Nehemiah 5
1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Nampipoña-toreo amy zao ondatio naho o tañanjomba’eo ty amo nte-Iehoda roahalahi’ iareoo.
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.
Teo ty nanao ty hoe: Maro zahay naho o ana-dahi’aio naho o anak’ ampela’aio; ehe apoho hangalake mahakama zahay hihinana’ay ho veloñe.
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.
Teo ka ty nanao ty hoe: Nampisongoe’ay o tete’aio, o tanembahe’aio vaho o anjomba’aio, hivilia’ay mahakama ty amy hasalikoañey.
4 And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
Hoe ka ty ila’e, Fa nisongoe’ay drala ho amy vili-loham-panjakay o tane’aio naho tanem-bahe’aio.
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.
Ie amy zao, kanao manahake ty nofo’ay ty nofo’ o longo’aio naho manahake o ana-dahi’ iareoo o ana-dahi’aio, oniño t’ie nampañondevo o ana-dahi’aio naho o anak’ ampela’aio, le amo anak’ ampela’aio henaneo ty fetrek’oro, fe tsy aman-kery hañavake iareo zahay; fa am’ondaty ila’eo o tete’aio naho o tanem-bahe’aio.
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Aa le vata’e niboseke iraho te nahatsanoñe o fitoreova’ iareoo naho i saontsy rezay.
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.
Ie nitsakore, le trinevoko ami’ty hoe, Ry mpiaoloo naho, ry mpifeheo: Songa mangalak’ ana’e ami’ty songon-droahalahi’e hao? Le nanontonako fivori-bey,
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.
vaho nanoeko ty hoe, An-kalefeañe ty nijebaña’ay o rahalahin-tikañeo, o nte-Iehodao fa naletak’ amo kilakila’ ondatio; aa le haleta’ areo hao o rahalahi’ areoo? mbore havily ama’ay? Nianjiñe iereo, fa tsy nanan-kavale.
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?
Aa hoe iraho, Tsy soa o anoe’ areoo; tsy ndra kitra’e hañavelo am-pañeveñañe aman’ Añaharentika, ty amy sirika’ o kilakila’ondaty rafelahin-tikañeoo?
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.
Toe nampisongo drala naho tsako am’ iereo o rahalahikoo naho o mpitorokoo. Ehe te apon-tika ty fampanañan-tsongo.
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.
Ehe, ampolio anito o tane’eo naho o tanem-bahe’eo naho o anjomba’eo naho ty volafoty zato naho i tsakoy naho i divaiy vaho i menake nampañavahe’o iareoy.
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.
Aa le hoe iereo: Havaha’ay vaho tsy hipaia’ay ndra inoñ’ inoñe; hanoe’ay ami’ty do’e i nisaontsie’oy. Aa le nitokaveko o mpisoroñeo vaho nampanoeko fañina, hanoa’ iareo i saontsieñey.
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.
Aa le nahifiko ty sikim-pèko, nanao ty hoe: Hoe zao ty añifihan’ Añahare t’indaty añ’anjomba’e naho ami’ty fitoloña’e ze tsy manao i nitsarae’ey; eka zao ty hañifihañe aze, ho koake. Le hoe i valobohòkey: Amena! vaho nandrenge Iehovà. Le nanoe’ ondatio i nitsaraeñey.
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.
Mbore, boak’ amy nanendreañe ahy ho bei’ iareo an-tane Iehodày, sikal’ amy taom-paha-roapoloy pak’ amy faha telo-polo-ro’ambi’ i Artaksastàiy, mpanjaka, i folo-tao-ro’ amby zay, le tsy nikamà’ay naho o rahalahikoo ty mahakamam-bein-tanañe.
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.
Fa toe nampijinie’ o bey taolo’ ahio o kilankam-bei’ ondatioo, le nangalà’ iereo mofo naho divay ambone’ ty efa-polo sekele ty ondaty; eka, toe nirengerenge ama’ iareo o mpitoroñeo; fa tsy nanao Izay iraho, ami’ ty fañeveñako aman’ Añahare.
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.
Eka, toe nifanehak’ ami’ty kijoly toy avao iraho, le tsy nivily tane zahay vaho fonga nifanontoñe amy asay o mpitorokoo.
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.
Mbore zato-tsi-limampolo amo nte-Iehodao naho amo mpifeheo ty tam-pandambañako eo naho tsy volañeñe o rahalahy nivotrak’ ama’ay boak’ ampariparitseo.
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.
Ty nihalankañeñe ho ahy boak’ andro amy zao, le añombe raike naho añondry eneñe jinoboñe; le voroñe ka ty nihajarieñe ho ahy, ie naharitse folo andro le namandroñañe divay maro karaza’e; fe amy iaby zay tsy nipaiaeko ty mahakama’ i beiy, amy te navesatse am’ondatio i fitoroñañey.
19 Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
Ehe ivetseo hasoa ry Andrianañahare amo he’e nanoako amo ondatioo.
