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.
Now when these things were done, the princes came near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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 for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.”
3 Kane awinjo wachno, ne ayiecho kandhona kod lepa, apudho yie wiya kod yie tika mi abedo piny ka an-gi bwok malich.
When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
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 everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me because of the trespass of the exiles; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.
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.
At the evening offering I rose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my 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, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.
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.
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is 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.
Now for a little moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a stake in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and revive us a little in our bondage.
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 bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
10 “To sani, yaye Nyasachwa, en angʼo ma wanyalo wacho bangʼ ma? Nimar ok waseluoro chike
“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your 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 you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land to which you go to possess is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.
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.’
Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons. Don’t take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’
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.
“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
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?
shall we again break your commandments, and join ourselves with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant, nor any to escape?
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.”
LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.”
