8 Bere a wɔbaa nokware Nyankopɔn no fi wɔ Yerusalem no, n’afe a ɛto so abien no bosome a ɛto so abien no, Sealtiel ba Serubabel ne Yehosadak ba Yesua ne wɔn nuanom a wɔaka, asɔfo ne Lewifo ne wɔn a na wɔakodi obi man so a wɔasan aba Yerusalem no nyinaa+ fii adwuma no ase; wɔde Lewifo a wɔadi mfe 20 rekɔ no sisii Yehowa fi adwuma no so.

10 Bere a adansifo no too Yehowa asɔrefi no fapem wiei no,+ asɔfo a wɔhyehyɛ asɔfotaade kurakura ntorobɛnto,+ ne Lewifo, Asaf mma, a wokurakura nnawuru* no sɔre yii Yehowa ayɛ, sɛnea Israel hene Dawid kyerɛe no.+

14 Afei nso, Onyankopɔn fi sika kɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ nneɛma a Nebukadnesar sesaw fii asɔrefi a na ɛwɔ Yerusalem de kɔɔ Babilon asɔredan mu no,+ Ɔhene Kores yiyi fii Babilon asɔredan no mu de maa ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Sesbasar*+ a Kores yɛɛ no amrado+ no.

16 Enti Sesbasar bae, na ɔbɛtoo Onyankopɔn fi+ a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no fapem; efi saa bere no yegu so resi a yenwiei.’+