Ɛsdrasë -wɔ tsabiɛ ˈˈba -Zö kuee ˈˈkë

Izraɛlësɔ ˈˈba tën -ba -ze Jerizalɛmën ˈlö ˈnɔn -e -she ˈgbömën 70 gbɛ, ˈe maan ˈba -kpe ˈnun -ba pa hɔn Pɛsë ˈˈmaan ˈe -bo tshuntshun nɛn. ˈBa ˈla, ˈo ˈkö maan ˈo -le tɛyisɛ Ɛsdrasë. -Wɔ Joova ˈo kuee ˈˈkë. Ɛsdrasë -o -tɛɛn ˈkun tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn mmiɛ -ze Jerizalɛmën ˈlö ˈnɔn, mmiɛ ˈˈman -ka -le -Zö ˈo kue ˈˈkɛ nɛn kɔ. -E -le -ze ˈwoayo ˈo ze bokan mmiɛ. Pɛsë hobi Atazɛsɛsë -o -she kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-Zöɔ -o -le -ze -bɔ bɛn lɔ -kpe ˈnun ˈɲɔn ˈbu nɔn sɛ ˈˈkë ˈo kuee. -Nɛn ze, nanmɛ -nɔn tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈbu sɛ nɔn -da -nunmën ze.’ Tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba -yɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈba ze Jerizalɛmën ˈlö ˈnɔn, Ɛsdrasë -o -le -ze ˈba ˈama -ba -ya. -Ba -ye ˈsaka -she Joova -nda ˈkun kɛ sasa ˈba -bɔsɔ ˈyi ˈba nɔn nɛn, ˈakö -ba -ze.

ˈE -po ˈˈkɛdzhi -kɔ ˈakö -ba -tsɛ Jerizalɛmën. Jerizalɛmëën -bɔ tsabiɛ -kaka ˈˈba -ba -she Ɛsdrasë bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘Izraɛlësɔ ˈˈba, -ba ˈˈle ˈe ˈyi -Zöɔ -o dzhu, nanmɛ -ba -nɔn shɔmuan ˈba ˈwɛn ˈˈba -zö ˈpupu ˈsɔn -le shɔ.’ ˈˈƝan -kɛ maan Ɛsdrasë ˈo -le? Tsabiɛ ˈˈba hian, Ɛsdrasë -o -bo ˈshakpɛ ˈmɛn lɔ ˈakö -o -ye ˈsaka, ˈwoayo: ‘Joova -ee, -bu -le -kɛ -kpe ˈnun -ze ˈhan. ˈE maan -han -le -kɛpuɛn bu dzhi.’ Tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba piɛn, ˈe ˈmaan -ba pa -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈe ˈˈle ˈe -le -ye -le. Ɛsdrasë -o -nɔn ˈe bɛɛn -ko jijë ˈle, tsakɔa ˈˈba ˈama -wɛn. ˈE -po ˈˈkɛhan -nɔn -kɔ ˈakö ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba ˈˈman Joova ˈsɔn ˈkpakpa, -a ɲɛn ˈba -ɲɛn -kɔɛɛ fɛn.

ˈE ˈgbömën ˈˈkɛnwun ˈˈkɛmuën -e -nɔn -kɔ, -a dzhɔ -le Jerizalɛmën -kɔɛɛ ˈe ˈkpaan. Ɛsdrasë -o -ya tsabiɛ ˈˈba -kuiya, ˈakö -o -mɔn -Zö kue kë ˈba ˈze fɛn. Ɛsdrasë -o -nɔn -fiɛn -Zö kue latɔɛɛ ˈmɛn, tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba tshuotshuo fɛn. -O -bua Joova ˈhɛn, nanmɛ tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba -ye ˈba bɔ ˈˈkɛ fɔn -bua ˈba -ye Joova ˈhɛn. ˈE -nunmën Ɛsdrasë -o -kë -Zöɔ ˈo kuee, -o kë ˈe ˈla, nanmɛ tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba -dzhe te lɔ -tɛn ˈe gbɛgbɛ ˈnun. -Ba -nɔn -hɛɛn ˈkun ˈba -tshe -ɲɛn Joova -nunmën ˈpɛ, -ba -wuën ˈwuën -kpe ˈnun. ˈE kiee -e -nɔn -gba, Ɛsdrasë -o dzhɔ -kë -Zöɔ ˈo kuee -kpe ˈnun -ze mmiɛ -tɛn ˈpɛ. -Ba -bë -tɛn ˈe ˈla ˈkun ˈdan ˈˈwɛn -kpë ˈboɲan ˈyi -e bie ˈkun ˈba -shi, ˈe lëɛ -e -tsɛ gbɛ. -E -le -ze -ba ˈpa ˈˈshɛ lɔ, -ba hɔnhɔn ˈbakö ˈboɲan ˈˈyɛ ˈe -shi nɛn.

Lë -nso ˈyi -ba -nɔn -she ˈboɲan ˈˈyɛ, dzhi -e lë tsabiɛ ˈˈba -kpe ˈnun, -ba -le Joova -nansɛn, ˈekun -o -le -ze -ka ˈkɛ ˈyi -ba tɔntɔn, -e -lë -kpe ˈnun. -E -nɔn -tshuɔ Jozue kiee nɛn ˈvɛtsuun -e -nɔn -tsɛ ˈba kiee nɛn, ˈdan ˈˈwɛn -kpë ˈboɲan tshun ˈˈyɛ ˈnun, -ba ˈˈshe ˈe lëke. -Ba -nɔn -she ˈboɲaan gbɛ, tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba -ya, ˈakö -ba -ye ˈsaka dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Joova -ee, -bu -ɲɛn ˈhan ˈˈpɛ -ɲɛn kpesan -giman ˈla, -bu -ze ˈhan -kashi nɛnya ˈlö, nanmɛ -bu -ze ˈhan ˈˈman gbɛgbɛ ˈˈyi. ˈE maan ˈe tshun -kpe ˈnun fɛn, ˈhan ˈˈtɛn bɛn ˈyi -bu dzhu. -Bu -ɲɛn bu -ketebosɔ ˈˈba -bë -gbu ˈhan te, ˈe maan ˈhan ˈˈtɛn. ˈE maan -bu -nɔn -ka -ye -kutsëbën ˈhan dzhi. -Kɛ ˈyi -bu dzhu ˈkun ˈbu -le ˈze Abraamën, -bu -le ˈe. -E -tshuɔ nɛɛn -yɛ ze, ˈhan ˈˈɲan -le ˈe ˈyi -bɔ ˈˈdzhuɔ ˈkpakpa.’ -Kɛ ˈyi -ba dzhu ˈkun ˈba -le, -ba lɛlɛ ˈe -fɔ latɔ fɛn nanmɛ tsabiɛ -kaka ˈˈba ˈle, Levitë ˈˈba ˈle, tɛyisɔ ˈˈba ˈama, -ba -bë -tshu ˈe -ka.