Nehemia 5:15
Nehemiah 5:15 · Biblica® Open Asante Twi Contemporary Bible 2020
Yei ne nsonsonoeɛ kɛseɛ a ɛda yɛne amradofoɔ a wɔdii ɛkan no ntam, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔde asodie kɛseɛ too ɔmanfoɔ no so. Na daa wɔgye nnuane ne nsã ka a ɛkari gram ahanan ne aduosia (460) ho firi nnipa no hɔ. Mpo, wɔn aboafoɔ faa ho didii ɔmanfoɔ no ho. Nanso, ɛsiane suro a na mesuro Onyankopɔn no enti, mamfa saa ɛkwan no so.
Nehemiah 5:15 in English
Nehemiah 5:15 · Berean Standard Bible
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver.* Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
Context
13Meporoo mʼabɔɔmu mu kaa sɛ, “Sɛ mobu ɛbɔ a moahyɛ no so a, Onyankopɔn mporo mo mfiri mo afie mu ne mo agyapadeɛ ho!”
Badwa no gyee so sɛ, “Amen.” Na wɔkamfoo Awurade. Na nnipa no dii wɔn bɔhyɛ so. 14Na mepɛ sɛ meka sɛ, mfeɛ dumienu a ɛyɛ ɔhene Artasasta ahennie mfeɛ aduonu kɔsi mfeɛ aduasa mmienu so a meyɛɛ amrado wɔ Yuda no, me ne mʼadwumayɛfoɔ nnyee yɛn akɔnhomabɔdeɛ da. 15Yei ne nsonsonoeɛ kɛseɛ a ɛda yɛne amradofoɔ a wɔdii ɛkan no ntam, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔde asodie kɛseɛ too ɔmanfoɔ no so. Na daa wɔgye nnuane ne nsã ka a ɛkari gram ahanan ne aduosia (460) ho firi nnipa no hɔ. Mpo, wɔn aboafoɔ faa ho didii ɔmanfoɔ no ho. Nanso, ɛsiane suro a na mesuro Onyankopɔn no enti, mamfa saa ɛkwan no so. 16Mekum me ho maa ɔfasuo no ho adwumayɛ, na mampɛ sɛ mɛnya asase biara. Mehwɛɛ sɛ mʼadwumayɛfoɔ nyinaa de wɔn berɛ bɛyɛ adwuma wɔ ɔfasuo no ho. 17Mammisa hwee, nso na ɛberɛ biara mema Yudafoɔ adwumayɛfoɔ ɔha aduonum didi wɔ me didipono so a, ahɔhoɔ a wɔfifiri nsase foforɔ so nka ho.
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