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.