nɛ a pee mɛ kaa kusii* 30, sika hiɔ kpluhi nɛ a pee mɛ kaa kusii 1,000, kplu kpahi 29, 10 sika tsu kplu nyafinyafihi 30, sika hiɔ kplu nyafinyafihi 410, kɛ ní kpahi 1,000. 11 Sika tsu kɛ sika hiɔ ní ɔmɛ tsuo a yibɔ ji 5,400. Sheshbazar ngɔ ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ kuɔ kɛ ba benɛ nihi nɛ a nuu mɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ ho Babilon ya a kpale kɛ ba Yerusalem ɔ.