Nehemiah 13
1 Now on that day, they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it, there was found written that the Ammonites and the Moabites must not enter the church of God, even for all time,
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,
2 because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, and they hired Balaam against them, to curse them. But our God turned the curse into a blessing.
nikech ne ok giromone jo-Israel gi chiemo kod pi, makmana to negichulo Balaam mondo okwongʼ-gi. (Kata kamano, Nyasachwa noloko kwongʼno obedo gweth.)
3 Now it happened that, when they had heard the law, they separated every foreigner from Israel.
Ka ji nowinjo chikni, negigolo oko jogo duto ma welo kuom jo-Israel.
4 And Eliashib, the priest, was over this task; he had been given charge of the treasury of the house of our God, and he was a close relative of Tobiah.
Ka ma ne pok otimore, to Eliashib jodolo noseketi jarit kuonde keno mag od Nyasachwa. To ne en osiep Tobia machiegni ahinya,
5 Then he made for himself a large storeroom, and in that place, there was laid before him gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the gatekeepers, and the first-fruits of the priests.
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.
6 But during all this, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, the king of Babylon, I went to the king, and at the end of some days, I petitioned the king.
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
7 And I went to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, such that he would make him a storeroom in the vestibules of the house of God.
mi adok Jerusalem. To ma ne omiyo afwenyo gima rach mane Eliashib nosetimo kuom miyo Tobia kar dak e od Nyasaye.
8 And it seemed to me very evil. And I cast the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside of the storeroom.
Ne abedo gi chwanyruok kendo ne awito gige Tobia mag ot duto oko mar kama nodakie.
9 And I gave instructions, and they cleansed again the storeroom. And I brought back, into that place, the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
Ne achiwo chik motegno mondo opwodh odno, bangʼe to ne adwoko gik milemogo mag od Nyasaye gi chiwo mar cham kod ubani.
10 And I realized that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, and that each one had fled into his own region, from the Levites, and from the singing men, and from those who were ministering.
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.
11 And I brought the case before the magistrates, and I said, “Why have we forsaken the house of God?” And I gathered them together, and I caused them to stand at their stations.
Omiyo ne adhawone jotelogo kendo apenjogi niya, Angʼo momiyo od Nyasaye ojwangʼ? Bangʼe ne aluongogi kanyakla kendo aketogi kuondegi.
12 And all of Judah brought the tithes of the grain, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses.
Jo-Juda duto nokelo achiel kuom apar mar cham, divai manyien kod mo e ute keno.
13 And we appointed over the storehouses, Shelemiah, the priest, and Zadok, the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and next to them Hanan, the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they had proven to be faithful. And so the portions of their brothers were entrusted to them.
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.
14 Remember me, O my God, because of this, and may you not wipe away my acts of compassion, which I have done for the house of my God and for his ceremonies.
Yaye Nyasacha, para kuom ma kendo kik wiyi wil gi gik masetimone odi gadiera gi tijeni duto.
15 In those days, I saw, in Judah, some who were treading the presses on the Sabbath, and who were carrying sheaves, and placing on donkeys burdens of wine, and of grapes, and of figs, and all manner of burdens, and who were bringing these into Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath. And I contended with them, so that they would sell on a day when it was permitted to sell.
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.
16 And some Tyrians dwelt within, who were bringing fish and all kinds of items for sale. And they were selling on the Sabbaths to the sons of Judah in Jerusalem.
Jo-Turo mane odak Jerusalem ne kelo rech kod gige ohala mopogore opogore bangʼe gihonogi ei Jerusalem ne jo-Juda chiengʼ Sabato.
17 And I put the nobles of Judah under oath, and I said to them: “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
Ne adhawone jodong Juda mi apenjogi niya, “Ma en gima rach manade mutimo chiengʼ Sabato?
18 Did not our fathers do these things, and so our God brought all this evil upon us and upon this city? And you are adding more wrath upon Israel by violating the Sabbath!”
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.”
19 And it happened that, when the gates of Jerusalem had rested on the day of the Sabbath, I spoke, and they closed the gates. And I instructed that they should not open them until after the Sabbath. And I appointed some of my servants over the gates, so that no one would carry in a burden on the day of the Sabbath.
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.
20 And so the merchants and those who sold all kinds of items remained just outside of Jerusalem, once and again.
Johala kod joma hono gik mopogore opogore nobiro dichiel kata diriyo mobuoro but Jerusalem.
21 And I contended with them, and I said to them: “Why are you remaining just beyond the wall? If you do this again, I will send hands upon you.” And so, from that time, they no longer came on the Sabbath.
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.
22 I also spoke to the Levites, so that they would be cleansed, and would arrive to guard the gates and to sanctify the day of the Sabbath. Because of this also, O my God, remember me and spare me, in accord with the multitude of your mercies.
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.
23 But also in those days, I saw some Jews taking wives from the Ashdodites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites.
Kata kamano, e ndalogo ne aneno joma chwo moa Juda mane okendo nyi Ashdod, Amon kod Moab.
24 And their sons spoke partly in the speech of Ashdod, and they did not know how to speak the Jewish language, and they were speaking according to the language of one people or another.
Nus mar nyithindgi ne wacho dho Ashdod kata dho achiel kuom joma moko, to ne ok gi ngʼeyo dho Juda.
25 And I put them under oath, and I cursed them. And I struck some of their men, and I shaved off their hair, and I made them swear to God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:
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.
26 “Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin in this kind of thing? And certainly, among many nations, there was no king similar to him, and he was beloved of his God, and God set him as king over all of Israel. And yet foreign women led even him into sin!
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.
27 So how could we disobey and do all this great evil, so that we would transgress against our God, and take foreign wives?”
To koro dwawinj ni un bende utimo timbe dwanyruok malich kama kendo ubedo joma ok jo-ratiro ne Nyasachwa kuom nyuomo mon ma welogi?”
28 Now one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat, a Horonite, and I made him flee from me.
Achiel kuom yawuot Joyada wuod Eliashib ma jadolo maduongʼ ne en or Sanbalat ma ja-Horon. Emomiyo ne ariembe oa buta.
29 O Lord, my God, remember against those who defile the priesthood and the law of the priests and the Levites!
Yaye Nyasacha, parie kaka gisedwanyo tij dolo gi singruok mar bedo jadolo kod mano mar jo-Lawi.
30 And so I cleansed them from all foreigners, and I established the orders of the priests and the Levites, each one in his ministry.
Omiyo ne apwodho jodolo kod jo-Lawi kuom gimoro amora ma wendo, mi amiyogi tije, moro ka moro gi kare owuon.
31 O my God, remember me also, for good, because of the offering of wood, at the appointed times, and because of the first-fruits. Amen.
Bende ne achiwo thuolo mar chiwo mar yien e seche mowal, kendo bende ne olembe mokwongo. Yaye Nyasacha, para gi ngʼwono.
