Nehemiah 5
1 Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.
Te vaengah pilnam neh a yuu rhoek tah a manuca Judah taengah pangngawlnah muep om.
2 For there were that said, We, our sonnes and our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue.
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 saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.
“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 There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.
“Ka khohmuen neh ka misurdum kah manghai mangmu ham te tangka la ka rhong.
5 And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.
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,” a ti uh.
6 Then was I very angrie when I heard their crie and these wordes.
Amih kah a pang neh ol he ka yaak vaengah kai taengah muep sai coeng.
7 And I thought in my minde, and I rebuked the princes, and the rulers, and saide vnto them, You lay burthens euery one vpon his brethren: and I set a great assemblie 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 vnto them, We (according to our abilitie) haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: and will you sell your brethren againe, or shall they be solde vnto vs? Then helde they their peace, and could not answere.
Te phoeiah amih te, “Namtom taengla a yoih mah manuca Judah rhoek te mah taengah a coengnah bangla mamih loh n'lai coeng. Tedae na manuca te na yoi uh ngawn cakhaw mamih taengla han yoih uh dongah ngam uh tih ol om voel pawh.
9 I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, for the reproche of the heathen 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 For euen I, my brethren, and my seruants doe lende them money and corne: I pray you, let vs leaue off this burden.
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, vnto them this day their landes, their vineyardes, their oliues, and their houses, and remit the hundreth part of the siluer and of the corne, of the wine, and of the oyle that ye exact 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 Then said they, We will restore it, and will not require it of them: we will doe as thou hast said. Then I called the Priestes, and caused them to sweare, that they shoulde doe 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 So I shooke my lappe, and said, So let God shake out euery man that wil not perfourme this promise from his house, and from his labour: euen thus let him be shaken out, and emptied. And all the Cogregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord: 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 And from the time that the King gaue me charge to be gouernour in the lande of Iudah, from the twentieth yeere, euen vnto the two and thirtieth yeere of King Artahshashte, that is, twelue yeere, I, and my brethren haue not eaten the bread of the gouernour.
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 For the former gouernours that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides fourtie shekels of siluer: yea, and their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare 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 But rather I fortified a portion in the worke of this wall, and we bought no lande, and all my seruants came thither together vnto the worke.
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 Moreouer there were at my table an hundreth and fiftie of the Iewes, and rulers, which came vnto vs from among the heathen that are about vs.
Te vaengah Judah neh ukkung rhoek te hlang ya sawmnga neh namtom lamkah kaimih taengla aka pawk te ka caboei ah kaimih m'vael uh.
18 And there was prepared daily an oxe, and sixe chosen sheepe, and birdes were prepared for me, and within ten dayes wine for all in abundance. Yet for all this I required not the bread of the gouernour: for the bondage was grieuous vnto 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 me, O my God, in goodnesse, according to all that I haue done for this people.
Ka Pathen aw he pilnam ham hnothen la boeih ka saii he kai ham khaw poek van lah.
