Nehemia 5

1 Joma chwo kod mondgi notingʼo dwondgi ka giywak matek ne owetegi ma jo-Yahudi.

And the cry of the people and their wives [was] great against their brethren the Jews.

2 Moko kuomgi ne wacho niya, “Wan kod yawuotwa gi nyiwa wathoth mokalo; to mondo wachiem kendo wabed mangima, nyaka wabed kod cham.”

And some said, We [are] numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live.

3 Jomoko kuomgi ne wacho niya, “Wasingo ni ji puothewa, puothewa mag mzabibu, kod miechwa mondo wayud cham ndalo mar kech.”

And some said, [As to] our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge [them], and we will take corn, and eat.

4 Eka jomoko to ne wacho niya, “Chunowa ni nyaka wahol pesa mondo wachul godo osuru mar ruoth e puothewa kod puothe mzabibu.

And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes: —our fields, and our vineyards, and houses [are pledged].

5 Kata obedo ni wan ringruok kod remo achiel kaka jopinyni to kata bed ni yawuotwa ber mana ka yawuotgi, to pod waketo yawuotwa kod nyiwa kaka wasumbini. Nyiwa moko to ne oseketi wasumbini, to waonge gi teko, nikech puothewa kod puothewa mag mzabibu koro gin mek jomoko nono.”

And now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children [are] as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards [belong] to the nobles.

6 Kane awinjo ywakgi kod weche mane odonjnigigo, iya nowangʼ ahinya.

And I was much grieved as I heard their cry and these words.

7 Ne aparo wechego matut mi adonjone joka ruoth kod jotelo. Ne anyisogi niya, “Uyudo ohala kuom jowadu uwegi!” Omiyo ne aluongo buch galamoro mondo awuo kodgi,

And my heart took counsel within me, and I contended against the nobles, and the princes, and I said to them, Should every man demand of his brother what ye demand? And I appointed against them a great assembly,

8 mi awachonegi niya, “Wasetemo kaka wanyalo ma waduogo owetewa mane joma ok jo-Yahudi ongʼiewo kuomu kaka wasumbini. Koro sani uuso oweteu, to mano biro chunowa ni nyaka wawargi kendo!” Negilingʼ thi, nikech onge gima neginyalo wacho.

and I said to them, We of our free-will have redeemed our brethren the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do ye sell your brethren? and shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer.

9 Eka ne adhi nyime ka awacho niya, “Gima utimoni ok ber. Donge duluorie Nyasachwa mondo ugengʼ achaya mar joma ok jo-Yahudi ma wasikwa ochayowago?

And I said, The thing which ye do [is] not good; ye will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.

10 An, owetena kod joga bende waholo ji pesa kod cham to ok wakaw ohala, omiyo hola midwoko gohala nyaka rum!

Both my brethren, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and corn: let us now leave off this exaction.

11 Duoknegiuru puothegi, puothegi mag mzabibu, puothegi mag zeituni kod utegi, kaachiel gi hola midwoko gohala ma gin achiel ewi mia achiel mar pesa gi cham, gi divai manyien kod mo.”

Restore to them, I pray, as at this day, their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive-yards, and their houses, and bring forth to them corn and wine and oil of the money.

12 Negiwacho niya, “Wabiro duogonugi kendo ok wabi chunou mondo umedwa gimoro amora kuomgi. Wabiro timo kaka uwachono.” Bangʼe ne aluongo jodolo mi giketo joka ruoth kod jotelo okwongʼore ni gibiro timo kaka gisesingore.

And they said, We will restore, and we will not exact of them; we will do thus as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and bound them by oath to do according to this word.

13 Bende ne atengʼo nangana mi awacho niya, “Kamano bende e kaka Nyasaye onego omaa od ngʼato angʼata motamore rito singruokni mwandune. Omiyo mad ngʼama chalo kamano tengʼe oko mi odongʼ gi lwete nono!” Kuom mano, kanyakla mar oganda nodwoko niya, “Amin,” kendo negipako Jehova Nyasaye. Kendo ji notimo mana kaka ne gisesingono.

And I shook out my garment, and said, So may God shake out every man who shall not keep to this word, from his house, and from his labours, he shall be even thus shaken out, as an outcast and empty. And all the congregation said, Amen, and they praised the Lord: and the people did this thing.

14 To bende kochakore e higa mar piero ariyo mar loch Ruoth Artaksases, e ndalo mane oyiera jatelo e piny Juda, nyaka ochopo e hike mar piero adek gariyo, ma duto ne gin higni apar gariyo, an kod owetena ne ok wachamo chiemo mane opog ne jatelo.

From the day that he charged me to be their ruler in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Arthasastha, twelve years, I and my brethren ate not [provision] extorted from them.

15 To jotelo machon, mane otiyo kapok achako tich, noketo tingʼ mapek ne ji mine gikawo nus kilo mar fedha koa kuomgi kaachiel gi chiemo kod divai. Jolupgi bende nomiyo ji tingʼno mapek. To nikech luor mane amiyo Nyasaye an to ne ok atimo kamano.

But as for the former acts of extortion wherein [those who were] before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachms for bread and wine; and the [very] outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God.

16 Kuom mano, anto ne achiwora ne tich mar ohingani. Joga duto nochokore kanyakla ne tich; ne ok angʼiewo lowo moro amora e pinyno.

Also in the work of the wall I treated them not with rigor, I bought not land: and all that were gathered together [came] thither to the work.

17 To bende, jo-Yahudi mia achiel gi piero abich kod jotelo nochiemo e mesana, kaachiel gi ogendini mane obiro irwa koa machiegni kodwa.

And the Jews, to [the number of] a hundred and fifty men, besides those coming to us from the nations round about, [were] at my table.

18 Odiechiengʼ ka odiechiengʼ notedna rwath achiel, rombe auchiel machwe, kod gwen, to ndalo apar ka ndalo apar divai mopogore opogore nokel mangʼeny. To kata kamano, ne ok adwaro chiemo mane opog ne jatelo, nikech gigo mane idwaro ne ohewo jogi tingʼo.

And there came [to me] for one day one calf, and I had six choice sheep and a goat; and every ten days wine in abundance of all sorts: yet with these I required not the bread of extortion, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

19 Yaye Nyasacha, para gi ngʼwono kuom gik masetimone jogi,

Remember me, O God, for good, [in] all that I have done to this people.