Nehemia 13
1 Chiengʼno kitabu mar Musa nosom ka ji winjo kendo noyud kondikie ni jo-Amon kata jo-Moab ok onego yienegi donjo e chokruok mar Nyasaye,
And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever:
2 nikech ne ok giromone jo-Israel gi chiemo kod pi, makmana to negichulo Balaam mondo okwongʼ-gi. (Kata kamano, Nyasachwa noloko kwongʼno obedo gweth.)
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned the curse into blessing.
3 Ka ji nowinjo chikni, negigolo oko jogo duto ma welo kuom jo-Israel.
And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every stranger from Israel.
4 Ka ma ne pok otimore, to Eliashib jodolo noseketi jarit kuonde keno mag od Nyasachwa. To ne en osiep Tobia machiegni ahinya,
And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.
5 kendo ne osemiye ot malach kama yande ikanoe chiwo mar cham kod gik ubani kod gige hekalu, bende nikanoe achiel kuom apar mar cham, divai manyien gi mo kaka pok jo-Lawi, jower kod jorit dhorangeye, kaachiel gi chiwo mag jodolo.
And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests.
6 To ka magi duto ne dhi nyime, ne aonge Jerusalem, nimar e higa mar piero adek gariyo mar loch Artaksases ruodh Babulon ne asedok ir ruoth. Bangʼe ne akwaye thuolo
But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king:
7 mi adok Jerusalem. To ma ne omiyo afwenyo gima rach mane Eliashib nosetimo kuom miyo Tobia kar dak e od Nyasaye.
And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house of God.
8 Ne abedo gi chwanyruok kendo ne awito gige Tobia mag ot duto oko mar kama nodakie.
And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.
9 Ne achiwo chik motegno mondo opwodh odno, bangʼe to ne adwoko gik milemogo mag od Nyasaye gi chiwo mar cham kod ubani.
And I commanded and they cleansed the storehouses: and I brought thither again the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
10 Bende ne afwenyo ni bath pok mane oket ne jo-Lawi ne pod ok omigi, to kendo ni jo-Lawi gi jower mane ochungʼ ne tich nosedok e puothegi giwegi.
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that ministered were fled away every man to his own country:
11 Omiyo ne adhawone jotelogo kendo apenjogi niya, Angʼo momiyo od Nyasaye ojwangʼ? Bangʼe ne aluongogi kanyakla kendo aketogi kuondegi.
And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I made them to stand in their places.
12 Jo-Juda duto nokelo achiel kuom apar mar cham, divai manyien kod mo e ute keno.
And all Juda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses.
13 Ne aketo Shelemia jadolo, Zadok jandiko, kod ja-Lawi ma nyinge Pedaya kaka jachungʼ mar ute keno kendo ne aketo Hanan wuod Zakur, wuod Matania jalupgi, nikech jogi nokwan ka jo-ratiro. Nomigi tich mar pogo gigo mokel ne owetegi.
And we set over the storehouses Selemias the priest, and Sadoc the scribe, and of the Levites Phadaia, and next to them Hanan the son of Zachur, the son of Mathania: for they were approved as faithful, and to them were committed the portions of their brethren.
14 Yaye Nyasacha, para kuom ma kendo kik wiyi wil gi gik masetimone odi gadiera gi tijeni duto.
Remember me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my kindnesses, which I have done relating to the house of my God and his ceremonies.
15 E ndalogo naneno jomoko e piny Juda kabiyo mzabibu milosogo divai chiengʼ Sabato kendo gikelo cham ka giketo e ngʼe punda, kaachiel gi divai, mzabibu, ngʼowu kod misike mopogore opogore. To negikelo gigi duto ei Jerusalem chiengʼ Sabato. Omiyo ne akwerogi ni kik gihon chiemo odiechiengʼno.
In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and lading asses with wine, and grapes, and figs, and all manner of burthens, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. And I charged them that they should sell on a day on which it was lawful to sell.
16 Jo-Turo mane odak Jerusalem ne kelo rech kod gige ohala mopogore opogore bangʼe gihonogi ei Jerusalem ne jo-Juda chiengʼ Sabato.
Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who brought fish, and all manner of wares: and they sold them on the sabbaths to the children of Juda in Jerusalem.
17 Ne adhawone jodong Juda mi apenjogi niya, “Ma en gima rach manade mutimo chiengʼ Sabato?
And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?
18 Donge kwereu notimo mana gik machalre gi gigi, ma nomiyo Nyasachwa okelo masiragi duto kuomwa kendo kuom dala maduongʼ? Omiyo koro umedo kelo kwongʼ kuom jo-Israel kuom njawo chiengʼ Sabato.”
Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel by violating the sabbath.
19 Ka chiengʼ ne pok opodho e dhorangeye Jerusalem kendo ka Sabato pok ochopo, ne achiwo chik mondo dhoudi olor kendo mondo kik yawgi nyaka Sabato rum. Ne oketo joge owuon e rangeye mondo kik misigo moro amora kel chiengʼ Sabato.
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem were at rest on the sabbath day, I spoke: and they shut the gates, and I commanded that they should not open them till after the sabbath: and I set some of my servants at the gates, that none should bring in burthens on the sabbath day.
20 Johala kod joma hono gik mopogore opogore nobiro dichiel kata diriyo mobuoro but Jerusalem.
So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice.
21 To ne asiemogi kawacho niya, “Angʼo momiyo unindo oko machiegni gi ohinga?” Ka uchako utimo ma, to abiro makou. Chakre godiechiengno ne ok gichako gidwogo chiengʼ Sabato.
And I charged them, and I said to them: Why stay you before the wall? if you do so another time, I will lay hands on you. And from that time they came no more on the sabbath.
22 Bangʼe ne achiwo chik ne jo-Lawi mondo opwodhre kendo gidhi girit rangeye mondo gimi chiengʼ Sabato obed maler. Yaye Nyasacha, para ema bende, kendo itimna ngʼwono kaluwore gi herani maduongʼ.
I spoke also to the Levites that they should be purified, and should come to keep the gates, and to sanctify the sabbath day: for this also remember me, O my God, and spare me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
23 Kata kamano, e ndalogo ne aneno joma chwo moa Juda mane okendo nyi Ashdod, Amon kod Moab.
In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab.
24 Nus mar nyithindgi ne wacho dho Ashdod kata dho achiel kuom joma moko, to ne ok gi ngʼeyo dho Juda.
And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews’ language, but they spoke according to the language of this and that people.
25 Ne adhawonegi mi akwongʼogi. Ne agoyo chwo moko mi apudho yie wigi. Ne aketogi gikwongʼore e nying Nyasaye mi giwacho niya, “Kik uwe nyiu kend gi yawuotgi, kata nyigi bende kik kend gi yawuotu, to un bende kik ukend nyigi.
And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:
26 Donge ne en nikech kend ma kamagi mane omiyo Solomon ruodh Israel otimo richo? E dier ogendini duto ne onge ruoth machal kode. Nohere gi Nyasache, kendo Nyasaye nokete ruoth ewi jo-Israel duto, to kata kamano mon ma ok jo-Yahudi nomiyo otimo richo.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing? and surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.
27 To koro dwawinj ni un bende utimo timbe dwanyruok malich kama kendo ubedo joma ok jo-ratiro ne Nyasachwa kuom nyuomo mon ma welogi?”
And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women?
28 Achiel kuom yawuot Joyada wuod Eliashib ma jadolo maduongʼ ne en or Sanbalat ma ja-Horon. Emomiyo ne ariembe oa buta.
And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.
29 Yaye Nyasacha, parie kaka gisedwanyo tij dolo gi singruok mar bedo jadolo kod mano mar jo-Lawi.
Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.
30 Omiyo ne apwodho jodolo kod jo-Lawi kuom gimoro amora ma wendo, mi amiyogi tije, moro ka moro gi kare owuon.
So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry:
31 Bende ne achiwo thuolo mar chiwo mar yien e seche mowal, kendo bende ne olembe mokwongo. Yaye Nyasacha, para gi ngʼwono.
And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen.
