Nehemiah 9
1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head.
Ary tamin’ ny andro fahefatra amby roa-polo tamin’ izany volana izany dia niangona ny Zanak’ Isiraely, sady nifady hanina no samy nitafy lamba fisaonana sy nihosin-tany.
2 And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Dia niavaka tamin’ ny olona hafa firenena rehetra ny taranak’ Isiraely ary nitsangana ka niaiky ny fahotany sy ny heloky ny razany.
3 And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their god: and they confessed [their sins] to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God.
Ary nitsangana teo amin’ ny fitoerany avy izy, dia namaky ny teny tao amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàn’ i Jehovah Andriamaniny tamin’ ny ampahefatry ny andro; ary tamin’ ny ampahefatry ny andro koa dia nitsotra sy niankohoka teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamaniny izy.
4 [And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
Ary Jesoa sy Bany sy Kadmiela sy Sebania sy Bony sy Serebia sy Bany ary Kenany dia nitsangana teo ambonin’ ny lampihazon’ ny Levita ka nitaraina mafy tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamaniny.
5 And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God forever and ever: and let them bless your glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise.
Ary hoy ny Levita, dia Jesoa sy Kadmiela sy Bany sy Hasabnia sy Serebia sy Hodia sy Sebania ary Petahia: Mitsangana, ka misaora an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo mandrakizay mandrakizay. Ary isaorana anie ny anaranao malaza, izay voasandratra ambonin’ ny fisaorana sy ny fiderana rehetra.
6 And Esdras said, You are the only true Lord; you made the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and you quicken all things, and the hosts of heaven worship you.
Hianao dia Hianao irery ihany no Jehovah; Hianao no nanao ny lanitra, dia ny lanitry ny lanitra, mbamin’ izay rehetra any aminy, ny tany sy izay rehetra eo aminy, ny ranomasina sy izay rehetra ao aminy, ary Hianao no mamelona azy rehetra; ary ireo maro any an-danitra samy miankohoka eo anatrehanao.
7 You are the Lord God, you did choose Abram, and brought him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name of Abraam:
Hianao no Jehovah Andriamanitra, Izay nifidy an’ i Abrama ka nitondra azy nivoaka avy tany Oran’ ny Kaldeana sady nanao ny anarany hoe Abrahama;
8 and you found his heart faithful before you, and did make a covenant with him to give to him and to his seed the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites; and you have confirmed your words, for you [are] righteous.
ary Hianao nahita ny fony fa nahatoky teo anatrehanao, ka dia nanao ilay fanekena taminy hanome ny tanin’ ny Kananita sy ny Hetita sy ny Amorita sy ny Perizita sy ny Jebosita ary ny Girgasita ho an’ ny taranany; ary efa nahatanteraka ny teninao Hianao, satria marina Hianao.
9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea.
Ary nahita ny fahorian’ ny razanay tany Egypta koa Hianao sady nandre ny fitarainany teo amoron’ ny Ranomasina Mena,
10 And you showed signs and wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for you know that they behaved insolently against them: and you made yourself a name, as at this day.
dia nanao famantarana sy fahagagana tamin’ i Farao sy ny mpanompony rehetra sy tamin’ ny olona rehetra tany amin’ ny taniny Hianao; fa fantatrao fa nirehareha taminy ireo; dia nanao anarana ho Anao Hianao tahaka ny amin’ izao anio izao.
11 And you did cleave the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and you did cast into the deep them that were about to pursue them, as a stone in the mighty water.
Ary ny ranomasina dia nosarahinao teo anoloany, ka nandeha namaky teo afovoan’ ny ranomasina nandia ny tany maina izy; ary ireo nanenjika azy dia natsipinao hilentika amin’ ny lalina tahaka ny vato amin’ ny rano manonja.
12 And you guided them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
Andri-rahona no nitondranao azy raha antoandro, ary andri-afo nony alina, mba hampahazava azy hahitany izay lalana tokony halehany.
13 Also you came down upon mount Sina, and you spoke to them out of heaven, and gave them right judgements, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments.
Efa nidina tao ambonin’ ny tendrombohitra Sinay Hianao, dia niteny taminy tany an-danitra ka nanome azy fitsipika mahitsy sy lalana marina ary fomba sy didy tsara.
14 And you did make known to them your holy sabbath; you did enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of your servant Moses.
Ary nampahalala azy ny Sabatanao masìna Hianao, ary Mosesy mpanomponao nampilazainao didy sy fomba ary lalàna taminy;
15 And you gave them bread from heaven for their food, and you brought them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and you bade them go in to inherit the land over which you stretched out your hand to give [it] them.
ary mofo avy tany an-danitra no nomenao azy, raha noana izy; ary rano avy tamin’ ny vatolampy no navoakanao hosotroiny, raha nangetaheta izy; ary nilaza taminy Hianao fa hiditra ka handova ny tany izay nanangananao tanàna homena azy izy.
16 But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not listen to your commandments,
Fa niavonavona ireny razanay ireny, dia nanamafy ny hatony ka tsy nihaino ny didinao,
17 and refused to listen, and remembered not your wonders which you wrought with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but you, O God, [are] merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy, and you did not forsake them.
ary nandà tsy nety nanaraka izany izy sady tsy nahatsiaro ny fahagagana izay nataonao teo aminy; fa nanamafy ny hatony izy ka niodina, dia nanendry mpitarika mba hiverenany ho any amin’ ny fahandevozany; fa Andriamanitry ny famelan-keloka Hianao ka miantra sy mamindra fo, mahari-po sady be famindram-po, ka dia tsy nahafoy azy.
18 And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These [are] the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations.
Eny, nanao ilay ombilahy kely an-idina izy ka nanao hoe: Io no andriamanitrao izay nitondra anao hiakatra avy tany Egypta, dia nampahasosotra indrindra izy;
19 Yet you in your great compassions did not forsake them in the wilderness: you did not turn away from them the pillar of the cloud by day, to guide them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
kanefa noho ny haben’ ny famindram-ponao dia tsy mba nahafoy azy tany an-efitra Hianao; ny andri-rahona, izay nitondra azy teny an-dalana, dia tsy niala taminy raha antoandro, na ny andri-afo, izay nampahazava azy nony alina, hahitany izay lalana tokony halehany.
20 And you gave your good Spirit to instruct them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water in their thirst.
Ary ny Fanahinao tsara dia nomenao azy koa hampianatra azy, ary tsy niaro ny namanao tamin’ ny vavany Hianao sady nanome azy rano, raha nangetaheta izy;
21 And you did sustain them forty years in the wilderness; you did not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised.
eny, efa-polo taona no namelomanao azy tany an-efitra, ka tsy nanan-java-mahory akory izy; tsy rovitra ny fitafiany, ary tsy nivonto ny tongony.
22 Moreover, you gave them kingdoms, and did divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.
Ary nanome azy fanjakana sy firenena maro Hianao, ka voazaranao araka ny faritaniny avy ireny; ka dia nahazo ny tanin’ i Sihona sy ny tanin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Hesbona ary ny tanin’ i Oga, mpanjakan’ i Basana, izy.
23 And you did multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land of which you spoke to their fathers;
Ary ny zanany dia nohamaroinao ho tahaka ny kintana eny amin’ ny lanitra, sady nentinao ho amin’ ny tany izay nolazainao tamin’ ny razany fa hidirany holovana.
24 And they inherited it: and you did destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and you gave into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do to them as it pleased them.
Dia niditra ny zanany ka nandova ny tany, ary nampietrenao teo anoloany ny Kananita tompon-tany, dia natolotrao ho eo an-tanany ireo mbamin’ ny mpanjakany sy ny vahoakany hanaovany azy araka ny sitrapony.
25 And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and olive yards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in your great goodness.
Ary nahazo tanana mimanda sy tany lonaka izy ary trano feno zava-tsoa rehetra sy lavaka famorian-drano voahady sy tany voavoly voaloboka sy oliva ary hazo fihinam-boa betsaka; dia nihinana izy ka voky ary nihanatavy ka nifalifaly tamin’ ny fahatsaranao lehibe.
26 But they turned, and revolted from you, and cast your law behind their backs; and they killed your prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to you, and they wrought great provocations.
Kanefa nandà izy sady niodina taminao ary nanary ny lalànao teo ivohony, dia namono ny mpaminaninao, izay nananatra azy mafy hampiverenana azy ho aminao, ka nanao izay nampahasosotra indrindra izy.
27 Then you gave them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to you in the time of their affliction, and you did hear them from your heaven, and in your great compassions gave them deliverers, and did save them from the hand of them that afflicted them.
Koa dia natolotrao ho eo an-tànan’ ny fahavalony izy, ka nampahory azy ireny; nefa tamin’ ny andro fahoriany dia nitaraina taminao izy, ka nihaino azy tany an-danitra Hianao, ary araka ny haben’ ny fiantranao dia nomenao mpamonjy izy, ka namonjy azy tamin’ ny tanan’ ny fahavalony ireo.
28 But when they rested, they did evil again before you: so you left them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them: and they cried again to you, and you heard [them] from heaven, and did deliver them in your great compassions.
Kanjo rehefa niadana izy, dia nanao ratsy teo anatrehanao indray; dia nafoinao ho eo an-tànan’ ny fahavalony kosa izy, ka nanapaka azy ireny; fa nitaraina taminao indray izy, ary Hianao nihaino azy tany an-danitra ka namonjy izy matetika araka ny haben’ ny fiantranao.
29 And you did testify against them, to bring them back to your law: but they listened not, but sinned against your commandments and your judgements, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not.
Ary nananatra azy mafy Hianao hampiverenanao azy ho amin’ ny lalànao; kanefa mbola niavonavona ihany izy ka tsy nihaino ny didinao, fa nanota ny fitsipikao (iza mahavelona ny olona mankatò azy) ka nampihemotra ny sorony sy nanamafy ny hatony ary tsy nety nihaino.
30 Yet you did bear long with them many years, and did testify to them by your Spirit by the hand of your prophets: but they listened not; so you gave them into the hand of the nations of the land.
Nefa nandefitra taona maro taminy Hianao, ary ny Fanahinao, Izay tao amin’ ny mpaminaninao, no nentinao nananatra azy mafy; fa tsy nety nihaino ihany izy, ka dia natolotrao ho eo an-tànan’ ny firenena amin’ ny tany hafa.
31 But you in your many mercies did not appoint them to destruction, and did not forsake them; for you are strong, and merciful, and pitiful.
Nefa noho ny haben’ ny fiantranao dia tsy navelanao ho lany ringana izy ary tsy nafoinao, satria Andriamanitra mamindra fo sy miantra Hianao.
32 And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping your covenant and your mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in your sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all your people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day.
Koa ankehitriny, ry Andriamanitray ô, Andriamanitra lehibe sady mahery no mahatahotra, Izay mitandrina ny fanekenao sy ny famindram-ponao, aoka tsy ho kely eo imasonao ny fahoriana rehetra izay nanjo anay, dia ny mpanjakanay sy ny mpanapaka anay sy ny mpisoronay sy ny mpaminaninay ary ny razanay, dia ny olonao rehetra, hatramin’ ny andron’ ireo mpanjakan’ i Asyria ka mandraka androany.
33 But you [are] righteous in all the things that come upon us; for you have wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned.
Hianao no marina tamin’ izay rehetra nanjo anay, fa marina ny nataonao; fa izahay no nanao ratsy;
34 And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed your law, and have not given heed to your commandments, and [have not kept] your testimonies which you did testify to them.
ary ny mpanjakanay sy ny mpanapaka anay sy ny mpisoronay ary ny razanay dia samy tsy nankato ny lalànao, na nihaino ny didinao sy ny teni-vavolombelonao, izay nananaranao azy mafy.
35 And they did not serve you in your kingdom, and in your great goodness which you gave to them, and in the large and fat land which you did furnish before them, and they turned not from their evil devices.
Fa tsy nanompo Anao teo amin’ ny fanjakany izy sy teo amin’ ny haben’ ny zava-tsoa nomenao azy ary teo amin’ ny tany malalaka sy lonaka izay nomenao ho eo anoloany, sady tsy niala tamin’ ny ratsy fanaony izy.
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and [as for] the land which you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good things of it, behold, we are servants upon it:
Koa, indreto, andevo izahay izao, ary ny amin’ ny tany izay nomenao ny razanay hihinanany ny vokatra sy ny soa avy aminy, indreto, andevo eto izahay;
37 and its produce [is] abundant for the kings whom you did appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction.
ary mahavokatra be izy, kanefa ho an’ ireo mpanjaka izay notendrenao hanapaka anay noho ny fahotanay ihany izany; eny, manapaka ny tenanay sy ny biby fiompinay araka ny sitrapony izy, ka ozoim-pahoriana mafy izahay.
38 And in regard to all these circumstances we make a covenant, and write [it], and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, set their seal to [it].
Ary noho izany rehetra izany dia manao fanekena mafy izahay, ka soratanay izany ary manisy tombo-kase eo aminy ny mpanapaka anay sy ny Levitanay ary ny mpisoronay.
