Nehemiah 5
1 And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brothers the Jews,
Joma chwo kod mondgi notingʼo dwondgi ka giywak matek ne owetegi ma jo-Yahudi.
2 indeed, there are [those] who are saying, “Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive grain, and eat, and live.”
Moko kuomgi ne wacho niya, “Wan kod yawuotwa gi nyiwa wathoth mokalo; to mondo wachiem kendo wabed mangima, nyaka wabed kod cham.”
3 And there are [those] who are saying, “Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive grain for the famine.”
Jomoko kuomgi ne wacho niya, “Wasingo ni ji puothewa, puothewa mag mzabibu, kod miechwa mondo wayud cham ndalo mar kech.”
4 And there are [those] who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;
Eka jomoko to ne wacho niya, “Chunowa ni nyaka wahol pesa mondo wachul godo osuru mar ruoth e puothewa kod puothe mzabibu.
5 and now, as the flesh of our brothers [is] our flesh, as their sons [are] our sons, and behold, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are [those] of our daughters subdued, and our hand has no might, and our fields and our vineyards [are] to others.”
Kata obedo ni wan ringruok kod remo achiel kaka jopinyni to kata bed ni yawuotwa ber mana ka yawuotgi, to pod waketo yawuotwa kod nyiwa kaka wasumbini. Nyiwa moko to ne oseketi wasumbini, to waonge gi teko, nikech puothewa kod puothewa mag mzabibu koro gin mek jomoko nono.”
6 And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
Kane awinjo ywakgi kod weche mane odonjnigigo, iya nowangʼ ahinya.
7 and my heart reigns over me, and I strive with the nobles, and with the prefects, and say to them, “You are exacting usury on one another”; and I set against them a great assembly,
Ne aparo wechego matut mi adonjone joka ruoth kod jotelo. Ne anyisogi niya, “Uyudo ohala kuom jowadu uwegi!” Omiyo ne aluongo buch galamoro mondo awuo kodgi,
8 and say to them, “We have acquired our brothers the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that [is] in us, and you also sell your brothers, and they have been sold to us!” And they are silent, and have not found a word.
mi awachonegi niya, “Wasetemo kaka wanyalo ma waduogo owetewa mane joma ok jo-Yahudi ongʼiewo kuomu kaka wasumbini. Koro sani uuso oweteu, to mano biro chunowa ni nyaka wawargi kendo!” Negilingʼ thi, nikech onge gima neginyalo wacho.
9 And I say, “The thing that you are doing [is] not good; do you not walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Eka ne adhi nyime ka awacho niya, “Gima utimoni ok ber. Donge duluorie Nyasachwa mondo ugengʼ achaya mar joma ok jo-Yahudi ma wasikwa ochayowago?
10 And also, I, my brothers, and my servants, are exacting silver and grain on them; please let us leave off this usury.
An, owetena kod joga bende waholo ji pesa kod cham to ok wakaw ohala, omiyo hola midwoko gohala nyaka rum!
11 Please give back to them, as today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, that you are exacting of them.”
Duoknegiuru puothegi, puothegi mag mzabibu, puothegi mag zeituni kod utegi, kaachiel gi hola midwoko gohala ma gin achiel ewi mia achiel mar pesa gi cham, gi divai manyien kod mo.”
12 And they say, “We give back, and we seek nothing from them; so we do as you are saying.” And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing;
Negiwacho niya, “Wabiro duogonugi kendo ok wabi chunou mondo umedwa gimoro amora kuomgi. Wabiro timo kaka uwachono.” Bangʼe ne aluongo jodolo mi giketo joka ruoth kod jotelo okwongʼore ni gibiro timo kaka gisesingore.
13 also, I have shaken my lap, and I say, “Thus God shakes out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this thing; indeed, thus is he shaken out and empty”; and all the assembly says, “Amen,” and praises YHWH; and the people do according to this thing.
Bende ne atengʼo nangana mi awacho niya, “Kamano bende e kaka Nyasaye onego omaa od ngʼato angʼata motamore rito singruokni mwandune. Omiyo mad ngʼama chalo kamano tengʼe oko mi odongʼ gi lwete nono!” Kuom mano, kanyakla mar oganda nodwoko niya, “Amin,” kendo negipako Jehova Nyasaye. Kendo ji notimo mana kaka ne gisesingono.
14 Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king—twelve years—I, and my brothers, have not eaten the bread of the governor:
To bende kochakore e higa mar piero ariyo mar loch Ruoth Artaksases, e ndalo mane oyiera jatelo e piny Juda, nyaka ochopo e hike mar piero adek gariyo, ma duto ne gin higni apar gariyo, an kod owetena ne ok wachamo chiemo mane opog ne jatelo.
15 the former governors who [are] before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels in silver; also, their servants have ruled over the people—and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.
To jotelo machon, mane otiyo kapok achako tich, noketo tingʼ mapek ne ji mine gikawo nus kilo mar fedha koa kuomgi kaachiel gi chiemo kod divai. Jolupgi bende nomiyo ji tingʼno mapek. To nikech luor mane amiyo Nyasaye an to ne ok atimo kamano.
16 And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;
Kuom mano, anto ne achiwora ne tich mar ohingani. Joga duto nochokore kanyakla ne tich; ne ok angʼiewo lowo moro amora e pinyno.
17 and of the Jews, and of the prefects, one hundred and fifty men, and those coming to us of the nations that [are] around us, [are] at my table;
To bende, jo-Yahudi mia achiel gi piero abich kod jotelo nochiemo e mesana, kaachiel gi ogendini mane obiro irwa koa machiegni kodwa.
18 and that which has been prepared for one day [is] one ox, six fat sheep, also birds have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.
Odiechiengʼ ka odiechiengʼ notedna rwath achiel, rombe auchiel machwe, kod gwen, to ndalo apar ka ndalo apar divai mopogore opogore nokel mangʼeny. To kata kamano, ne ok adwaro chiemo mane opog ne jatelo, nikech gigo mane idwaro ne ohewo jogi tingʼo.
19 Remember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
Yaye Nyasacha, para gi ngʼwono kuom gik masetimone jogi,
