Nehemias 5
1 Unya mipatugbaw sa hilabihan nga pagtuaw ang mga kalalakin-an ug ang ilang mga asawa batok sa ilang isigka mga Judio.
[Later, ] many of the men and their wives protested loudly about what [some of] the [other] Jews were doing.
2 Tungod kay adunay pipila nga nag-ingon, “Daghan kami uban sa among mga anak nga lalaki ug mga anak nga babaye. Busa tugoti kami nga makakuha ug trigo aron makakaon kami ug magpabilin nga buhi.”
Some/One of them said, “We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and continue to live.”
3 Miingon usab ang pipila, “Giprenda namo ang among kaumahan, ang among mga kaparasan, ug ang among mga balay aron makabaton ug trigo panahon sa tinggutom.”
Others said, “The fields and vineyards and houses that we own, it has been necessary for us to (mortgage them/promise to give them to someone if we do not pay back to him the money he has loaned us) in order to get money to buy grain, during this (famine/time where there is not much food).”
4 Miingon usab ang uban, “Nanghulam kami ug salapi nga ibuhis sa hari sa among mga kaumahan ug sa among mga kaparasan.
Others said, “We have [needed to] borrow money to pay the taxes that the king [commanded us to pay] on our fields and our vineyards.
5 Apan karon ang among unod ug dugo sama lang sa among mga kaigsoonan, ug ang among mga anak sama lang sa ilang mga anak. Napugos kami sa pagbaligya sa among mga anak nga mga lalaki ug sa among mga anak nga mga babaye aron mamahimong mga ulipon. Ang pipila sa among mga anak nga babaye ulipon nang daan. Apan wala kami gahom sa pagtabang niini tungod kay gipanag-iya na karon sa ubang mga tawo ang among mga kaumahan ug ang among mga kaparasan.”
We are Jews just like [IDM] they are. Our children are ([just as good as/equal with)] their children. But we have needed to sell some of our children to become slaves [in order to pay what we owe]. We have already sold some of our daughters to become slaves. Our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us, so now we do not have [the money to pay what we owe, and we are forced to sell our children to get money to pay those debts].”
6 Nasuko ako pag-ayo sa dihang nadungog ko ang ilang pagtuaw ug kining mga pulong.
I was very angry when I heard these things that they were complaining about.
7 Unya naghunahuna ako mahitungod niini, ug mipasaka ako ug mga sumbong batok sa mga halangdon ug sa mga opisyal. Miingon ako kanila, “Nagpatanto kamo, ang matag-usa sa iyang kaugalingong igsoon.” Nagpahigayon ako ug dakong panagtigom batok kanila
So I thought about what I could do about it. I told the leaders and officials [who were responsible for this work], “You are charging interest to your own relatives [when they borrow money from you]!” Then I called together a large group of people,
8 ug giingnan ko sila, “Kutob sa among mahimo, gipalit namo pagbalik ang atong mga kaigsoonang mga Judio gikan sa pagkaulipon ug sa pagkabaligya ngadto sa mga nasod, apan gibaligya hinuon ninyo ang inyong mga igsoong lalaki ug igsoong babaye aron ibaligya nila kini pagbalik kanamo!” Mihilom sila ug wala gayod makakaplag ug pulong nga isulti.
and I said to their [leaders], “Some of our Jewish relatives have been forced to sell themselves to become slaves of people who have come from other countries. As much as we have been able to, we have been buying them back [out of slavery]. But now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their fellow Jews, as slaves!” [When I said that to them, ] they were silent. There was nothing that they could say [because they knew that what I said was true].
9 Miingon usab ako, “Dili maayo ang inyong gibuhat. Dili ba kamo maglakaw nga adunay kahadlok sa atong Dios aron kapugngan ang pagbiaybiay sa atong mga kaaway nga mga nasod?
Then I said to them, “What you are doing is terrible [EUP]! You certainly ought to [RHQ] obey God and do what is right! If you did that, our enemies who do not revere Yahweh [would see that we are doing what is right and] would not ridicule us.
10 Magpahulam ako ug ang akong mga igsoong lalaki ug ang akong mga sulugoon kanilag salapi ug trigo. Apan kinahanglan nga moundang na kita sa pagkuha ug tubo niining maong mga hulam.
My fellow Jews and I and my servants have lent money and grain to people [without charging interest]. So you all should stop charging interest on these loans.
11 Ibalik kanila karong adlawa ang ilang mga kaumahan, ang ilang mga kaparasan, ang ilang olibohan ug ang ilang mga balay ug ang tubo sa salapi, ang trigo, ang bag-ong bino, ug ang lana nga inyong gikuha gikan kanila.”
Also, you must give back to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive tree orchards, and their houses that you have taken from them. You must also give back to them the interest that you charged them when they borrowed money, grain, wine, and [olive] oil from you, and you must do it today!”
12 Unya miingon sila, “Ibalik namo kung unsa ang among gikuha gikan kanila, ug wala kami pangayoon gikan kanila. Buhaton namo ang imong gisulti.” Unya gitawag ko ang mga pari, ug gipapanumpa ko sila nga himoon nila kung unsa ang ilang gisaad.
The leaders replied, “We will do what you have said. We will return to them everything that we forced them to give to us, and we will not require that they give us anything more.” Then I summoned the priests, and I forced the leaders to vow in front of them that they would do what they had promised to do.
13 Giuyog ko ang sidsid sa akong bisti ug miingon, “Hinaot nga uyogon sa Dios ang balay ug mga kabtangan sa matag tawo nga dili magtuman sa iyang saad. Aron nga mauyog siya ug makabsan.” Miingon ang tanan nga nagkatigom, “Amen,” unya gidayeg nila si Yahweh ug gibuhat sa mga tawo ang ilang gisaad.
I shook out the folds of my robe and said to them, “If you do not do what you have just now promised to do, I hope/desire that God will shake you like I am shaking my robe. He will take away your homes and everything else that you own.” They all replied, “Amen/May it be so!” And they praised Yahweh. Then they did what they had promised to do.
14 Busa sukad sa higayon sa pagtuboy kanako nga mamahimong gobernador sa yuta sa Juda, gikan sa ika-20 ka tuig hangtod sa ika-32 ka tuig sa paghari ni Artaxerxes, 12 ka tuig, wala ako mikaon ni ang akong mga kaigsoonan sa pagkaon nga giandam alang sa gobernador.
I was appointed to be the governor of Judea in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia]. For the next twelve years, until he had been ruling for almost 32 years, neither I nor my officials accepted [the money that we were allowed/entitled to receive to buy] food because of my being the governor.
15 Apan ang gobernador kaniadto nga nahiuna kanako naghatag ug bug-at nga mga palas-anon sa mga tawo, ug nagkuha gikan kanila ug 40 ka mga shekels nga plata alang sa ilang matag-adlaw nga pagkaon ug bino. Bisan ang ilang mga sulugoon nagdaogdaog sa katawhan. Apan wala ako magbuhat sama niana tungod kay may kahadlok ako sa Dios.
The men who were governors before I became the governor had burdened the people by requiring them to pay a lot of taxes. They had forced each person to pay to them 40 silver coins every day, in addition to giving food and wine to them. Even their servants/officials oppressed the people. But I did not do that, because I revered God.
16 Nagpadayon usab ako sa pagtukod sa pader, ug wala kami nagpalit ug yuta, ug nagkatigom ang tanan nakong mga sulugoon didto alang sa pagtrabaho.
I also continued to work on the wall, and I did not take land from people [who were unable to pay back the money that they had borrowed from me]. All those who worked for me joined me to work on the wall.
17 Sa akong lamesa anaa ang mga Judio ug mga opisyal, 150 ka mga kalalakin-an, gawas niadtong miadto kanamo gikan sa mga nasod nga nakapalibot kanamo.
Also, every day I was responsible to feed 150 Jewish officials, and also [official] visitors who came from nearby countries.
18 Karon sa matag adlaw mag-andam ug usa ka torong baka, unom ka piniling karnero, ug mga langgam usab, ug sa matag ikanapulo nga adlaw abundansya ang tanang matang sa bino, apan bisan niining tanan wala ako mangayo ug pagkaon nga alang sa gobernador, tungod kay bug-at ra kaayo ang maong pagpangayo ngadto sa katawhan.
Each day I [told my servants to] serve [us the meat from] one ox, six very good sheep, and chickens. And every ten days I gave them a large new supply of wine. But I knew that the people were burdened [by paying lots of taxes], so I did not accept [the money that I was entitled/allowed to receive to buy all this] food because of my being the governor.
19 Hinumdomi ako, akong Dios, sa pagbuhat ug maayo, tungod kay gibuhat ko kining tanan alang niining katawhan.
My God, do not forget me, and reward me because of all that I have done for these people.
