Atamfo Sɔre Tia Agya no Fi
Mfɛfo bi pɛ sɛ wɔboa si no, nanso wɔpo wɔn, enti wɔdan sɛe adwuma no: wɔbrɛ adwumayɛfo no abam ase, wɔbɔ mpanyin paa, na awiei no wɔkyerɛw krataa kɔ Persia hene sɛ Yerusalem yɛ atuatew kurow. Nkrataa dedaw a wɔhwehwɛɛ mu no si wɔn akyi, na wɔde tumi gyina yɛn Agya fie adwuma no mfe pii.
4 1Bere a Yuda ne Benyamin atamfo tee sɛ nnommum a wɔsan aba no resi asɔredan ama yɛn Agya no, 2wɔbaa Serubabel ne mmusua ntuanofo no nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Momma yɛne mo nsi—yɛhwehwɛ mo Nyankopɔn sɛnea mohwehwɛ no no, na yɛabɔ afɔre ama no fi Asiria hene Esarhadon a ɔde yɛn baa ha no bere so.”
3Nanso Serubabel, Yesua ne Israel mmusua ntuanofo a aka no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mo ne yɛn nni kyɛfa biara wɔ fi a yɛresi ama yɛn Agya no mu. Yɛn nko ara na yɛbɛsi ama yɛn Agya, sɛnea Persia hene Kores hyɛɛ yɛn no.”
4Afei asase no so nkurɔfo no maa Yuda nkurɔfo nsa yɛɛ mmerɛ, na wɔhunahunaa wɔn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔrensi. 5Wɔde sika too afotufo bi so sɛ wɔnyɛ adwuma ntia wɔn na wɔnsɛe wɔn nhyehyɛe, fi Persia hene Kores ahenni bere nyinaa so kosi Persia hene Dario ahenni bere so. 6Ahasweros ahenni mfiase no, wɔkyerɛw sobo tiaa Yuda ne Yerusalem tefo.
Krataa a Wɔkyerɛw Tiaa Agya no Nkurɔfo
7Artasasta ahenni bere so no, Bislam, Mitredat, Tabeel ne wɔn yɔnkonom kyerɛw krataa kɔmaa Persia hene Artasasta; wɔde Aramea nkyerɛwde na ɛkyerɛw krataa no, na wɔkyerɛɛ ase wɔ Aramea kasa mu. 8Ɔsahene Rehum ne ɔkyerɛwfo Simsai kyerɛw krataa tiaa Yerusalem kɔmaa ɔhene Artasasta: 9Ɔsahene Rehum, ɔkyerɛwfo Simsai ne wɔn yɔnkonom a aka no—atemmufo, mpanyimfo ne ahwɛfo a wɔhwɛ Erek nkurɔfo, Babilonfo ne Susa nkurɔfo (kyerɛ sɛ, Elamfo) so no, 10ne aman foforo a Osnapar kɛse a ɔyɛ ɔdehye no tu wɔn fii wɔn asase so de wɔn bɛtenaa Samaria kurow mu ne Asubɔnten Akyi mantam a aka no mu no. a a v10 Asubɔnten Akyi mantam no yɛ Persia mantam a ɛwɔ Asubɔnten Eufrate atɔe fam, na ɛkataa Siria ne nsase a atwa Yuda ho ahyia no so.
11Krataa a wɔde kɔmaa no no mu nsɛm ni: Ɛkɔ ɔhene Artasasta nkyɛn, efi wʼasomfo, Asubɔnten Akyi mantam no mu nkurɔfo hɔ. Na afei, 12ma ɔhene nhu sɛ Yudafo a wofi wo nkyɛn baa yɛn nkyɛn no adu Yerusalem. Wɔresan asi kurow atuatefo bɔne no, na wɔrewie ne fasu no, na wɔresiesie ne fapem no. 13Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhene hu sɛ, sɛ wɔsan si kurow yi na wowie ne fasu a, wɔrentua towtua, ɛtow anaa kwan so tow biara, na ahemfo sikakorabea no bɛhwere. 14Esiane sɛ yɛde yɛn ho to ahemfie no so ma yɛn asetra, na ɛnsɛ sɛ yehu sɛ wobu ɔhene animtiaa nti, yɛde saa nkra yi rekɔ akɔka akyerɛ ɔhene, b b v14 Sɛ obi “di ahemfie nkyene” a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔsom ɔhene, na ɔde nokwaredi abɔ ne ho ama no. 15sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛhwehwɛ wʼagyanom nkrataa mu. Wobɛhu wɔ nkrataa no mu sɛ kurow yi yɛ kurow atuatefo, ɛde ɔhaw ba ahemfo ne mantam so, na efi tete na ɛkanyan atuatew—enti na wɔsɛee no no. 16Yɛrebɔ ɔhene amanneɛ sɛ, sɛ wɔsan si kurow yi na wowie ne fasu a, worennya kyɛfa biara wɔ Asubɔnten Akyi mantam no mu.
17Ɔhene no buae se: Ɛkɔ ɔsahene Rehum, ɔkyerɛwfo Simsai ne wɔn yɔnkonom a wɔwɔ Samaria ne Asubɔnten Akyi mantam a aka no mu nkyɛn: Nkyia. Na afei, 18wɔakenkan krataa a mode brɛɛ yɛn no denden, na wɔakyerɛ ase akyerɛ me. 19Mehyɛɛ sɛ wɔnhwehwɛ, na mihuu sɛ efi tete na kurow yi sɔre tia ahemfo, na ɛkanyan atuatew ne basabasayɛ. 20Ahemfo a wɔwɔ tumi dii Yerusalem so, wodii Asubɔnten Akyi mantam no nyinaa so, na wogyee towtua, ɛtow ne kwan so tow. 21Afei monhyɛ mmarima yi sɛ wonnyae, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔrensan nsi kurow yi kosi sɛ mɛhyɛ. 22Monmmu asɛm yi animtiaa. Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ asiane yi nyin na ɛsɛe ahemfo no nneɛma?
23Bere a wɔkenkan ɔhene Artasasta krataa no mu nsɛm no kyerɛɛ Rehum, ɔkyerɛwfo Simsai ne wɔn yɔnkonom no, wɔpɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ Yudafo a wɔwɔ Yerusalem no nkyɛn, de ahoɔden ne tumi sianka wɔn. 24Enti adwuma a wɔreyɛ wɔ yɛn Agya fi a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no gyinae, na ɛkɔɔ so gyinaa hɔ kosii Persia hene Dario ahenni afe a ɛto so abien so.
