Nehemiah 5
1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Mibali elongo na basi na bango bayimaki-yimaki makasi mpo na kotelemela bandeko na bango, Bayuda.
2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.
Bamoko bazalaki koloba: — Biso elongo na bana na biso ya mibali mpe ya basi, tozali ebele; tozali na posa ya ble oyo ekoki na motango na biso mpo ete tolia mpe towumela na bomoi.
3 [Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Bamosusu bazalaki mpe koloba: — Tozali kosimbisa bilanga na biso, bilanga na biso ya vino mpe bandako na biso lokola ndanga mpo na kozwa ble na tango ya nzala makasi.
4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.
Bamosusu lisusu bazalaki koloba: — Topesaki bilanga na biso mpe bilanga na biso ya vino lokola ndanga mpo na kodefa mbongo ya kofuta mpako ya mokonzi.
5 Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already: ] neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them; ] for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Nzokande tozali nzoto moko mpe makila moko na bandeko na biso, mpe bana na biso bakeseni te na bana na bango; kasi tala ndenge nini tosili kosambwa: tosengeli koteka bana na biso ya mibali mpe ya basi lokola bawumbu; mpe bana na biso mosusu ya basi bakomi bawumbu, mpe tozangi nguya ya kosikola bango, mpo ete bilanga na biso mpe bilanga na biso ya vino ekomi ya bato mosusu!
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Tango nayokaki koyimayima na bango mpe maloba wana nyonso, nasilikaki makasi.
7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
Nazwaki mokano ya kopamela bakambi mpe bankumu; nalobaki na bango: — Tango bodefisaka bandeko na bino, bosengaka bango mileki! Bozali nde komemisa bandeko na bino moko mokumba monene boye! Nabengisaki mayangani moko ya monene mpo na kolobela makambo yango elongo na bango.
8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [to answer].
Nalobaki na bango: — Biso, kolanda makoki na biso, tosikolaki bandeko na biso, Bayuda, oyo batekamaki epai ya bapagano. Kasi bino sik’oyo, bozali bino moko koteka bandeko na bino, mpe bozali koteka bango kaka epai ya bato ya ekolo na biso! Bavandaki kimia mpe bazangaki liloba ya kozongisa.
9 Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
Nabakisaki: — Makambo oyo bozali kosala ezali malamu te. Bosengelaki te kotambola na kotosa Nzambe na biso mpo ete topesa te na bapagano oyo bazali banguna na biso nzela ya kotiola biso?
10 I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Ngai, bandeko na ngai mpe basali na ngai, todefisaki bango mbongo mpe ble. Nabondeli bino, totikela bango niongo yango!
11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Bozongisela bango na lombangu bilanga na bango, bilanga na bango ya vino, bilanga na bango ya banzete ya olive mpe bandako na bango; mpe botikela bango eteni ya nkama moko ya mbongo, ya ble, ya vino ya sika mpe ya mafuta oyo bokatelaki bango lokola mileki.
12 Then said they, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Bazongisaki: — Tokosala ndenge olobi, tokozongisa yango mpe tokosenga bango lisusu eloko moko te na likolo. Bongo nabengisaki Banganga-Nzambe; mpe nasengaki na bakambi mpe bakalaka ete balapa ndayi, liboso ya Banganga-Nzambe, ete bakosala ndenge balaki.
13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
Mpe napupolaki songe ya nzambala na ngai na koloba: — Tika ete Nzambe apupola ndenge ngai nazali kosala mpe abengana, mosika ya ndako na ye mpe ya biloko na ye, moto nyonso oyo akokokisa te elaka na ye; mpe tika ete bapupola ye ndenge wana mpe atikala maboko pamba! Lisanga mobimba ezongisaki: — Amen! Bakumisaki Yawe mpe bakokisaki makambo oyo balakaki.
14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Wuta mokolo oyo mokonzi akomisaki ngai moyangeli kati na mokili ya Yuda, elingi koloba: kobanda na mobu ya tuku mibale ya bokonzi ya Aritakizerisesi kino na mobu ya tuku misato na mibale, elekaki mibu zomi na mibale, ezala ngai to bandeko na ngai, totikalaki mokolo moko te kobika na mpako oyo bapesaka na moyangeli.
15 But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Nzokande, bayangeli oyo bakambaki liboso na ngai bazalaki konyokola bato mpe kosenga na makasi ete bapesa bilei, vino mpe mbongo ya bibende ya palata, tuku minei. Ezala bakalaka na bango mpe bazalaki kaka konyokola bato. Kasi ngai, natikalaki kosala bongo te, pamba te nazalaki kotosa Nzambe.
16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work.
Kutu, namipesaki lisusu koleka na mosala ya kobongisa mir oyo; basali na ngai nyonso bamipesaki mpe na mosala mpe totikalaki kosomba ata eteni moko te ya mabele.
17 Moreover [there were] at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that [are] about us.
Na mesa na ngai, bato nkama moko na tuku mitano, Bayuda mpe bakalaka, bazalaki kolia elongo na bato oyo bazalaki koya epai na biso wuta na bikolo ya bapaya ya zingazinga.
18 Now [that] which was prepared [for me] daily [was] one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Mikolo nyonso, bazalaki kolambela ngai ngombe moko ya mobali, meme motoba ya malamu mpe basoso; mpe sima na mikolo zomi nyonso, bazalaki koya kotikela ngai vino ebele. Atako bongo, natikalaki kosenga eloko moko te kati na biloko oyo esengeli mpo na moyangeli, pamba te mokumba ya misala ezalaki makasi na mito ya bato.
19 Think upon me, my God, for good, [according] to all that I have done for this people.
Oh Nzambe na ngai, kanisa ngai mpe talisa ngai ngolu na Yo mpo na nyonso oyo nasili kosala mpo na bato oyo!
