Nehemiah 5
1 And there occurred a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Jews.
Nísinsin yìí àwọn ènìyàn àti àwọn ìyàwó wọn kígbe ńlá sókè sí àwọn Júù arákùnrin wọn.
2 And there were those who were saying: “Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us receive grain as a price for them, and then we may eat and live.”
Àwọn kan ń wí pé, “Àwa àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin wa pọ̀; kí àwa kí ó le è jẹ, kí a sì wà láààyè, a gbọdọ̀ rí oúnjẹ.”
3 And there were those who were saying: “Let us offer up our fields and vineyards, and our houses, and then we may receive grain during the famine.”
Àwọn mìíràn wí pé, “Àwa ti fi oko wa ọgbà àjàrà wa àti ilé wa dógò kí àwa kí ó lè rí oúnjẹ ní àkókò ìyàn.”
4 And others were saying: “Let us borrow money for the tribute of the king, and let us surrender our fields and vineyards.”
Síbẹ̀ àwọn mìíràn wí pé, “Àwa ní láti yá owó láti san ìṣákọ́lẹ̀ fún ọba lórí àwọn oko wa àti àwọn ọgbà àjàrà wa.
5 “And now, as is the flesh of our brothers, so is our flesh; and as are their sons, so also are our sons. Behold, we have subjugated our sons and our daughters into servitude, and some of our daughters are slaves, nor do we have the ability to redeem them, for others possess our fields and our vineyards.”
Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé a jẹ́ ẹran-ara kan àti ẹ̀jẹ̀ kan gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn ará ìlú wa tí àwọn ọmọkùnrin wa sì dára bí í tiwọn, síbẹ̀ àwa ní láti fi àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin wa sí oko ẹrú. Díẹ̀ nínú àwọn ọmọbìnrin wa ti wà lóko ẹrú náà, ṣùgbọ́n àwa kò ní agbára, nítorí àwọn oko àti ọgbà àjàrà wa ti di ti ẹlòmíràn.”
6 And when I had heard their outcry in these words, I was exceedingly angry.
Èmi bínú gidigidi nígbà tí mo gbọ́ igbe wọn àti àwọn ẹ̀sùn wọ̀nyí.
7 And my heart considered within me. And I rebuked the nobles and the magistrates, and I said to them, “Have you each been exacting usury from your brothers?” And I gathered together a great assembly against them.
Mo rò wọ́n wò ní ọkàn mi mo sì fi ẹ̀sùn kan ọlọ́lá àti àwọn ìjòyè. Mo sọ fún wọn pé, ẹ̀yin ń gba owó èlé lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará ìlú u yín! Nítorí náà mo pe àpéjọ ńlá láti bá wọn wí.
8 And I said to them: “As you know, in accord with what was possible for us, we have redeemed our brothers, the Jews, who had been sold to the Gentiles. And yet you now sell your brothers, and we must redeem them?” And they were silent, nor did they find anything to answer.
Mo sì wí fún wọn pé, “Níbi tí àwa ní agbára mọ, àwa ti ra àwọn Júù arákùnrin wa tí a ti tà fún àwọn tí kì í ṣe Júù padà. Nísinsin yìí ẹ̀yìn ń ta àwọn arákùnrin yín, tí àwa sì tún ní láti rà wọ́n padà!” Wọ́n dákẹ́, nítorí wọn kò rí ohunkóhun sọ.
9 And I said to them: “The thing that you are doing is not good. Why are you not walking in the fear of our God, so that there may be no reproach against us from our enemies, the Gentiles?
Nítorí náà, mo tẹ̀síwájú pé, “Ohun tí ẹ̀ ń ṣe kò dára. Kò ha yẹ kí ẹ máa rìn nínú ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run bí, láti yẹra fún ẹ̀gàn àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè mìíràn tí í ṣe ọ̀tá wa?
10 Both I and my brothers, with my servants, have lent money and grain to many. Let us agree not to ask for its return. Let us forgive the other money that is owed to us.
Èmi àti àwọn arákùnrin mi àti àwọn ènìyàn mi, pẹ̀lú ń yá àwọn ènìyàn lówó àti oúnjẹ. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ jẹ́ kí a dáwọ́ owó èlé gbígbà yìí dúró!
11 On this day, restore their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive groves, and their houses to them. Then, too, the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, wine, and oil, which you usually exact from them, give it to them.”
Ẹ fún wọn ní oko wọn, ọgbà àjàrà wọn, ọgbà olifi wọn àti ilé e wọn pẹ̀lú owó èlé tí ẹ ti gbà lọ́wọ́ wọn ìdá ọgọ́rùn-ún owó, oúnjẹ, wáìnì tuntun àti òróró tí ẹ ti gbà lọ́wọ́ wọn padà kíákíá.”
12 And they said: “We will restore it, and we will require nothing from them. And we will do just as you say.” And I called the priests, and I had them swear an oath, so that they would act in accord with what I had said.
Wọ́n wí pé, “Àwa yóò dá a padà. Àwa kì yóò sì béèrè ohunkóhun lọ́wọ́ wọn mọ́. Àwa yóò ṣe bí o ti wí.” Nígbà náà mo pe àwọn àlùfáà, mo sì mú kí àwọn ọlọ́lá àti àwọn ìjòyè búra láti jẹ́ kí wọ́n ṣe ohun tí wọ́n ti ṣe ìlérí.
13 Moreover, I shook out my lap, and I said: “So may God shake out every man, who does not fulfill this word. From his house and from his labors, so may he be shaken out and become empty.” And the entire multitude said, “Amen.” And they praised God. Therefore, the people acted in accord with what was said.
Mo sì gbọn ìṣẹ́tí aṣọ mi, mo wí pé, “Báyìí ni kí Ọlọ́run gbọn olúkúlùkù ènìyàn tí kò bá pa ìlérí yìí mọ́ jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ ìní i rẹ̀. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí a gbọn irú ẹni bẹ́ẹ̀ jáde kí ó sì ṣófo!” Gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn sì wí pé, “Àmín,” wọ́n sì fi ìyìn fún Olúwa. Àwọn ènìyàn náà sì ṣe bí wọ́n ti ṣe ìlérí.
14 Now from that day, on which the king had ordered me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of king Artaxerxes, for twelve years, I and my brothers did not eat the yearly allowance that was owed to the governors.
Síwájú sí í, láti ogún ọdún ọba Artasasta, nígbà tí a ti yàn mí láti jẹ́ baálẹ̀ wọn ní ilẹ̀ Juda, títí di ọdún kejìlélọ́gbọ̀n ìjọba rẹ̀—ọdún méjìlá, èmi àti àwọn arákùnrin mi kò jẹ oúnjẹ baálẹ̀.
15 But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.
Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn baálẹ̀ ìṣáájú—tí ó ti wà ṣáájú mi—gbe àjàgà wúwo lé àwọn ènìyàn lórí yàtọ̀ fún oúnjẹ àti wáìnì wọ́n sì tún gba ogójì ṣékélì fàdákà lọ́wọ́ wọn. Kódà àwọn ìránṣẹ́ wọn tún jẹ gàba lórí wọn. Ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ nítorí ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run.
16 In fact, I preferred to build in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered to do the work.
Dípò bẹ́ẹ̀, mo fi ara mi jì fún iṣẹ́ lórí odi yìí. Gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn mi péjọ síbẹ̀ fún iṣẹ́ náà; a kò sì gba ilẹ̀ kankan.
17 Likewise, the Jews and the magistrates, one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, with those who came to us from among the Gentiles that are around us.
Síwájú sí í, àádọ́jọ àwọn Júù àti àwọn ìjòyè jẹun lórí tábìlì mi, àti pẹ̀lú àwọn tí wọ́n wá bá wa láti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó yí wa ká.
18 Now there was prepared for me, on each day, one ox and six choice rams, along with poultry. And once every ten days, I distributed diverse wines and many other things. Yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor. For the people were greatly impoverished.
Ní ọjọ́ kọ̀ọ̀kan ni a máa ń pèsè màlúù kan, ààyò àgùntàn mẹ́fà àti adìyẹ fún mi àti lẹ́ẹ̀kan ní ọjọ́ mẹ́wàá ni wọ́n máa ń pèsè onírúurú wáìnì tí ó pọ̀ fún mi. Fún gbogbo èyí, èmi kò béèrè oúnjẹ baálẹ̀, nítorí ohun ti a ń béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí pọ̀ jọjọ.
19 Remember me, O my God, for good, in accord with all that I have done for this people.
Rántí mi, Ọlọ́run mi, fún rere, nítorí fún gbogbo ohun tí mo ti ṣe fún àwọn ènìyàn yìí.
