Nehemia 9

1 E odiechiengʼ mar piero ariyo gangʼwen mar dweno, jo-Israel nochokore kanyakla, ka gitweyo chiemo kendo ka girwako pien gugru ka gibuko wiyegi gi buru.

And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.

2 Jogo ma jo-Israel hie nopogore moa kuom jopinje mamoko. Negichungʼ ma gihulo richogi kod timbe mag anjawo mag kweregi.

And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 Negichungʼ kanyo kendo ne gisomo Kitabu mar Chik mar Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachgi kuom seche adek, kendo ne gihulo richogi ka gipako Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachgi kuom seche adek mamoko.

And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored the Lord their God.

4 Jo-Lawi mane ochungʼ e raidhi kaywak matek ni Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachgi ne gin, Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebania, Buni, Sherebia, Bani kod Kenani.

And there stood up upon the seep of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

5 To jo-Lawi kaka, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneya, Sherebia, Hodia, Shebania kod Pethahia nowacho niya, “Chungʼuru malo mondo upak Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu mantiere mochwere manyaka chiengʼ.” “Ogwedh nyingi man-gi duongʼ, kendo mad tingʼe malo moloyo gweth kod pak duto.

And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all blessing and praise.

6 In kende e Jehova Nyasaye. Ne ichweyo polo nyaka polo man malo mogik, to gi gik moko duto manie iye, gi piny to gi gik moko duto man kuome, nembe kod gik moko duto manie igi. Ichiwo ngima ne gik moko duto, kendo jopolo pakoi.

Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.

7 “In e Jehova Nyasaye, mane oyiero Abram mi igole oa Ur mar jo-Kaldea bangʼe imiye nying ni Ibrahim.

Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.

8 Ne iyudo ka en ngʼat ma ja-adiera e nyimi, kendo ne iloso kode singruok ni inimi nyikwaye piny jo-Kanaan, jo-Hiti, jo-Amor, jo-Perizi, jo-Jebus, kod jo-Girgash. Iserito singruok marino nikech in ja-ratiro.

And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just.

9 “Ne ineno kaka kwerewa nosandore e piny Misri; kendo ne iwinjo ywakgi kane gichopo e Nam Makwar.

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.

10 Ne ioro ranyisi mag honni kod gik miwuoro ne Farao, kendo kuom jotende duto kod jopinyni duto, nimar ne ingʼeyo kaka jo-Misri ne tiyo jowa githuon. Ne iloso nyingi, ma pod en kamano nyaka chil kawuono.

And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day.

11 Ne ibaro nam makwar ka gineno, mondo ne mi gikal kama otwo, makmana jogo mane lawogi ne inyumo e bwo nam, mana kaka kidi modir e ataro mar pi.

And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land: but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters.

12 Godiechiengʼ ne itelonegi gi bor polo, to gotieno to ne itelonegi gi mach makakni mondo omigi ler e wangʼ yo kama ne giwuothoe.

And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of Are by night, that they might see the way by which they went.

13 “Ne ilor e Got Sinai; mane iwuoyo kodgi gie polo. Ne imiyogi puonj kod chike makare kendo madiera kendo ne imiyogi puonj maber.

Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.

14 Ne imiyo gingʼeyo Sabato-ni maler mi imiyogi chike, kod buche kokalo kuom jatichni Musa.

Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.

15 Ka kech ne kayogi to ne imiyogi makati koa e polo kendo ka riyo noloyogi to ne ikelo pi koa e kor lwanda; bende ne inyisogi mondo gidhi gikaw pinyno mane isesingo kikwongʼori ni ibiro miyogi.

And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them.

16 “To kwerewa, nobedo jongʼayi kendo joma tokgi tek, mine ok giluoro chikegi.

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.

17 Negitamore winji kendo ne ok giparo honni mane itimo e diergi. Tokgi nobedo matek kendo e ngʼanyo margino ne giyiero jatelo mondo gidog gibed wasumbini. To in Nyasaye maweyone ji richogi, ma jangʼwono kendo maneno ne ji lit, iyi bende ok wangʼ piyo kendo hera mari ogundho.

And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.

18 Omiyo ne ok ijwangʼogi kata obedo nine gitimo timbe mag anjawo, ka giloso kido mar nyaroya mi giwacho niya, ‘Ma en nyasachu, mane ogolou e piny Misri.’

Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that brought thee out of Egypt: and hail committed great blasphemies:

19 “Nikech ngʼwono mari mathoth ne ok ijwangʼogi e thim. Godiechiengʼ, bor polo nodhi nyime ka telonegi e yo, to gotieno mach makakni nomedo menyonegi kama giluwo.

Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should go.

20 Ne ichiwo Roho mari maber mondo opuonjgi. Ne ok ituonogi manna, kendo ne imiyogi pi kuom riyo mane oloyogi.

And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst.

21 Ne iritogi e thim kuom higni piero angʼwen; onge gimoro amora mane gionge godo, lepgi ne ok oti kata tiendegi bende ne ok okuot.

Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.

22 “Ne imiyogi loyo pinyruodhi kod ogendini, mi ipogogi nyaka kuonde motimo ongoro. Negikawo piny Sihon ma ruodh Heshbon kod piny Og ma ruodh Bashan.

And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.

23 Ne imiyo yawuotgi obedo mangʼeny ka sulwe manie lwasi, mi ikelogi nyaka e piny mane isingone kweregi mondo odhiye kendo okaw.

And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.

24 Yawuotgi nodonjo mi gikawo pinyno. Niloyonegi jo-Kanaan, mane odak e pinyno; ne ichiwonegi jo-Kanaan, kaachiel gi ruodhi mag-gi gi jopinyno, mondo gitimgi kaka bernegi.

And the children came and possessed the land, and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Chanaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as it pleased them.

25 Negikawo mier madongo mochiel motegno gohinga kod lowo mamiyo; bende negikawo udi mopongʼ gi gik mangʼeny mabeyo, sokni mane osekuny, puothe mzabibu, gi mag zeituni kod yiende mag olembe mangʼeny. Negichiemo ma giyiengʼ kendo negibedo gi mor mogundho; negiil kuom berni maduongʼ mane itimonegi.

And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with delight in thy great goodness.

26 “Kata kamano negibedo maonge luor mi gingʼanyoni; kendo wigi nowil kod chikeni. Neginego jonabi magi; mane osebedo ka puonjogi mondo gidwog iri; negitimo timbe maricho miwuoro.

But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great blasphemies.

27 Omiyo ne ichiwogi e lwet wasikgi, mane omiyogi tingʼ mapek. To kane tingʼ mapek oromogi ne giywakni. Ne iwinjogi koa e polo, kendo gi ngʼwononi mogundho ne imiyogi jokony, mane oresogi giaye lwet wasikgi.

And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of their enemies.

28 “To apoya nono kane giseyudo yweyo, negitimo gima ok owinjore e nyim wangʼi. Bangʼe ne ijwangʼogi e lwet wasikgi mondo omi wasikgigo obed ruodhgi. To kane gichak giywakni kendo ne iwinjogi ka in e polo, to e ngʼwononi mogundho ne iresogi kuom kinde ka kinde.

But after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight: and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies.

29 “Ne isiemogi mondo gidwog kuom chikni, to negibedo jongʼayi kendo ma ok oluoro chikeni. Negitimo richo kuom chayo puonj magi, maka ngʼato orito to kelone ngima. Negilokore giweyi ka tokgi tek ta mi ok girito chikeni.

And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

30 Kuom higni mangʼeny ne ihori kodgi. Kuom Roho mari ne ipuonjori kodgi kokalo kuom jonabi magi. Kata kamano, ne ok gichiko itgi malongʼo, omiyo ne ichiwogi ne joma ok jo-Yahudi.

And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.

31 To e ngʼwono mari makende ne ok itiekogi chuth bende ne ok ijwangʼogi, nikech in Nyasaye ma jangʼwono kendo makecho joge.

Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.

32 “Emomiyo koro sani, yaye Nyasachwa, in e Nyasaye maduongʼ, Nyasaye nyakalaga kendo Nyasaye Maratego bende in e Nyasaye marito singruokne mar hera. Kik ikaw chandruok mwanenogi mayot; chandruokgi osebiro kuomwa, kuom ruodhi magwa kod jotendwa, kuom jodolo magwa kod jonabi, kuom kwerewa kod jogi duto, kochakore ndalo loch mag ruodhi jo-Asuria nyaka kawuono.

Now therefore our God, great, strong and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people from the days of the king of Assur, until this day.

33 Kuom mago duto mosetimorenwa, isebedo jangʼad bura makare; isebedo ja-adiera, ka wan ne watimo marach.

And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.

34 Ruodhi magwa, jotendwa, jodolo mawa kod kwerewa ne ok oluwo chikni; ne ok gichiko itgi ne puonj magi kata siem mane imiyogi.

Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them.

35 Kata ndalo mane pod gin e bwo loch ruodhigi giwegi, kane pod gichamo mwandu mogundho mane imiyogi kendo gidak e piny malach kendo momewo mane ipogonegi, ne ok gitini bende ne ok giweyo timbegi maricho.

And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked devices.

36 “To koro wan wasumbini e piny mane imiyo kwerewa mondo omi gicham olembe moa kanyo kod gik moko mabeyo monyago.

Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it.

37 Gik moko ma pinywani nyago dhi mana ne ruodhi miketo mondo otiwa nikech richowa. Gin gi teko kuom dendwa kendo gitimo mana gima gihero ni jambwa, to wan, to wan gi midhiero miwuoro.

And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation.

38 “Kuom magi duto, waketo winjruok motweyowa, kwandiko wechegi piny, kendo jotendwa, gi jo-Lawi mawa kod jodolo mawa keto lwetgi kaka joneno.”

And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.