Nehemiah 5
1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Te vaengah pilnam neh a yuu rhoek tah a manuca Judah taengah pangngawlnah muep om.
2 And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
Te vaengah, “Ka capa neh ka canu neh ka ping dongah cangpai ka dang uh daengah ni ka caak uh vetih ka hing uh eh,” aka ti om.
3 And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
Ka khohmuen, ka misurdum neh ka im khaw ka hol mai vetih khokha vaengah he cangpai ka phil uh mai mako,” aka ti khaw om.
4 And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
“Ka khohmuen neh ka misurdum kah manghai mangmu ham te tangka la ka rhong.
5 yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]; neither is it in the power of our hand [to redeem them], for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
Mah manuca kah pumsa khaw mamih kah pumsa banghui coeng ni. Amih ca rhoek khaw mah ca rhoek banghui ni. Te cakhaw mamih loh mah ca tongpa neh mah ca huta rhoek te sal la ka khoh sak aya? Kaimih canu lakah khaw a khoh rhoek om coeng. Tedae mamih kah khohmuen neh mamih kah misurdum a tloe taengla om coeng tih mamih kut he Pathen pum dongah a om moenih,” ti.
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Amih kah a pang neh ol he ka yaak vaengah kai taengah muep sai coeng.
7 And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.
Tedae ka khuikah ka lungbuei tah a manghai van dongah hlangcoelh rhoek neh ukkung rhoek te ka toel. Te vaengah amih te, “A manuca taengkah a casai aka ca hlang nang loh lai na ba,” ka ti nah tih amih te vangpum duel ka khue thil.
8 And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.
Te phoeiah amih te, “Namtom taengla a yoih mah manuca Judah rhoek te mah taengah a coengnah bangla mamih loh n'lai coeng dae nangmih loh na manuca rhoek te na yoih uh dongah mamih taengla koep han yoih uh dongah ngam uh tih ol om voel pawh.
9 And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Ka thui cakhaw ol then na vai uh pawt dongah ni ka thui. Mamih kah thunkha namtom kah kokhahnah dong mai ah mamih kah Pathen hinyahnah neh na pongpa uh pawh nama?
10 I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Kamah khaw, ka manuca rhoek neh ka ca rhoek khaw, amih taengah tangka neh cangpai aka hlah rhoek loh a casai he tah hnoo uh pawn sih.
11 Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.
A khohmuen neh a misurdum khaw, olive khaw, a im khaw, amih taengkah casai na caak te tangka yakhat khaw, cangpai misur thai neh situi khaw tihnin kah bangla amih taengah mael uh laeh,” ka ti nah.
12 And they said, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Te daengah, “Ka mael uh vetih amih taengah ka suk uh voel mahpawh. Na thui bangla ka vai uh tangloeng bitni,” a ti uh. Te phoeiah khosoih rhoek te ka khue tih he ol bangla saii ham amih te ka toemngam sak.
13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.
Ka poehla te ka khong tih, “He ol he aka pai puei pawt hlang boeih te tah Pathen loh he tlam he khong saeh. A im lamkah neh a thaphu lamlong khaw khong saeh lamtah a hong la om van saeh,” ka ti. Te vaengah hlangping boeih loh, “Amen, BOEIPA te thangthen uh pai saeh, pilnam khaw he ol bangla a saii,” a ti uh.
14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Te pataeng kai he Judah khohmuen ah amih kah rhalboei la om ham n'uen khohnin lamkah te, manghai Artaxerxes kah kum kul lamloh sawmthum kum nit hil, kum hlai nit ka om coeng dae ka manuca rhoek kah rhalboei buh khaw ka caak moenih.
15 But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.
Tedae rhalboei lamhma rhoek loh ka mikhmuh ah pilnam te a nan tih amih taengkah buh neh misurtui khaw, tangka shekel sawmli khaw a loh uh. A ca rhoek te pilnam soah a taemrhai sak. Tedae kai tah Pathen kah hinyahnah hmai ah te tlam te ka saii moenih.
16 Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.
Te phoeiah vongtung kah bitat ham rhaitat he tah thaa ka huel tih khohmuen ka lai uh moenih. Ka taengkah camoe boeih khaw bitat ham pahoi ka coi.
17 And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.
Te vaengah Judah neh ukkung rhoek te hlang ya sawmnga neh namtom lamkah kaimih taengla aka pawk te ka caboei kah kaimih m'vael uh.
18 And that which was prepared daily was one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.
Kai ham te hnin at ham he vaito pummat a ngawn tih, boiva pumrhuk a coelh, vaa a tawn a khaw, hnin rha khuiah misurtui cungkuem neh ka kum ham akhaw rhalboei buh he ka hoem moenih, he tah pilnam soah thohtatnah la aka nan rhung ni.
19 Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
Ka Pathen aw he pilnam ham hnothen la boeih ka saii he kai ham khaw poek van lah.
