Nehemia 2:1-20
2 Ngɛ Nisan* nyɔhiɔ ɔ mi, ngɛ Matsɛ Artaherhes nɔ yemi jeha nɛ ji 20 ɔ mi ɔ, a kɛ wai ma e hɛ mi, nɛ kaa bɔ nɛ i peeɔ daa a, i wo wai ɔ nɔ nɛ i kɛ ha matsɛ ɔ. Se ye hɛ mi pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ. Matsɛ ɔ nɛ mi nɛ ye hɛ mi pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ jã hyɛ.
2 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, matsɛ ɔ de mi ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ o hɛ mi pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ, pohu pi nɛ o be he wami? Enɛ ɔ lɛɛ, pi nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko, aywilɛho lɛ o ngɛ yee ngɛ o tsui mi.” Kɛkɛ nɛ i ye gbeye wawɛɛ.
3 Nɛ i de matsɛ ɔ ke: “Matsɛ ɔ se nɛ kɛ! Mɛni he je nɛ e sɛ nɛ ye hɛ mi nɛ pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ be mi nɛ ma, nɛ ji he nɛ a pu ye nɛmɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ ɔ pee ma doku, nɛ́ a kɛ la sã e we agbo ɔmɛ ɔ?”
4 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ bi mi ke: “Mɛni o ngɛ hlae?” Oya nɔuu nɛ i sɔle ha hiɔwe Mawu ɔ.
5 Nɛ i de matsɛ ɔ ke: “Ke e sa matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ hɛ mi ba nyami ngɛ o hɛ mi ɔ, lɛɛ moo wo mi blɔ kɛ ya Yuda, nɛ ji ma nɛ a pu ye nɛmɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ mi ɔ mi, konɛ ma kpale ya po ma a.”
6 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ, nɛ́ jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, manyɛ ɔ hii si ngɛ e kasa nya a bi mi ke: “Blɔ hiami ɔ maa ngɔ mo be enyɛmɛ, nɛ mɛni be o maa kpale kɛ ba?” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e sa matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi kaa e maa wo mi blɔ, nɛ i tsɔɔ lɛ be ɔ.
7 Kɛkɛ nɛ i de matsɛ ɔ ke: “Ke e sa matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi ɔ, e ha nɛ a ha mi sɛ womihi nɛ ma kɛ ya ha amlaalo ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ kpokpa nɛ ngɛ Pa a Se* ɔ, konɛ a ha mi blɔ nɛ ma be slɔkee kɛ ya si be nɛ ma ya su Yuda,
8 kɛ sɛ womi nɛ ma kɛ ya ha Asaf, nɛ ji Matsɛ Abɔɔ* ɔ nɔ hyɛlɔ ɔ, konɛ e ha mi tsohi nɛ a kɛ maa pee plai nguahi kɛ ha We* ɔ Mɔ Nɛ He Wa a nya agbo ɔ, kɛ ma a gbogbo ɔmɛ, kɛ we ɔ nɛ ma ya hi mi ɔ.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, matsɛ ɔ ha mi sɛ womi ɔmɛ, ejakaa ye Mawu ɔ nine nɛ hi ɔ ngɛ ye nɔ.
9 Nyagbenyagbe ɔ, i ba su amlaalo ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ kpokpa nɛ ngɛ Pa a Se ɔ a ngɔ, nɛ i ngɔ matsɛ ɔ sɛ womi ɔmɛ kɛ ha mɛ. Jehanɛ hu ɔ, matsɛ ɔ ha nɛ tabo nya dali kɛ okpɔngɔ nɔ hili piɛɛ ye he kɛ ho.
10 Benɛ Sanbalat, nɛ ji Horon no ɔ kɛ Tobia, Ammon no nɛ e ji sɔmɔlɔ ɔ nu he ɔ, a bua jɔɛ he kulaa kaa nɔ ko ba nɛ́ e ba pee nɔ́ kpakpa ko kɛ ha Israel bi ɔmɛ.
11 Be saii mi ɔ, i ba su Yerusalem, nɛ i hi lejɛ ɔ ligbi etɛ.
12 I te si nyɔ mi, i kɛ nyumuhi bɔɔ nɛ a piɛɛ ye he ɔ, nɛ i de we nɔ ko nɔ́ nɛ ye Mawu ɔ ngɔ kɛ wo ye tsui mi kaa ma pee ha Yerusalem ɔ, nɛ lohwe ko piɛɛ we ye he kaa ja nɔ́ nɛ i hi nɔ ɔ pɛ.
13 Jamɛ a nyɔ ɔ mi ɔ, i je kpo kɛ gu Dɔgba Agbo ɔ mi, nɛ i be ngɛ Sinɔ Ngua a Nyu Hɛngmɛ ɔ hɛ mi kɛ ya La Zu Kuku Agbo ɔ nya, nɛ i ya hyɛ Yerusalem gbogbo ɔmɛ nɛ a ku pue si ɔ kɛ e we agbo ɔmɛ nɛ a kɛ la sã a.
14 Nɛ i be kɛ ho Nyu Hɛngmɛ Agbo ɔ he ya, nɛ i tsa nɔ kɛ ya Matsɛ ɔ Taku ɔ nya, nɛ blɔ nɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ klee we nɛ́ lohwe ɔ nɛ i hi nɔ ɔ ma nyɛ maa be.
15 Se i tsa nɔ kɛ gu dɔgba a* mi kɛ kuɔ kɛ ho jamɛ a nyɔ mi ɔ, nɛ i ya nɔ nɛ i hyɛ gbogbo ɔ, nɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, i kpale kɛ ba gu Dɔgba Agbo ɔ mi, kɛkɛ nɛ i kpale ye se.
16 Nɔ yeli ɔmɛ a se yeli ɔmɛ li he nɛ i ya, kɛ nɔ́ nɛ i ngɛ pee, ejakaa i de we Yuda bi ɔmɛ, osɔfo ɔmɛ, odehe ɔmɛ, nɔ yeli ɔmɛ a se yeli ɔmɛ, kɛ ní tsuli kpa amɛ nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko lolo.
17 Nyagbenyagbe ɔ, i de mɛ ke: “Nyɛ na kaa si fɔfɔɛ mi nɛ wa ngɛ ɔ hí kulaa, nɛ nyɛ na kaa Yerusalem pee ma doku nɛ a kɛ la sã e we agbo ɔmɛ. Nyɛɛ ba nɛ waa kpale fia Yerusalem gbogbo ɔmɛ konɛ hɛ mi si puemi nɛ ɔ nɛ ko tsa nɔ.”
18 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, i de mɛ bɔ nɛ ye Mawu ɔ nine nɛ hi ɔ ngɛ ye nɔ ha, kɛ munyuhi nɛ matsɛ ɔ tu kɛ tsɔɔ mi ɔ. Kɛkɛ nɛ a de ke: “Nyɛ ha nɛ waa te si nɛ waa fia gbogbo ɔ.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a wo a sibi* he wami kɛ ha ní tsumi kpakpa a.
19 Jehanɛ ɔ, benɛ Sanbalat, nɛ ji Horon no ɔ, kɛ Tobia, Ammon no nɛ e ji sɔmɔlɔ ɔ, kɛ Geshem, nɛ ji Arabia no ɔ nu he ɔ, a ye wa he fɛu, nɛ a gbe wa he guɛ, nɛ a de ke: “Mɛni nyɛ ngɛ pee ɔ? Anɛ nyɛ ngɛ matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi atuã tsɔe lo?”
20 Se i ha heto ke: “Hiɔwe Mawu ɔ ji Nɔ nɛ ma ha nɛ waa ye manye, nɛ wɔ nɛ wa ji e sɔmɔli ɔ, wa maa te si, nɛ wa maa fia gbogbo ɔ; se nyɛɛ lɛɛ nyɛ be blɔ fa mi nɔ́ ko, loo blɔ nya ko, loo kaimi nɔ́* ko ngɛ Yerusalem.”
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B15.
^ Aloo “Yufrate Pa a Se.”
^ Aloo “matsɛ ɔ hue tso.”
^ Aloo “Sɔlemi We.”
^ Aloo “dɔ ɔ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “a wo a nine mi.”
^ Aloo “gbosi ní.”