Nehemiah 5
1 Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.
Nʼoge ahụ, ụfọdụ ezinaụlọ bidoro itamu ntamu megide ndị Juu ibe ha.
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.
Ụfọdụ na-atamu na-asị, “Anyị na ụmụ anyị dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ. Ọ bụrụ na anyị ga-eri nri dị ndụ, o kwesikwara ka anyị nwee ike ịzụrụ ọka.”
3 And there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.
Ndị ọzọ na-asịkwa, “Anyị agbaala ubi anyị, ubi vaịnị anyị na ụlọ anyị nʼibe ka anyị nweta mkpụrụ ubi nʼoge ụnwụ.”
4 There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.
Ma ndị ọzọkwa na-asị, “Lee na anyị gbazitere ego anyị ji tụọ ụtụ isi eze maka ubi anyị na ubi vaịnị anyị.
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.
Nʼagbanyeghị na ọ bụ otu anụ ahụ na ọbara ka anyị na ndị Juu ọzọ nwere, dịka ụmụ ha dị ka ụmụ anyị dịkwa, ma anyị emeela ka ụmụ anyị ndị ikom na ndị inyom bụrụ ndị ohu. Ụfọdụ nʼime ụmụ anyị ndị inyom abụrụlarị ndị ohu, ma anyị enweghị ike nke aka anyị, nʼihi na ndị ọzọ bụ ndị nwezi ala ubi anyị na ubi vaịnị anyị niile.”
6 Then was I very angrie when I heard their crie and these wordes.
Iwe were m nke ukwuu mgbe m nụrụ mkpu akwa ha na mkpesa ndị a.
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,
Ya mere, mgbe m chesiri echiche banyere ya, e boro m ndị a na-asọpụrụ na ndị ọchịchị ebubo. A gwara m ha, “Unu na-anara ụmụnna unu ọmụrụnwa ego unu enyere ha.” Ya mere, a kpọrọ m nzukọ ọha mmadụ maka imegide ha.
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.
Nʼụbọchị nzukọ ahụ, agwara m ha okwu sị, “Ọtụtụ nʼime anyị na-agbalị nʼụzọ niile ịhụ na anyị zụtaghachiri ụmụnna anyị ndị Juu bu ndị e resiri ndị mba ọzọ. Ma unu nọ nʼebe a na-agbalị ime ha ka ha ghọọ ndị ohu unu. Ruo ole mgbe ka anyị ga-anọgide na-agbapụta ha site nʼọnọdụ ibu ohu?” Ma ha niile ekwughị okwu ọbụla, nʼihi na ha enweghị ihe ha ga-ekwu.
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?
Agwakwara m ha okwu ọzọ sị, “Ihe unu na-eme jọrọ njọ. O kwesighị ka unu tụọ egwu Chineke si otu a gbanarị nkọcha nke ndị iro anyị, bụ ndị mba ọzọ?”
10 For euen I, my brethren, and my seruants doe lende them money and corne: I pray you, let vs leaue off this burden.
Mụ onwe m na ụmụnna m na ndị na-ejere m ozi na-agbazinye ụmụnne anyị ego na ọka. Ma ka anyị kwụsị ịnara ọmụrụnwa.
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.
Nyeghachinụ ha ala ubi ha niile ngwangwa, ma ubi vaịnị ha niile, ubi oliv ha niile, ụlọ ha niile na ọmụrụnwa nke unu na-anara ha nke bụ otu ụzọ nʼime narị nke ego, ọka, mmanya ọhụrụ na mmanụ.
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.
Ha sịrị, “Anyị ga-enyeghachi ha. Anyị agakwaghị anara ha ihe ọzọ. Anyị ga-emezu ihe i kwuru.” Mgbe ahụ, akpọkọtara m ndị nchụaja, mee ka ndị ndu na ndịisi ozi ṅụọ iyi imezu nkwa ha.
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.
Ayọgharịrị m ọnụ ọnụ uwe mwụda m sị, “Otu a ka Chineke ga-esi yọchapụ site nʼụlọ ha na ihe nweta ha onye ọbụla nke na-agaghị edebezu nkwa a.” Ndị niile zukọrọ kwere sị, “Amen.” Ha tokwara Onyenwe anyị: Ha niile mekwara ihe ha kwere na nkwa.
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.
Ọzọ, nʼime afọ iri na abụọ ahụ a họpụtara m ị bụ onyeisi ọchịchị na Juda, site nʼiri afọ abụọ nke ịbụ eze Ataksekses ruo nʼafọ iri atọ na abụọ ya, mụ na ụmụnne m esiteghị na nri a na-atụkọrọ onyeisi ọchịchị were ihe oriri ọbụla.
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.
Ma ọ bụghị otu a ka o si dị na mbụ, nʼihi na ndịisi ọchịchị niile buru m ụzọ chịa boro ndị ahụ ibu arọ dị ukwuu. Ha na-anakọta site nʼaka onye ọbụla iri mkpụrụ ọlaọcha anọ, tinyere ihe oriri na mmanya ha na-ewebatakwa. Ọbụladị ndị na-enyere ha aka mekpakwara ndị mmadụ ahụ. Ma emeghị m otu a, nʼihi ịtụ egwu Chineke.
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.
Kama, anọgidesiri m ike nʼọrụ iwugharị mgbidi ahụ, achịkọtara ndị ikom m niile nʼebe ahụ nʼihi ije ozi a. Ọ dịghịkwa ala anyị zụrụ.
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.
Ma otu ọ dị, ndịisi Juu ọnụọgụgụ ha dị otu narị na iri na ise na-eri nri na tebul m, tinyere ndị na-abịakwute anyị site na mba ndị dị anyị gburugburu.
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.
Ihe na-ezu nri a na-eri nʼụlọ m kwa ụbọchị bụ otu ehi na atụrụ isii gbara abụba, na ọtụtụ ọkụkụ, na ụdị mmanya dị iche iche a na-ebubata kwa ụbọchị iri ọbụla. Nʼagbanyeghị nke a, ọ dịghị mgbe ọbụla m nara site nʼaka ha ụtụ ihe oriri nke onye na-achị ala kwesiri inweta, nʼihi na ha onwe ha nọ na mkpa dị ukwuu.
19 Remember me, O my God, in goodnesse, according to all that I haue done for this people.
Chineke m biko, echefula ihe m meere ndị a, gọzie m nʼụzọ nke gị.
