Ezra 9
1 Bangʼ ka magi duto nosetim, jotelo nobiro ira kendo owacho niya, “Jo-Israel kaachiel gi jodolo kod jo-Lawi, ok osethegore gi joma ne gikiewogo kuom yoregi mamono, kaka mago mag jo-Kanaan, jo-Hiti, jo-Perizi, jo-Jebus, jo-Amon, jo-Moab, jo-Misri kod jo-Amor.
And when these things were finished, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands in their abominations, [even] the Chananite, the Ethite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, and the Moserite and the Amorite.
2 Gisekawo nyi joma ok jo-Yahudi, makoro odak e pinygi, kendo yawuotgi bende gisekendonegi nyi jogo. Kamano, oganda maler mar Nyasaye osedwanyore gi joma ok jo-Yahudi. To jotelo gi jodongo ema osebedo joketho moloyoe jomoko.”
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and their sons; and the holy seed has passed among the nations of the lands, and the hand of the rulers [has been] first in this transgression.
3 Kane awinjo wachno, ne ayiecho kandhona kod lepa, apudho yie wiya kod yie tika mi abedo piny ka an-gi bwok malich.
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garments, and trembled, and plucked [some] of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning.
4 Eka jogo duto mane oluoro wach Nyasach Israel nochokore buta nikech gima rach mane joma odwogo koa e twech Babulon otimo. Kendo ne abedo kanyo ka an-gi bwok malich nyaka ochopo sa misango mar odhiambo.
Then there assembled to me all that followed the word of the God of Israel, on account of the transgression of the captivity; and I remained mourning until the evening sacrifice.
5 Kane ochopo sa misango mar odhiambo, ne achungo aa kama ne abetie, gi kandhona kod lepa koyiech, mi apodho gi chonga ka atingʼo bedena malo ne Jehova Nyasaye Nyasacha.
And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my humiliation; and when I had rent my garments, then I trembled, and I bow myself on my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord God,
6 Kendo ne alemo kama: “Nyasacha, an-gi wichkuot malich kod kuyo ma ok anyal tingʼo wangʼa malo kangʼiyi, nikech richowa boyo moyombo wiyewa kendo kethowa osechopo e polo.
and I said, O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded, O my God, to lift up my face to thee: for our transgressions have abounded over our head, and our trespasses have increased even to heaven.
7 Koa e ndalo mar kwerewa nyaka chil kawuono, wasebedo joketho ahinya. Nikech richo ma wasetimo, ruodhi mag pinje mamoko osenegowa kaachiel gi ruodhiwa kod jodolo mag-wa kendo giseterowa e twech kendo yako gigewa, mi wasebedo gi wichkuot maduongʼ nyaka chil kawuono.
From the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass until this day: and because of our iniquities we, and our kings, and our children, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the Gentiles by the sword, and by captivity, and by spoil, and with shame of our face, as at this day.
8 “To koro sani, kuom kinde matin, Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa osebedo jangʼwono moweyonwa joma otony kendo omiyowa kama wanyalo dakie e kari maler mar lemo. Isedwogo chunywa, kendo iweyonwa thuolo mondo dendwa oduogi e twech ma wantiereni.
And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickening in our servitude.
9 Kata bed ni wan wasumbini kamano, to Nyasachwa pod ok ojwangʼowa e twech marwa. Osemiyowa ngʼwonone e nyim wangʼ ruodhi mag Pasia: Osemiyowa ngima manyien mondo oger manyien od Nyasachwa, to bende wager kuonde momukore, kendo osebedonwa kaka ohinga molworo Juda kod Jerusalem.
For we are slaves, yet in our servitude the Lord our God has not deserted us; and he has extended favour to us in the sight of the kings of the Persians, to give us a quickening, that they should raise up the house of our God, and restore the desolate places of it, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.
10 “To sani, yaye Nyasachwa, en angʼo ma wanyalo wacho bangʼ ma? Nimar ok waseluoro chike
What shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
11 mane imiyowa kokalo kuom jotichni ma jonabi, kiwacho ni, ‘Piny ma udonje mondo ukaw en piny mopongʼ gi anjawo mag joge. Kuom timbegi mamono gisepongʼo pinyni gi chido margi koa giko koni nyaka giko kocha.
which thou hast given us by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, into which ye go to inherit it, is a land subject to disturbance by the removal of the people of the nations for their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from one end to the other by their uncleanness.
12 Emomiyo, kik uchiw nyiu mondo kend gi yawuotgi, kata kawo nyigi ne yawuotu. Kik ubed gi singruok mar osiep kodgi sa moro amora, mondo omi ubed motegno kendo ucham gik mabeyo mag pinyni kendo uweye ne nyithindu kaka girkeni manyaka chiengʼ.’
And now give not your daughters to their sons, and take not of their daughters for your sons, neither shall ye seek their peace or their good for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and transmit it as an inheritance to your children for ever.
13 “Gima osetimorenwa en nikech timbewa mamono kod kethowa ma ok odhi kare, to kata kamano, Nyasachwa, ne ok ikumowa moromore gi richowago, to niweyo jowa otony, mi wabedo thuolo kaka koroni.
And after all that is come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass, [it is clear] that there is none such as our God, for thou has lightly visited our iniquities, and given us deliverance;
14 Bende dwachak waketh chikegi kendo wanywomre gi joma timo timbe mamono kama? Donge iyi diwangʼ kodwa matek madimi itiekwa, maonge ngʼama ditony kata achiel?
whereas we have repeatedly broken thy commandments, and intermarried with the people of the lands: be not very angry with us to [our] utter destruction, so that there should be no remnant or escaping one.
15 Yaye Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach Israel, in ja-ratiro! Owewa odiechiengni kaka joma otony. Eri wan e nyimi kaka joricho ma bura oloyo, kendo nikech richowago, onge ngʼato kuomwa manyalo chungo e nyimi.”
O Lord God of Israel, thou [art] righteous; for we remain [yet] escaped, as at this day: behold, we [are] before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee on this account.
