Nehemiah 9
1 And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
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 seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they 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 rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored 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 up upon the seep of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: 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 Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory 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 Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.
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 Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.
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 thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just.
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 thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.
Ary nahita ny fahorian’ ny razanay tany Egypta koa Hianao sady nandre ny fitarainany teo amoron’ ny Ranomasina Mena,
10 And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is 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 thou didst divide the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land: but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters.
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 in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of Are by night, that they might see the way by which they went.
Andri-rahona no nitondranao azy raha antoandro, ary andri-afo nony alina, mba hampahazava azy hahitany izay lalana tokony halehany.
13 Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.
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 Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.
Ary nampahalala azy ny Sabatanao masìna Hianao, ary Mosesy mpanomponao nampilazainao didy sy fomba ary lalàna taminy;
15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy 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 dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.
Fa niavonavona ireny razanay ireny, dia nanamafy ny hatony ka tsy nihaino ny didinao,
17 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst 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 Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that brought thee out of Egypt: and hail committed great blasphemies:
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 thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should go.
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 thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for 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 Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.
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 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, 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 thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.
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 the children came and possessed the land, and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Chanaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with 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 strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with delight in thy 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 provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great blasphemies.
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 And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of their enemies.
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 after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight: and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies.
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 thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
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 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.
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 Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.
Nefa noho ny haben’ ny fiantranao dia tsy navelanao ho lany ringana izy ary tsy nafoinao, satria Andriamanitra mamindra fo sy miantra Hianao.
32 Now therefore our God, great, strong and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people from the days of the king of Assur, until 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 And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.
Hianao no marina tamin’ izay rehetra nanjo anay, fa marina ny nataonao; fa izahay no nanao ratsy;
34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among 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 have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked 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 ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in 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 the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation.
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 because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign 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.
