1 Esdras
2:1 Persia hene Kores afe a edi kan mu no, asɛm a
Awurade betumi aba mu, sɛ ɔnam Jeremy ano so hyɛɛ bɔ;
2:2 Awurade maa Persia hene Kores honhom so, na ɔno nso
ɔnam n’ahenni nyinaa so bɔɔ dawuru, na ɔnam nkyerɛwee so nso, .
2:3 Ɔkaa sɛ: Sɛ Persia hene Kores seɛ nie. Israel Awurade, ɔ
ɔsorosoroni Awurade, wayɛ me wiase nyinaa hene, .
2:4 Na ɔhyɛɛ me sɛ mensi fie mma no wɔ Yerusalem wɔ Yudafoɔ mu.
2:5 Enti sɛ mo mu bi wɔ hɔ a ofi ne man mu a, ma Awurade .
mpo n’Awurade, ka ne ho, na ɔnkɔ Yerusalem a ɛwɔ mu no
Yudea, na monsi Israel Awurade fie, ɛfiri sɛ ɔno ne Awurade
a ɔte Yerusalem no.
2:6 Ɛnde obiara a ɔte mmeaeɛ a atwa ho ahyia no, ma wɔmmoa no, wɔn, me
monka sɛ, ɛnonom ne n’afipamfo, sika ne dwetɛ, .
2:7 Fa akyɛdeɛ, apɔnkɔ ne anantwinini ne nneɛma foforɔ a wɔwɔ
wɔde bɔhyɛ ato hɔ ama Awurade asɔredan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no.
2:8 Afei Yudea mmusua ne Benyamin abusuakuo mu mpanimfoɔ
sɔre gyinaa hɔ; asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ ne wɔn a wɔn adwene yɛ wɔn nyinaa
Na Awurade atu akɔ soro, na wasi dan ama Awurade wɔ
Yerusalem, .
2:9 Na wɔn a wɔtenaa wɔn ho hyiae na wɔboaa wɔn wɔ biribiara mu
dwetɛ ne sika, apɔnkɔ ne anantwi, ne akyɛde pii a wontua hwee
dodow kɛse bi a wɔkanyan wɔn adwene wɔ ho.
2:10 Ɔhene Kores nso de nkukuo kronkron a Nabukadonosor wɔ no baeɛ
de no fii Yerusalem kɔe, na ɔde abosom asɔredan mu.
2:11 Afei berɛ a Persia hene Kores de wɔn baeɛ no, ɔgyee wɔn
wɔn de kɔmaa ne sikakorafo Mitridates:
2:12 Na wɔnam ne so de wɔn kɔmaa Yudea amrado Sanabasar.
2:13 Na yei ne wɔn dodoɔ; Sika nkuruwa apem, ne apem
dwetɛ, aduhuam a wɔde dwetɛ aduonu nkron, sika nkuruwa aduasa, ne
dwetɛ mpem mmienu ahanan ne du, ne nkukuo foforɔ apem.
2:14 Saa ara na sika ne dwetɛ nkukuo a wɔde kɔeɛ no nyinaa teɛ
mpem anum ahanan aduosia nkron.
2:15 Sanabasar na ɔde yeinom san baeɛ, na wɔne wɔn a wɔfiri
nnommumfa mu, fi Babilon kɔ Yerusalem.
2:16 Nanso Persia hene Artesasta bere so no, Belemus, ne
Mitridates, ne Tabellius, ne Rathumo, ne Beeltethmus, ne Semellius
ɔkyerɛwfo no, ne afoforo a na wɔne wɔn wɔ ahyɛde mu, te
wɔ Samaria ne mmeae afoforo no, kyerɛw krataa kɔmaa no de tiaa wɔn a wɔtete hɔ no
Yudea ne Yerusalem nkrataa yi a edi so yi;
2:17 De kɔma yɛn wura Ɔhene Artesasta, W’asomfo, Ratumo, abasɛm kyerɛwfo, ne
Ɔkyerɛwfo Semellius, ne wɔn baguafo nkae no, ne atemmufo no sɛ
wɔ Celosyria ne Fenike.
2:18 Afei Awurade ɔhene nhunu sɛ Yudafoɔ a wɔfiri wo nkyɛn no kɔ
yɛn a yɛaba Yerusalem, saa kuro atuatewfo ne bɔne no, na yɛkyekye
gua so, na monsiesie n’afasuo na monto fapem
asɔrefie no ho.
2:19 Afei sɛ wɔsan si kuro yi ne n’afasuo a, wɔrennyɛ
nko ara na wɔpow sɛ wɔbɛbɔ tow, na mmom wɔsɔre tia ahene nso.
2:20 Na ɛsiane sɛ nneɛma a ɛfa asɔrefie ho no adu yɛn nsam seesei nti, yɛn
susuw sɛ ɛfata sɛ yɛremmu yɛn ani ngu asɛm a ɛte saa so, .
2:21 Na mmom sɛ yɛbɛkasa akyerɛ yɛn wura ɔhene, sɛ ɛyɛ wo dea a
anigyeɛ a wɔbɛhwehwɛ wɔ w’agyanom nwoma mu.
2:22 Na wobɛhunu deɛ wɔatwerɛ afa yeinom ho wɔ abakɔsɛm nwoma mu
nneɛma, na wɔbɛte ase sɛ saa kurow no yɛ atuatewfo, ɛhaw adwene
ahene ne nkurow nyinaa:
2:23 Na sɛ Yudafoɔ no yɛ atuatewfoɔ, na wɔsɔree akodie wɔ mu daa; ma
ɛno na ɛmaa kurow yi mpo yɛɛ amamfõ.
2:24 Ɛno nti afei yɛreka akyerɛ wo, Awurade ɔhene, sɛ sei
wosi kuro no bio, na wosi n’afasuo foforɔ, wobɛfiri hɔ
efi saa bere yi rekɔ no, wonni ɔkwan biara a wɔbɛfa so akɔ Celosyria ne Fenike.
2:25 Afei ɔhene san kyerɛw kɔmaa abasɛm kyerɛwfo Ratumo, sɛ
Beeltethmus, de kɔmaa ɔkyerɛwfo Semellius ne nkae a na wɔwɔ hɔ no
ahyɛdeɛ, ne wɔn a wɔte Samaria ne Siria ne Fenike, yei akyi
yɔbea;
2:26 Makenkan krataa a mosomaa me no, enti me
ahyɛ sɛ wɔnhwehwɛ mu denneennen, na wɔahu sɛ saa kurow no
na efi mfiase no na ɔreyɛ ade atia ahene;
2:27 Na mmarima a wɔwɔ mu no de wɔn ho hyɛɛ atuatew ne ɔko mu
na ahene ne atirimɔdenfo wɔ Yerusalem, na wodii hene na wogye tow wɔ
Celosyria ne Fenice na ɛwɔ hɔ.
2:28 Afei enti mahyɛ sɛ wɔnsiw saa mmarima no kwan sɛ wɔnsi
kuropɔn, na monhwɛ yie na wɔanyɛ bi bio wɔ mu;
2:29 Na sɛ saa adwumayɛfoɔ abɔnefoɔ no nkɔ akyiri nhyɛ wɔn abufuo mu
ahene, .
2:30 Afei ɔhene Artesasta a wɔkenkan ne nkrataa no, Ratumo ne Semellius a
ɔkyerɛwfo, ne nkae a na wɔne wɔn ayɛ adwuma no, yii wɔn fi hɔ
de ahopere kɔ Yerusalem ne apɔnkɔsotefo dɔm ne nnipadɔm
nnipa a wɔasiesie wɔn ho wɔ ɔko mu, fii ase siw adansifo no kwan; ne ɔdan no
asɔredan a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no gyaee kosii afe a ɛto so abien ahenni mu
Persiafo hene Dario.