Judith na ɔkyerɛwee
11:1 Afei Holofernes ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Ɔbea, nya awerɛkyekye, nsuro
w’akoma: ɛfiri sɛ manpira obiara a ɔwɔ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔbɛsom no da
Nabukodonosor, asase nyinaa hene.
11:2 Afei, sɛ wo man a wɔte mmepɔ so no ansi hɔ a
hann a ɛnam me so, anka meremma me peaw so nhyɛ wɔn so, na wɔn
wɔayɛ saa nneɛma yi ama wɔn ho.
11:3 Na afei ka deɛ enti a wodwane firii wɔn nkyɛn, na woaba yɛn nkyɛn no kyerɛ me.
ɛfiri sɛ woaba sɛ worebɛbɔ wo ho ban; nya awerɛkyekye, wobɛtena ase
anadwo yi, ne akyiri yi:
11:4 Na obiara renyɛ wo bɔne, na mmom ɔbɛsrɛ wo yie, sɛdeɛ wɔyɛ nkoa no
ɔhene Nabukadonosor me wura de.
11:5 Ɛnna Yudit ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Gye w’akoa nsɛm na hu amane
w’afenaa bɛkasa wɔ w’anim, na merenka atosɛm biara nkyerɛ me
owura anadwo yi.
11:6 Na sɛ wodi w’afenaa nsɛm akyi a, Onyankopɔn de
ade a edi mu a ɛbɛtwam wɔ wo nkyɛn; na me wura rennyae ne deɛ
atirimpɔw ahorow.
11:7 Sɛnea asase nyinaa hene Nabukadonosor te ase, na ne tumi te ase no.
ɔno na wasoma wo sɛ kɔmmoa ateasefoɔ nyinaa mu, na ɛnyɛ nko ara
nnipa nam wo so bɛsom no, na wuram mmoa ne
anantwi ne wim nnomaa, de wo tumi bɛtra ase
Nabuchodonosor ne ne fie nyinaa.
11:8 Na yɛate wo nyansa ne wo nhyehyɛɛ ho asɛm, na wɔabɔ ho amanneɛ wɔ
asase nyinaa so, sɛ wo nko ara na wodi mu wɔ ahennie no nyinaa mu, na
tumidifo wɔ nimdeɛ mu, na wɔn ho yɛ nwonwa wɔ ɔko mu nnwuma mu.
11:9 Na asɛm a Akior kaa w’agyinatukuo no ho no, yɛn
ate ne nsɛm; ɛfiri sɛ Betulia mmarima gyee no nkwa, na ɔkaa ho asɛm
deɛ ɔka kyerɛɛ wo no nyinaa kyerɛɛ wɔn.
11:10 Enti, Awurade ne amrado, mmu n’asɛm; nanso fa to mu
wo koma, na ɛyɛ nokware, efisɛ wɔrentwe yɛn man aso, .
na nkrante nso ntumi nni wɔn so nkonim, gye sɛ wɔyɛ bɔne tia wɔn
Nyame.
11:11 Na afei, sɛ me wura nni nkogu na n’atirimpɔw nnyɛ ɔkwa, mpo
afei owuo atɔ wɔn so, na wɔn bɔne ato wɔn, .
ɛno na wɔde ahyɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn abufuo berɛ biara a wɔbɛyɛ
nea ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ:
11:12 Na wɔn aduane yɛ wɔn yaw, na wɔn nsuo nyinaa sua, na wɔn nso
wɔasi wɔn bo sɛ wɔde wɔn nsa bɛto wɔn anantwi so, na wɔabɔ wɔn tirim sɛ wɔbɛwe
nnoɔma no nyinaa, sɛ Onyankopɔn nam ne mmara so abara wɔn sɛ wɔnni.
11:13 Na wɔasi wɔn bo sɛ wɔbɛsɛe nsã ne
ngo, a wɔtew ho, na wɔde sie maa asɔfo a wɔsom no
Yerusalem wɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn anim; nneɛma a ɛnyɛ no
mmara kwan so ma nnipa no mu biara araa ma ɔde ne nsa bɛka.
11:14 Na wɔasoma ebinom akɔ Yerusalem, ɛfiri sɛ wɔn a wɔte hɔ no nso
ayɛ nea ɛte saa, sɛ wɔde tumi krataa a efi mmarahyɛ bagua no hɔ bɛbrɛ wɔn.
11:15 Afei sɛ wɔde asɛm bɛbrɛ wɔn a, wɔbɛyɛ no ntɛm ara, na wɔn
wɔde bɛma wo sɛ wɔnsɛe wo da no ara.
11:16 Enti me w’abaawa a minim yeinom nyinaa nti, maguan afiri wɔn
wɔ hɔ; na Onyankopɔn asoma me sɛ me ne wo nyɛ nneɛma, a ne nyinaa
asase ho bɛdwiri wɔn, na obiara a ɔbɛte no.
11:17 Na w’akoa yɛ nyamesomni, na ɔsom ɔsoro Nyankopɔn da ne
anadwo: afei, me wura, mɛtena wo ne w’akoa nkyɛn
bɛfiri adi anadwo akɔ bonhwa mu, na mɛbɔ Onyankopɔn mpaeɛ, na ɔno nso
bɛka akyerɛ me bere a wɔayɛ wɔn bɔne no.
11:18 Na mɛba abɛkyerɛ wo, na wo ne wɔn nyinaa bɛkɔ
wo dɔm, na wɔn mu biara nni hɔ a ɔbɛsɔre atia wo.
11:19 Na mɛdi wo anim afa Yudea mfimfini kɔsi sɛ wobɛba anim
Yerusalem; na mede w’ahengua bɛsi ne mfimfini; na wo nso
bɛpam wɔn sɛ nguan a wonni ɔhwɛfo, na ɔkraman rennyɛ saa
te sɛ nea obue n’ano kyerɛ wo, efisɛ wɔkaa eyinom kyerɛɛ me sɛnea ɛte
de kɔ m’anim nimdeɛ mu, na wɔdaa no adi kyerɛɛ me, na wɔsomaa me kɔ
ka kyerɛ wo.
11:20 Afei ne nsɛm no yɛɛ Holofernes ne ne nkoa nyinaa ani; na wɔn nso
ne nyansa no ho dwiriw no, na ɔkae sɛ:
11:21 Ɔbaa a ɔte saa nni hɔ firi asase ano kɔsi baako, mmienu no nyinaa
na anim fɛfɛ ne nsɛm mu nyansa.
11:22 Saa ara na Holofernes ka kyerɛɛ no. Onyankopɔn ayɛ papa sɛ wasoma wo
nkurɔfo no anim no, saa ahoɔden bɛda yɛn nsam ne ɔsɛeɛ mu
wɔn a wobu me wura animtiaa no so.
11:23 Na afei wo ho yɛ fɛ wɔ w’anim, na woyɛ aseresɛm wɔ w’anim
nsɛm: ampa sɛ woyɛ sɛnea woaka no a wo Nyankopɔn bɛyɛ me Nyankopɔn, .
na wobɛtena Ɔhene Nabukadonosor fie, na woayɛ
agye din wɔ asase nyinaa so.