8 Ɔman no nyinaa boaboaa wɔn ho ano wɔ abɔnten wɔ Nsu Pon+ no anim. Ɛnna wɔka kyerɛɛ ɔkyerɛwfo* Esra+ sɛ ɔmfa Mose Mmara+ nhoma a Yehowa de maa Israel no+ mmra.2 Enti bosome a ɛto so ason no da a edi kan no,+ ɔsɔfo Esra de Mmara no baa bagua no anim.+ Saa bere no, na mmarima ne mmea ne obiara a ɔte asɛm a otumi te ase ahyia.3 Na ɔkenkan no den+ abɔnten wɔ Nsu Pon no anim fi ahemanakye kosii awia,* wɔ mmarima ne mmea ne nnipa foforo a wotumi te nneɛma ase no anim; na ɔman no nyinaa yɛɛ aso tiee+ Mmara nhoma no mu nsɛm.4 Na ɔkyerɛwfo Esra gyinaa apa a wɔde nnua ayɛ ama nhyiam no so; wɔn a na wogyinagyina ne nifa so ne Matitia, Sema, Anaia, Uria, Hilkia, ne Maaseia, na wɔn a na wogyinagyina ne benkum so ne Pedaia, Misael, Malkiya,+ Hasum, Has-Badana, Sakaria, ne Mesulam.5 Esra buee nhoma no mu maa ɔman no nyinaa hui, efisɛ na ɔwɔ soro sen wɔn nyinaa. Bere a obuee mu no, nnipa no nyinaa sɔresɔree.6 Ɛnna Esra de ayeyi maa Yehowa, nokware Nyankopɔn no, Nea ɔyɛ kɛse no. Na ɔman no nyinaa gyee so sɛ, “Amen!* Amen!”+ Na wɔmomaa wɔn nsa so. Afei wɔkotow de wɔn anim butubutuw fam sɔree Yehowa.7 Na Yesua, Bani, Serebia,+ Yamin, Akub, Sabetai, Hodia, Maaseia, Kelita, Asaria, Yosabad,+ Hanan, ne Pelaia, a wɔn nyinaa yɛ Lewifo no, kyerɛkyerɛɛ Mmara no mu kyerɛɛ ɔman no.+ Saa bere no nyinaa na ɔman no gyinagyina hɔ.8 Wɔtoaa so kenkan nokware Nyankopɔn no Mmara nhoma no den, na wɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ mu maa emu daa hɔ fann, na wɔboaa ɔman no ma wɔtee nea wɔrekenkan no ase.+9 Nehemia a saa bere no na ɔyɛ amrado,* ne ɔsɔfo Esra+ a na ɔyɛ ɔkyerɛwfo, ne Lewifo a na wɔrekyerɛkyerɛ ɔman no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn nyinaa sɛ: “Ɛnnɛ yɛ da kronkron ma Yehowa mo Nyankopɔn.+ Munnni awerɛhow, na munnsu.” Nea ɛte ne sɛ, bere a ɔman no retie Mmara no mu nsɛm no, na wɔn nyinaa resu.10 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Monkɔ nkodi mo aduan papa bi* na monnom adɔkɔdɔkɔde, na momfa bi+ nkɔma wɔn a wonni bi, efisɛ ɛnnɛ yɛ da kronkron ma yɛn Awurade. Enti mommma mo werɛ nnhow, na Yehowa mu anigye ne mo abannennen.”*11 Lewifo no nso ka kyekyee nkurɔfo no nyinaa werɛ sɛ: “Munnyae su! Efisɛ ɛnnɛ yɛ da kronkron, enti mommma mo werɛ nnhow.”12 Ɛnna nkurɔfo no nyinaa kodidii na wɔnomee, na wɔkyekyɛɛ bi maa afoforo, na wodii ahurusi kɛse+ efisɛ wɔtee nsɛm a wɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn no ase.+13 Na da a ɛto so abien no, agyanom mmusua mu mpanyimfo a wɔwɔ ɔman no mu nyinaa ne asɔfo ne Lewifo no boaboaa wɔn ho ano baa ɔkyerɛwfo Esra nkyɛn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Mmara nsɛm no mu ntease a wɔanya no, wobenya bi aka ho.14 Ɛnna wohui sɛ wɔakyerɛw wɔ Yehowa Mmara a ɔde faa Mose so no mu sɛ, sɛ Israelfo redi bosome a ɛto so ason no mu afahyɛ no a, wɔntenatena apata* ase,+15 na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ dawuru+ na wɔpae mu ka wɔ wɔn nkurow nyinaa mu ne Yerusalem baabiara sɛ: “Monkɔ mmepɔw no so nkɔpɛ ngodua mmaa, nku dua mmaa, ohuadua mmaa, berɛw, ne nnua foforo mmaa mfa mmɛbɔ apata sɛnea wɔakyerɛw no.”16 Ɛnna ɔman no fii adi kɔpɛɛ bi bae, na wɔde bobɔɔ apata, obiara bɔɔ ne de wɔ ne dan atifi ne n’adiwo ne nokware Nyankopɔn no fi adiwo+ ne mmɔnten so wɔ baabi a ɛbemmɛn Nsu Pon+ no ne Efraim Pon+ no.17 Enti wɔn a wɔasan aba wɔn man mu no nyinaa bobɔɔ apata, na wɔtenatenaa apata no mu. Efi Nun ba Yosua+ nna no mu besi saa da no, na Israelfo nyɛɛ saa da, na ɛma wodii ahurusi kɛse.+18 Na efi da a edi kan kosi da a etwa to no, da biara na wɔkenkan nokware Nyankopɔn no Mmara+ nhoma no; wodii afahyɛ no nnanson, na da a ɛto so awotwe no, wɔyɛɛ nhyiam titiriw sɛnea mmara no kyerɛ.+
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^ Hebri asɛmfua no kyerɛ obi a ɔhwɛ Mmara no ne Kyerɛw Kronkron no afã foforo so kyerɛw bi.
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