Agya no Kanyan Ɔhene bi Akoma
Mfe aduɔson wɔ nnommumfa mu akyi no, nkaefo bi san ba sɛ wɔrebesi asɔrefi no bio. Nwoma no de anammɔn biara to ade baako pɛ so: wɔn Agya nsa pa a ɛda wɔn so.
1 1Persia hene Kores adedi afe a edi kan mu no, sɛnea yɛn Agya asɛm a ɔnam Yeremia so kae no bɛba mu no, yɛn Agya kanyan Persia hene Kores honhom, ma ɔde mpaemuka kɔɔ nʼahenni no mu baabiara, na ɔkyerɛw guu nhoma mu se:
2Sɛɛ na Persia hene Kores se: “Awurade, ɔsoro Nyankopɔn, de asase so ahenni nyinaa ama me, na wapaw me sɛ minsi ofi mma no wɔ Yerusalem a ɛwɔ Yuda no. 3Obiara a ɔwɔ mo mu a ɔyɛ ne nkurɔfo no nyinaa mu bi no, ne Nyankopɔn nka ne ho, ma ɔnkɔ Yerusalem a ɛwɔ Yuda no, na ɔnkɔsan nsi Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn no fi; ɔno ne Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ Yerusalem no. 4Nkaefo no mu biara, baabiara a ɔte no, ma ne kurom nkurɔfo mfa dwetɛ, sika kɔkɔɔ, nneɛma ne nyɛmmoa mmoa no, ka afɔrebɔde a wɔde fi wɔn pɛ mu ma ma Onyankopɔn fi a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no ho.”
5Afei Yuda ne Benyamin mmusua ntuanofo, asɔfo ne Levifo, obiara a yɛn Agya akanyan ne honhom no, sɔree sɛ wɔrekɔ akɔsan asi yɛn Agya fi a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no. 6Wɔn mfɛfo nyinaa de dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ nneɛma, nneɛma ahorow, nyɛmmoa ne akyɛde a ɛsom bo boaa wɔn, ka nneɛma a wɔde fi wɔn pɛ mu mae nyinaa ho.
7Ɔhene Kores nso yii yɛn Agya fi nneɛma a Nebukadnessar yii fi Yerusalem de kɔsiee nʼankasa anyame fi no. 8Persia hene Kores ma ɔsikakorafo Mitredat yii nneɛma no, kan de maa Yuda ɔheneba Sesbasar. 9Wɔn dodow ni: sika kɔkɔɔ nkɔsɛn 30, dwetɛ nkɔsɛn 1,000, aduhuam nkyɛnsee 29, 10sika kɔkɔɔ nkuruwa 30, dwetɛ nkuruwa a ɛyɛ ahorow foforo 410, ne nneɛma foforo 1,000. 11Sika kɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ nneɛma no dodow yɛ 5,400. Bere a atukɔfo no fi Babilonia foro baa Yerusalem no, Sesbasar de ne nyinaa baa.
