2 Esdras
16:1 Wo nnue, Babilon ne Asia! wo nnue, Misraim ne Siria!
16:2 Momfa kotokuo ne nwi ntama nhyɛ mo ho, monsu mo mma awerɛhoɔ.
na wopa wo kyɛw; ɛfiri sɛ mo sɛe abɛn.
16:3 Wɔsoma nkrante aba mo so, na hena na obetumi asan akɔ?
16:4 Wɔsoma ogya wɔ mo mu, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi adum?
16:5 Wɔde ɔhaw ahorow aba mo nkyɛn, na dɛn ne nea obetumi apam wɔn?
16:6 So obi betumi apam gyata a ɔkɔm de no wɔ kwae mu? anaasɛ obiara betumi adum
ogya a ɛyɛ nwansena, bere a afi ase rehyew?
16:7 So obi betumi adan agyan a agyantofo a ne ho yɛ den tow no bio?
16:8 Awurade tumfoɔ no soma ɔhaw no na hwan ne deɛ ɔbɛtumi apam wɔn
akyirikyiri?
16:9 Ogya bɛfiri n’abufuo mu, na hwan ne deɛ ɔbɛtumi adum?
16:10 Ɔbɛtow anyinam, na hena na ɔrensuro? ɔbɛbɔ aprannaa, na
hena na ɔrensuro?
16:11 Awurade bɛhunahuna, na wɔrenhwe no koraa
wɔ n’anim?
16:12 Asase wosow ne ne fapem; ɛpo no sɔre ne
asorɔkye firi bun mu, na emu asorɔkye twitwiw, na mpataa
ɛno nso, Awurade ne ne tumi anuonyam anim.
16:13 Na ne nsa nifa a ɔbɔ agyan no mu yɛ den, na ne agyan yɛ den
shooteth yɛ nnam, na ɛrempa, bere a wofi ase tow tuo kɔ mu no
wiase awiei.
16:14 Hwɛ, wɔasoma ɔhaw no, na ɛrensan bio kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛsan aba bio
bra asase so.
16:15 Ogya no sɔ, na wɔrendum kɔsi sɛ ɛbɛhye
asase no fapem.
16:16 Te sɛ agyan a agyantofo denden tow no nsan mma bio
akyi: saa ara nso na ɔhaw a wɔde bɛba asase so no rennyɛ
san kɔ bio.
16:17 Me nnue! nnue ne me! hena na obegye me saa nna no mu?
16:18 Awerɛhoɔ ne awerɛhoɔ kɛseɛ mfitiaseɛ; ɔkɔm mfiase
ne owuo kɛseɛ; akodi mfiase, na tumi horow no begyina mu
ehu; bɔne mfiase! dɛn na mɛyɛ bere a saa bɔne yi aba no
bra?
16:19 Hwɛ, wɔsoma ɔkɔm ne ɔhaw, ahohiahia ne amanehunu sɛ mpire
ama wɔayɛ nsakrae.
16:20 Na yeinom nyina ara nti wɔrensan mfiri wɔn amumuyɛ ho, na saa ara nso na
ma w’adwene nkɔ ɔhaw ahorow no so bere nyinaa.
16:21 Hwɛ, aduane bɛyɛ nea ne boɔ yɛ den wɔ asase so araa ma ɛbɛyɛ
wosusuw sɛ wɔn ho wɔ tebea pa mu, na saa bere no mpo bɔne benyin wɔ so
asase, nkrante, ɔkɔm, ne basabasayɛ kɛse.
16:22 Na wɔn a wɔtete asase so no mu pii bɛyera wɔ ɔkɔm mu; ne nea
afoforo nso, wɔn a woguan ɔkɔm no, nkrante bɛsɛe wɔn.
16:23 Na wɔbɛtow awufoɔ agu sɛ nwura, na obiara nni hɔ
kyekye wɔn werɛ, ɛfiri sɛ asase bɛsɛe, na nkuro nso asɛe
tow gu fam.
16:24 Obiara renka a ɔbɛfuw asase na wagu
16:25 Nnua no bɛsow aba, na hwan na ɔbɛboaboa ano?
16:26 Bobe no bɛbere, na hwan na ɔbɛtiatia so? ɛfiri sɛ mmeaeɛ nyina ara bɛyɛ
monyɛ amamfõ mma nnipa.
16:27 Enti onipa bi bɛpɛ sɛ ɔhunu ɔfoforo, na ɔte ne nne.
16:28 Na kuro bi mu du bɛka, na afuo mu mmienu bɛka
wɔde wɔn ho sie nnua a ɛyɛ den mu, ne abotan mu mpaapaemu mu.
16:29 Sɛdeɛ Ngodua turo mu wɔ dua biara so no, aka mmiɛnsa anaa nnan
ngodua;
16:30 Anaasɛ sɛ wɔboaboa bobeturo ano a, ɛka wɔn akuakuo bi
wɔn a wɔde nsi hwehwɛ bobeturo no mu.
16:31 Saa ara nso na saa nna no mu no, nnipa mmiɛnsa anaa nnan bɛka wɔn a
fa nkrante hwehwɛ wɔn afie mu.
16:32 Na asase bɛyɛ amamfõ, na n’afuo bɛbɔ akora, .
na nsɔe bɛhyɛ n’akwan ne n’akwan nyinaa mu ma, ɛfiri sɛ obiara nni hɔ
bɛtu kwan afa hɔ.
16:33 Mmabaa bɛdi awerɛhoɔ, a wɔnni ayeforokunu; mmea no bedi awerɛhow, .
a wonni kununom; wɔn mmabea bedi awerɛhow, a wonni aboafo.
16:34 Akodi mu na wɔbɛsɛe wɔn ayeforokunu ne wɔn kununom
ɔkɔm bɛyera.
16:35 Awurade nkoa, montie yeinom na monte aseɛ.
16:36 Hwɛ, Awurade asɛm no, gye, monnye wɔn anyame nni
Awurade na ɔkasae.
16:37 Hwɛ, ɔhaw ahorow no rebɛn, na ɛnyɛ mmerɛw.
16:38 Sɛ ɔbaa a ɔnyinsɛn bosome a ɛtɔ so nkron awo ne ba no.
ne n’awo nnɔnhwerew abien anaa abiɛsa ɛyaw akɛse twa n’awotwaa ho hyia, a
ɛyaw, sɛ abofra no fi adi a, ɛnyɛ den bere tiaa bi;
16:39 Saa ara nso na ɔhaw ahorow no renyɛ mmerɛw mma asase so, na
wiase bedi awerɛhow, na awerɛhow bɛba so wɔ afã nyinaa.
16:40 O me man, montie m’asɛm, monsiesie mo ho mma mo ko, ne wɔn mu
bɔne nyɛ sɛ akwantufo a wɔwɔ asase so mpo.
16:41 Deɛ ɔtɔn no, ɔnyɛ sɛ deɛ ɔdwane;
sɛ nea ɔbɛhwere:
16:42 Deɛ ɔdi aguadeɛ, sɛ deɛ ɔnnya mfasoɔ biara
deɛ ɔsi dan, sɛ deɛ ɔrentena mu.
16:43 Deɛ ogu, te sɛ nea ɔrentwa;
bobeturo, sɛ nea ɔrentete bobe aba no.
16:44 Wɔn a wɔware, sɛ wɔn a wɔrenwo mma; ne wɔn a wɔware no
ɛnyɛ, sɛ akunafo no.
16:45 Na ɛno nti wɔn a wɔyɛ adwumaden no yɛ adwuma kwa.
16:46 Na ahɔho bɛtwa wɔn aba, na wɔafow wɔn agyapade, atu agu
wɔn afie, na fa wɔn mma nnommum, efisɛ wɔ nnommumfa mu ne
ɔkɔm na wɔbɛnya mma.
16:47 Na wɔn a wɔde adwowtwa yɛ wɔn aguade no, dodow no ara na wɔyɛ deck
wɔn nkuro, wɔn afie, wɔn agyapadeɛ ne wɔn ankasa nnipa.
16:48 Dodow na me bo befuw wɔn wɔ wɔn bɔne ho, Awurade na ɔseɛ.
16:49 Te sɛ aguaman bi ani bere ɔbaa nokwafo ne ɔbra pa.
16:50 Saa ara na trenee bɛtan amumuyɛ, bere a ɔhohoro ne ho, na
bɛbɔ no sobo n’anim, sɛ ɔba a ɔbɛbɔ ne ho ban a
ɔde nsiyɛ hwehwɛ bɔne biara a ɛwɔ asase so.
16:51 Na ɛno nti monyɛ sɛ ɛno anaa ne nnwuma.
16:52 Na kakra bi, na wɔbɛyi amumuyɛ afiri asase so, na
trenee bedi hene wɔ mo mu.
16:53 Mma ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ nka sɛ wanyɛ bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛhye fango
ogya a ɛka ne tiri so, a ɛka AWURADE Nyankopɔn ne n’anuonyam anim sɛ: Me
wɔnyɛɛ bɔne.
16:54 Hwɛ, Awurade nim nnipa nnwuma nyina ara, wɔn adwene, wɔn
nsusuwii, ne wɔn koma:
16:55 Ɔno na ɔkaa asɛm no nko ara sɛ: Wɔnyɛ asase; na wɔyɛɛ no sɛ: Ma
wɔnyɛ ɔsoro; na wɔbɔɔ no.
16:56 N’asɛm mu na wɔyɛɛ nsoromma, na ɔnim wɔn dodoɔ.
16:57 Ɔhwehwɛ bun mu, ne emu ademude mu; ɔno na wasusu
ɛpo, ne nea ɛwɔ mu.
16:58 Wato ɛpo no mu wɔ nsuo mfimfini, na ɔde n’asɛm ayɛ
ɔde asase sɛn nsu no so.
16:59 Ɔtrɛw ɔsoro mu sɛ akorae; nsuo so na ɔwɔ
ɔde sii hɔ.
16:60 Sare so na wayɛ nsuten, ne atare wɔ n’atifi
mmepɔw so, na nsuyiri afi abotan atenten so akɔ
nsuo asase so nsuo.
16:61 Ɔyɛɛ onipa, na ɔde n’akoma too nipadua no mu, na ɔde no maa
ɔhome, nkwa, ne ntease.
16:62 Aane ne Ade Nyinaa so Tumfoɔ Nyankopɔn Honhom a ɔyɛɛ nneɛma nyina ara na ɔhwehwɛ mu
fi nneɛma a ahintaw nyinaa fi asase so ahintasɛm mu, .
16:63 Ampa ara, ɔnim mo nnoɔma ne deɛ modwene mo akoma mu.
wɔn a wɔyɛ bɔne mpo, na wɔde wɔn bɔne besie.
16:64 Enti Awurade ahwehwɛ mo nnwuma nyinaa mu pɛpɛɛpɛ, na ɔbɛpɛ
de mo nyinaa aniwu.
16:65 Na sɛ wɔde mo bɔne ba a, mo ani bewu nnipa anim.
na mo ara mo bɔne bɛyɛ mo sobofoɔ saa da no.
16:66 Dɛn na mobɛyɛ? anaa ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na mode mo bɔne asie Onyankopɔn ne ne de anim
abɔfo?
16:67 Hwɛ, Onyankopɔn ankasa ne ɔtemmufoɔ, monsuro no, monnyae mo bɔne, .
na mo werɛ mfiri mo amumuyɛ, na mommfa mo ho nhyɛ mu bio daa: saa
Onyankopɔn bɛdi mo anim, na wagye mo afiri amanehunu nyina ara mu.
16:68 Na hwɛ, nnipakuo kɛseɛ abufuo a ɛredɛre ahye mo so.
na wɔbɛfa mo mu bi akɔ, na wɔadi mo aduane, a moyɛ adwuma biara, ne
nneɛma a wɔde ma ahoni.
16:69 Na wɔn a wɔpene so no, wɔbɛdi wɔn ho fɛw ne
ahohorabɔ, na wɔtiatia wɔn nan ase.
16:70 Na nkuropɔn a edi hɔ no, bebree bɛba baabiara
atuatew wɔ wɔn a wosuro Awurade no so.
16:71 Wɔbɛyɛ sɛ abɔdamfo a wɔrenkyɛ obiara, nanso wɔda so ara sɛe na
sɛe wɔn a wosuro Awurade no.
16:72 Na wɔbɛsɛe na wɔafa wɔn agyapadeɛ, na wɔatow afiri mu
wɔn afie.
16:73 Afei wɔbɛhunu wɔn, wɔn a wɔayi wɔn; na wɔbɛsɔ wɔn ahwɛ sɛ
sika kɔkɔɔ a ɛwɔ ogya mu.
16:74 Tie, O mo dɔfo, Awurade na ɔseɛ: hwɛ, amanehunu nna wɔ hɔ
abɛn, nanso mɛgye mo afiri saa ara mu.
16:75 Monnsuro na monnnye akyinnyeɛ; ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn ne mo kwankyerɛfoɔ, .
16:76 Na wɔn a wodi m’ahyɛdeɛ ne m’ahyɛdeɛ so no kwankyerɛfoɔ no, saa
Awurade Nyankopɔn: mma wo bɔne nnsoro wo, na mma wo mmusuo
ma wɔn ho so.
16:77 Due nka wɔn a wɔde wɔn bɔne akyekyere wɔn, na wɔde wɔn
amumuyɛ te sɛ sɛ afuo a nnua akata so, ne ɔkwan no
nsɔe akata so, na obiara antwa mu!
16:78 Wogyaw no a enni atadeɛ, na wɔtow gu ogya mu ma wɔhyew
ɛno nti.