Jerizalɛmën -kɔɛɛ ˈe ˈkpaan

Ɛsdrasë kiee nɛn, Izraɛlësɔbi ˈkö -a ˈˈkpɛ Neemi, -o -le hobi Atazɛsɛsë kɛ -kalösɛ, nanmɛ -o hɔn Pɛsë ˈˈmaan ˈe -kɔɛ ˈkö -a ˈˈkpɛ Suizë fɛn. Neemi ˈo nɛnsɛn -o -tshuɔ Jida -bë, ˈakö -o -ze kɛ -nda ˈpuɛn. -O dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Juifë ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba dzhɔ -ze Jerizalɛmën ˈnɔn, tsabiɛ ˈba sɛ -bë -le mmiɛ -kɛ. ˈEkun -kɔɛɛ ˈe ˈmimi ˈˈkɛ ˈle, ˈe ˈkpan ˈkɛ ˈyi Babilɔnënsɔ ˈˈba -ba wɔ ˈama, -a ˈdzhɔ ˈˈle ˈkɛ -sën.’ ˈE bɛn ˈˈyɛ, -e -sɛn Neemi -kpe ˈnun. -O -yɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈo ze Jerizalɛmën ˈlö ze bokan mmiɛ. -E -le -ze -o -ye ˈsaka ˈɲɔn hobiɔ kɛ nɔn fɔn ˈo -hunlɔ ˈze ˈo ze.

-E -nɔn za ˈˈtshɔke, hobiɔ -o -koe hɛn dzhi ˈkun bɛn -yɛ Neemi sɛn, -e -le -ze -o -bie kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Lëke ˈmɛn ˈˈhën bu ˈeyɛ ˈnun, ˈˈɲan ˈˈyɛ bu -le?’ Neemi -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Jerizalɛmën -kɔɛɛ ˈe wɔ ˈyi -e wɔ maan ˈˈyɛ ˈmɛn sɛn.’ Hobiɔ -o -bie kɛ: ‘ˈˈƝan -kɛ maan -bu -yɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈmɛn -le ˈze bu?’ ˈEmɛnköe nɛn, Neemi -o -ye ˈsaka ˈo -pi’a ˈlö. ˈAkö -o -she hobiɔ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-Mɛn bu dzhu ˈˈnën, -fɔn ˈmɛn -hunlɔ ˈze ˈmɛn dzhɔ ze -le Jerizalɛmën -kɔɛɛ ˈe ˈkpaan.’ Hobi Atazɛsɛsë -o -she Neemi -nda ˈkun ˈkɛ sɛ ze, nanmɛ -o -le ˈe ˈyi ˈo sɛ -le ˈkpakpa ˈɲɔn -kɛke ˈˈman nɔn kɛ -le -bɔsɔ ya. ˈEyɛ -nunmën ˈpɛ, hobiɔ -o -ko Neemi Jida ˈˈmaan ˈe fɛntsɛsɛ, nanmɛ -o -ze kɛ zakɔɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈa nɔn -le -kɔɛɛ ˈe ˈmimi ˈˈkɛ.

Neemi -o -nɔn -tsɛ Jerizalɛmën, -o -ze -hën ˈkun -kɔɛɛ ˈe ˈkpaan -e -ba. ˈE -nunmën, -o -ya tɛyisɔ ˈˈba ˈle, -kɔɛɛ fɛn ˈpayɔ ˈˈba ˈama, ˈakö -o -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘Bɛn gbɛkpo ˈla maan -a hɔɔn -bɛ. -E bie ˈkun ˈa -le ˈe dzhi -giman.’ Tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba -nɛɛn fɛn ˈakö -ba -mɔn ˈkpaan ˈe dzhi -giman -le fɛn.

ˈE maan ˈba hɛndasɔ ˈˈba -ba -mɔn mmiɛ mɔnmɔn fɛn, ˈakö -ba bɛn ˈˈyi ˈˈdzhuɔ: ‘-Ashekɛnan -o sɛ -kia -kɔ ˈkpaan fɛn ˈakö ˈe ˈkpakpa ˈe ˈdzhi ˈfu lɔ.’ ˈE maan Izraɛlësɔ ˈˈba -ba ˈˈhan mmiɛ ˈˈmɛn, -ba pa -le ˈba -giman -ze. -Ba -le ˈkpaan -ze -e -ze ˈfɔn -kpe ˈnun, nanmɛ -e -dzhe lɔ gbɛgbɛ ˈnun.

ˈBa hɛndasɔ ˈˈba -ba dzhui ˈkun ˈba kɔ ˈkpaan ˈe -bo ˈkɛ ˈyi ˈdzhue hɔn nɛn nɛn -bë butu mmiɛ. Juifë ˈˈba -ba -nɔn -tɛn ˈe bɛn ˈˈyɛ, -e -ko ˈba pɔɛ dzhi -kpe ˈnun. ˈE maan Neemi -o -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘Pɔɛ ˈˈman ˈmun dzhi ko, Joova -o hɔn tsa -nunmën.’ -O -le -ze tsabiɛ sasa -gimanlesɔ ˈˈba, ˈeyɛ -e -le -ze ˈba hɛndasɔ ˈˈba -ba ˈsɛ ˈbë ˈˈle mmiɛ -kɛke.

-Ba -nɔn lë 52 -le ˈkpaan ˈle, ˈe ˈmimi ˈˈkɛ ˈama gbɛ. Neemi -o -nɔn Levitë ˈˈba ˈkpakpa -ze Jerizalɛmën ˈlö -ze -tshuo ˈe ˈmɛn. -O -buö Levitë ˈˈba ya ˈˈkɛmuën ˈɲɔn mmiɛ nɔn ˈˈkɔ ˈnun. -Ba -kɔ ˈkpaan ˈe ˈmimi ˈyi ˈe hɔn -bo ˈyi ˈsö -yɛ kɔ nɛn -nɔn ɛskalie -mɔn ˈkpaan ˈfɔn. -Ba -nën pie -kën -kɔɛɛ, -ba -fë -makata, nanmɛ -ba kɔ ˈnun -bua Joova ˈhɛn. ˈNunkɔsɔ ˈˈba, ˈba -pɛkö -ba -da Ɛsdrasë -nunmën, nanmɛ ˈba -pɛkö -ba -da Neemi -nunmën. ˈAkö ˈba ˈkpakpa -ba -ze -ya -zösɔn -kɔkɔɛɛ nɛn ˈlö. Tsabiɛ ˈˈba ˈkpakpa, san, shɔmuan nanmɛ ˈmmetɛn ˈama -ba -ye tɛ -ze Joova, nanmɛ -ba -she ˈboɲan. -A sɛ hɔn koko ˈakö -a ˈnun ˈyi -ba ˈˈkɔ tɛn.