Nehemiah 5
1 Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Nʼoge ahụ, ụfọdụ ezinaụlọ bidoro itamu ntamu megide ndị Juu ibe ha.
2 For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.
Ụfọdụ na-atamu na-asị, “Anyị na ụmụ anyị dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ. Ọ bụrụ na anyị ga-eri nri dị ndụ, o kwesikwara ka anyị nwee ike ịzụrụ ọka.”
3 And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.
Ndị ọzọ na-asịkwa, “Anyị agbaala ubi anyị, ubi vaịnị anyị na ụlọ anyị nʼibe ka anyị nweta mkpụrụ ubi nʼoge ụnwụ.”
4 And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
Ma ndị ọzọkwa na-asị, “Lee na anyị gbazitere ego anyị ji tụọ ụtụ isi eze maka ubi anyị na ubi vaịnị anyị.
5 But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
Nʼagbanyeghị na ọ bụ otu anụ ahụ na ọbara ka anyị na ndị Juu ọzọ nwere, dịka ụmụ ha dị ka ụmụ anyị dịkwa, ma anyị emeela ka ụmụ anyị ndị ikom na ndị inyom bụrụ ndị ohu. Ụfọdụ nʼime ụmụ anyị ndị inyom abụrụlarị ndị ohu, ma anyị enweghị ike nke aka anyị, nʼihi na ndị ọzọ bụ ndị nwezi ala ubi anyị na ubi vaịnị anyị niile.”
6 And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.
Iwe were m nke ukwuu mgbe m nụrụ mkpu akwa ha na mkpesa ndị a.
7 And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
Ya mere, mgbe m chesiri echiche banyere ya, e boro m ndị a na-asọpụrụ na ndị ọchịchị ebubo. A gwara m ha, “Unu na-anara ụmụnna unu ọmụrụnwa ego unu enyere ha.” Ya mere, a kpọrọ m nzukọ ọha mmadụ maka imegide ha.
8 And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.
Nʼụbọchị nzukọ ahụ, agwara m ha okwu sị, “Ọtụtụ nʼime anyị na-agbalị nʼụzọ niile ịhụ na anyị zụtaghachiri ụmụnna anyị ndị Juu bu ndị e resiri ndị mba ọzọ. Ma unu nọ nʼebe a na-agbalị ime ha ka ha ghọọ ndị ohu unu. Ruo ole mgbe ka anyị ga-anọgide na-agbapụta ha site nʼọnọdụ ibu ohu?” Ma ha niile ekwughị okwu ọbụla, nʼihi na ha enweghị ihe ha ga-ekwu.
9 And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
Agwakwara m ha okwu ọzọ sị, “Ihe unu na-eme jọrọ njọ. O kwesighị ka unu tụọ egwu Chineke si otu a gbanarị nkọcha nke ndị iro anyị, bụ ndị mba ọzọ?”
10 Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.
Mụ onwe m na ụmụnna m na ndị na-ejere m ozi na-agbazinye ụmụnne anyị ego na ọka. Ma ka anyị kwụsị ịnara ọmụrụnwa.
11 Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.
Nyeghachinụ ha ala ubi ha niile ngwangwa, ma ubi vaịnị ha niile, ubi oliv ha niile, ụlọ ha niile na ọmụrụnwa nke unu na-anara ha nke bụ otu ụzọ nʼime narị nke ego, ọka, mmanya ọhụrụ na mmanụ.
12 Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.
Ha sịrị, “Anyị ga-enyeghachi ha. Anyị agakwaghị anara ha ihe ọzọ. Anyị ga-emezu ihe i kwuru.” Mgbe ahụ, akpọkọtara m ndị nchụaja, mee ka ndị ndu na ndịisi ozi ṅụọ iyi imezu nkwa ha.
13 And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
Ayọgharịrị m ọnụ ọnụ uwe mwụda m sị, “Otu a ka Chineke ga-esi yọchapụ site nʼụlọ ha na ihe nweta ha onye ọbụla nke na-agaghị edebezu nkwa a.” Ndị niile zukọrọ kwere sị, “Amen.” Ha tokwara Onyenwe anyị: Ha niile mekwara ihe ha kwere na nkwa.
14 Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.
Ọzọ, nʼime afọ iri na abụọ ahụ a họpụtara m ị bụ onyeisi ọchịchị na Juda, site nʼiri afọ abụọ nke ịbụ eze Ataksekses ruo nʼafọ iri atọ na abụọ ya, mụ na ụmụnne m esiteghị na nri a na-atụkọrọ onyeisi ọchịchị were ihe oriri ọbụla.
15 But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Ma ọ bụghị otu a ka o si dị na mbụ, nʼihi na ndịisi ọchịchị niile buru m ụzọ chịa boro ndị ahụ ibu arọ dị ukwuu. Ha na-anakọta site nʼaka onye ọbụla iri mkpụrụ ọlaọcha anọ, tinyere ihe oriri na mmanya ha na-ewebatakwa. Ọbụladị ndị na-enyere ha aka mekpakwara ndị mmadụ ahụ. Ma emeghị m otu a, nʼihi ịtụ egwu Chineke.
16 And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.
Kama, anọgidesiri m ike nʼọrụ iwugharị mgbidi ahụ, achịkọtara ndị ikom m niile nʼebe ahụ nʼihi ije ozi a. Ọ dịghịkwa ala anyị zụrụ.
17 And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.
Ma otu ọ dị, ndịisi Juu ọnụọgụgụ ha dị otu narị na iri na ise na-eri nri na tebul m, tinyere ndị na-abịakwute anyị site na mba ndị dị anyị gburugburu.
18 Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.
Ihe na-ezu nri a na-eri nʼụlọ m kwa ụbọchị bụ otu ehi na atụrụ isii gbara abụba, na ọtụtụ ọkụkụ, na ụdị mmanya dị iche iche a na-ebubata kwa ụbọchị iri ọbụla. Nʼagbanyeghị nke a, ọ dịghị mgbe ọbụla m nara site nʼaka ha ụtụ ihe oriri nke onye na-achị ala kwesiri inweta, nʼihi na ha onwe ha nọ na mkpa dị ukwuu.
19 Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.
Chineke m biko, echefula ihe m meere ndị a, gọzie m nʼụzọ nke gị.
