Kɛkɛ nɛ Eliakim, Hilkia binyumu ɔ, kɛ Shebna, kɛ Yoa de Asiria matsɛ ɔ we asafoatsɛ ɔ ke, “Wa kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o kɛ wɔ o tsɔli ɔmɛ nɛ tu Aram gbi, ejakaa wa nuɔ. O kɛ wɔ ko tu Hebri gbi, ejakaa ma a nɛ ngɛ gbogbo ɔ yi mi ɔ ngɛ wɔ tue bue.”
Nyɔhiɔ mi hyɛli ɔmɛ kɛ matsɛ ɔ tu munyu ngɛ Aram gbi mi ke, “Nɛnɛ, o yi nɛ na wami kɛ ya neneene! Wa kpa mo pɛɛ, moo sɛɛ o nlami ɔ ha wɔ, konɛ waa tsɔɔ mo sisi.”
Matsɛ ɔ ha mɛ womi ɔ heto ke, “Amlaalo Rehum, ma pɛdiyo Shimshai, kɛ nyɛ huɛmɛ nɛ ngɛ Samaria, kɛ nihi nɛ ngɛ kpokpa amɛ a nɔ ngɛ Yufrate pa a se, nyɛ he manye!
Nihi nɛ piɛ amlaalo Rehum, kɛ Shimshai a he kɛ ngma womi ɔ ji a huɛmɛ, kojoli, kɛ ma ní tsuli kpahi tsuo nɛ je Erek, Babilon, kɛ Susa ngɛ Elam zugba a nɔ,
Jehanɛ se hu, a ngɔ matsɛ ɔ nine nya womi ba ha amlaalo ɔmɛ, kɛ ma nimeli nɛ a ngɛ Yufrate pa a se ɔ. Nɛ enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, a piɛ ma a he, nɛ a tsu Mawu we ɔ ní tsumi hulɔ.
Ní nɛ ɔmɛ a se benɛ Artaherhes ngɛ tsɛ yee ngɛ Persia zugba a nɔ ɔ, nyumu ko ba hi si. E biɛ ji Ezra. E tsɔɔ e weku kpa hluu kɛ ya pi osɔfo nɔkɔtɔma Aaron kikɛ nɛ ɔ: Ezra tsɛ ji Seraya, Seraya tsɛ ji Azaria, Azaria tsɛ ji Hilkia.
Jehanɛ, nɔ́ nɛ ma de mo nɛ ɔ, e ji anɔkuale.” Bɔfo ɔ de ke, “Matsɛmɛ kpahi etɛ ma ba ye Persia nɔ. A se ɔ, matsɛ eywiɛne maa ba, nɛ lɛɛ e ma na ní babauu pe mɛ tsuo kulaa. Nɛ ke be nɛ e ní nami ɔ ba ha nɛ e he wami ba he si ɔ, e maa te si kɛ wo Hela matsɛ yemi ɔ.