20 Ɔde wɔn a wɔfiri sekan ano kaeɛ no kɔɔ Babilon,+ na wɔyɛɛ nkoa maa ɔne ne mma kɔsii sɛ Persia ahemman bɛnyaa tumi.+ 21 Wei maa Yehowa asɛm a ɔmaa Yeremia kaeɛ no baa mu+ kɔsii sɛ asaase no home de tuaa home nna ka a ɛde no.+ Nna dodoɔ a ɛdaa hɔ kwa* no, ɛhomee ara kɔsii sɛ mfeɛ 70 duruiɛ.+

1 Persia hene Kores+ afe a ɛdi kan mu no, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Yehowa asɛm a ɔnam Yeremia so kaeɛ no+ bɛba mu nti, Yehowa kanyan Persia hene Kores* maa no bɔɔ dawuro wɔ n’ahennie nyinaa mu, na ɔsan twerɛɛ+ sɛ:

2 “Sɛdeɛ Persia hene Kores seɛ nie, ‘Yehowa, ɔsoro Nyankopɔn no, de asaase so ahennie nyinaa ama me,+ na waka akyerɛ me sɛ mensi fie mma no wɔ Yerusalem+ a ɛwɔ Yuda. 3 Obiara a ɔka mo ho a ɔsom no no, ne Nyankopɔn nni n’akyi. Ma no mforo nkɔ Yerusalem a ɛwɔ Yuda, na ɔnsan nkɔsi Yehowa, Israel Nyankopɔn fie a na ɛwɔ Yerusalem no.* Ɔno ne nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no.

2 a ɔbɛdii hene mu no, me Daniel, mehwehwɛɛ nwoma ahodoɔ* no mu, na mehunuu mfeɛ dodoɔ a Yehowa asɛm a ɛbaa odiyifoɔ Yeremia nkyɛn no kyerɛɛ sɛ Yerusalem bɛsɛe+ a obiara rentena hɔ no; ɛyɛ mfeɛ 70.+

12 Enti Yehowa bɔfoɔ no bisaa sɛ: “O asafo Yehowa, da bɛn koraa na wobɛhu Yerusalem ne Yuda nkuro no mmɔbɔ,+ nkuro a wo bo afu wɔn mfeɛ 70 yi?”+