Nehemiah 5
1 Around this time some people and their wives started a tremendous argument with the other Jews.
Hatnavah, napui tongpanaw ni a miphun lah kaawm e Judahnaw hah a taran awh teh puenghoi a hramki awh.
2 They were complaining, “Our families are so large we need more food so we can eat and live.”
Tangawn ni kaimae canunaw hoi capanaw moi apap. Ahnimanaw ka paca hane nâ e rawca namaw ka la awh han ati awh.
3 Others added, “We've had to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to buy food during the famine.”
Tangawn ni kaimae law, takha, imnaw hoi ka pâhung awh toe. Canei takangnae atueng nâ e maw ka hmu awh han vah ati awh.
4 Still more said, “We've had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king's tax.
Tangawn ni kaimouh ni siangpahrang koe aphawng poe hanelah law, takha naw hane tangka ka cawi awh toe.
5 Even though we are the same people as our creditors and though our children are the same as their children, yet we going to have to turn our sons and daughters into slaves. In fact some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we can't do anything about it, because our fields and our vineyards are now owned by others.”
Atuvah maimae takthainaw teh miphun buet touh e takthai patetlah doeh ao. Maimae canaw teh ahnimae canaw patetlah doeh ao awh. Maimae canaw hah yo vaiteh, san lah o sak han namaw. San dawk kaawm e canunaw patenghai ratang thai awh hoeh. Law hoi misur takhanaw pueng ayânaw e kut dawk a pha toe ati awh.
6 I became very angry when I heard them protesting their grievances.
Hettelah hramnae lawk ka thai navah puenghoi ka lungkhuek.
7 I thought it over and then I went to argue with the nobles and officials, telling them, “You are charging your own brothers interest!” So I called a large meeting to deal with them.
Hahoi, kahawicalah kho ka pouk teh bawinaw hoi lawkcengkungnaw ka kaw teh, nangmouh ni na hmaunawngha koe bangkongmaw apung na ca awh vaw telah ka yue teh, hote kong kâpankhai nahanelah taminaw teh ka kamkhueng sak.
8 There I told them, “We have done as much as we can to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers as slaves! Are you expecting to sell them back to us?” They kept quiet because they couldn't think of anything to say.
Jentelnaw koe kaawm e hmaunawngha Judah taminaw hah a coung thai totouh ka ratang awh teh, nangmouh ni hmaunawnghanaw bout na yo awh han rah maw, nangmouh ni hmaunawnghanaw bout na kâyo awh han rah maw telah ka yue teh lawkkamuem duem ao awh teh, pathung nahane lawk tawn awh hoeh toe.
9 “What you're doing isn't right,” I told them. “Don't you think you should respect our God so that enemy nations don't criticize us?
Hahoi kai ni, nangmouh ni na sak e hnonaw hawihoeh. Maimae taran lah kaawm e Jentelnaw ni na dudam awh han. Nangmouh ni Cathut taki laihoi hnokahawi sak kawi nahoehmaw ka ti pouh.
10 I, as well as my brothers and my men have been have been lending the people money and food. Please, let's stop this business of charging interest!
Kai hoi hmaunawngha, ka sannaw ni taminaw koehoi e hnopai hoi cainaw kârei thai awh van nahoehmaw. Apung canae teh pâpout awh leih.
11 Give them back right now their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the one percent interest on the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil that you have been charging them.”
Sahnin roeroe vah ahnimae law, takha, Olive takhanaw hoi imnaw amamouh koehoi na kâreikhai e cai, misurtui hoi satuinaw 100 touh dawk buet touh na la awh e pueng hai bout poe awh leih ka ti pouh.
12 “We will give it back,” they replied, “and we won't demand anything more from them. We'll do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials swear an oath that they'd do what they had promised.
Ahnimouh ni hai bout ka poe awh han toe. Banghai bout ka lat awh mahoeh toe. Na dei e patetlah ka sak awh han ati awh. Hahoi vaihmanaw ka kaw teh lawkkam e patetlah tawk hanelah lawkkamnae ka sak sak.
13 I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “This is how my God will shake you out of your homes and out of your possessions if you don't keep your promise! If you don't, you'll be shaken out and end up with nothing!” Everyone there said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. The people did what they'd promised.
Kai ni hai kâkhu e ka kathuek teh, hete lawkkam ka tarawi hoeh e tami teh Cathut ni im dawk hoi thoseh, a thaw dawk hoi thoseh kathuek van naseh telah taminaw koe ka dei navah ahnimouh ni Amen telah ati awh. BAWIPA a pholen awh. Hahoi teh taminaw pueng ni lawkkam patetlah a tawksak awh.
14 In addition to this, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me as governor in the land of Judah, which was from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year, a total of twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food which was allocated to the governor.
Judah ram ukkung lah ka o navah siangpahrang Artaxerxes kum 20 touh hoi kamtawng teh kum 32 totouh, kum 12 touh thung kai hoi ka hmaunawnghanaw ni ukkung e tamuk ka lat boi awh hoeh.
15 But the governors before me had placed a heavy burden on the people, taking forty shekels of silver from them as well as food and wine. Their assistants also extorted the people. But because of my respect for God I didn't act like that.
Ahmaloe ukkungnaw teh taminaw hanelah hnokari poung lah ao awh. Vaiyei hoi misurtui hai thoseh, hnin touh dawk sekel 40 touh a poe awh. Hothloilah a sannaw koehoi dumyennae hai a kâhmo awh. Hatei kai teh Cathut ka taki dawkvah hottelah ka sak hoeh.
16 I also made rebuilding the wall my top priority, and I assigned all my workers to help with that. We didn't acquire any land for ourselves.
Hothloilah, kai teh khopui rapan doeh pou ka pathoup. Kai hoi ka sannaw ni la ka ran awh hoeh. Khopui rapan pathoup hane doeh lungkângingcalah kâyawm awh.
17 I had 150 Jews and officials eating at my table, as well as visitors from nearby countries.
Hahoi miphun alouke hoi ka tho e dei laipalah, Judah miphunnaw hoi lawkcengkungnaw 150 touh ni ka caboi dawk rawca pou a ven awh.
18 Every day I paid for one ox, six good sheep, and poultry. Every ten days I paid for a large supply of all kinds of wine. But I never demanded the governor's food allowance, because the people were already carrying a heavy burden.
Hnintangkuem maito buet touh, tu 6 touh hoi ânaw pou a thei awh hloilah, hnin 10 touh dawk vai touh misurtui aphunphun ka nei awh. Hettelah ka baw nakunghai taminaw ni puenghoi thaw a tawk awh dawkvah, khobawi ni pang hane kawi ka het boi awh hoeh.
19 Please remember me positively, my God, for all that I've done for this people.
OE ka Cathut, hete taminaw hanelah hnokahawi ka sak e dawkvah kai heh kahawi nahanelah na pahnim pouh hanh lah a.
