Nehemiah 5
1 [Later, ] many of the men and their wives protested loudly about what [some of] the [other] Jews were doing.
| هاواری ژن و پیاوەکان لەدەست برا جولەکەکانیان بەرزبووەوە. |
2 Some/One of them said, “We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and continue to live.”
| هەبوو دەیانگوت: «کوڕ و کچەکانمان زۆرن و لێمانگەڕێن دانەوێڵە ببەین، هەتا بخۆین و بژین.» |
3 Others said, “The fields and vineyards and houses that we own, it has been necessary for us to (mortgage them/promise to give them to someone if we do not pay back to him the money he has loaned us) in order to get money to buy grain, during this (famine/time where there is not much food).”
| هەبوو دەیانگوت: «لەو قاتوقڕییەدا کێڵگە و ڕەز و ماڵەکانمان بە بارمتە دەدەین بۆ وەرگرتنی دانەوێڵە.» |
4 Others said, “We have [needed to] borrow money to pay the taxes that the king [commanded us to pay] on our fields and our vineyards.
| هەروەها هەبوو دەیانگوت: «زیومان قەرز کردووە هەتا باجی کێڵگە و ڕەزەکانمان بدەینە پاشا. |
5 We are Jews just like [IDM] they are. Our children are ([just as good as/equal with)] their children. But we have needed to sell some of our children to become slaves [in order to pay what we owe]. We have already sold some of our daughters to become slaves. Our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us, so now we do not have [the money to pay what we owe, and we are forced to sell our children to get money to pay those debts].”
| ئێستاش هەرچەندە ئێمە لە گۆشت و خوێنی یەکین و منداڵەکانی ئەوان و ئێمە وەک یەکن، بەڵام ئێمە زۆر لە کوڕ و کچەکانمان دەکەین ببن بە کۆیلە، هەندێک لە کچەکانمان بوونەتە کۆیلە و ئێمەش هیچ دەسەڵاتێکمان نییە، چونکە کێڵگە و ڕەزەکانمان هی کەسانی دیکەن.» |
6 I was very angry when I heard these things that they were complaining about.
| زۆر تووڕە بووم کاتێک گوێم لە هاوارەکەیان و ئەو قسانە بوو، |
7 So I thought about what I could do about it. I told the leaders and officials [who were responsible for this work], “You are charging interest to your own relatives [when they borrow money from you]!” Then I called together a large group of people,
| لەبیری خۆمدا لێکم دایەوە و مشتومڕم لەگەڵ خانەدان و کاربەدەستەکان کرد و پێم گوتن: «ئێوە سوو لە براکانتان وەردەگرن!» ئینجا کۆمەڵێکی گەورەم لە دژیان کۆکردەوە و |
8 and I said to their [leaders], “Some of our Jewish relatives have been forced to sell themselves to become slaves of people who have come from other countries. As much as we have been able to, we have been buying them back [out of slavery]. But now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their fellow Jews, as slaves!” [When I said that to them, ] they were silent. There was nothing that they could say [because they knew that what I said was true].
| پێم گوتن: «ئێمە بەپێی توانامان برا جولەکەکانمان ئەوانەی بە ناجولەکەکان فرۆشرا بوون کڕیونەتەوە، کەچی ئێوە براکانتان دەفرۆشن و پاشان بە ئێمە دەفرۆشرێنەوە!» ئینجا لاڵ بوون و یەک وشەیان نەبوو وەڵامی پێ بدەنەوە. |
9 Then I said to them, “What you are doing is terrible [EUP]! You certainly ought to [RHQ] obey God and do what is right! If you did that, our enemies who do not revere Yahweh [would see that we are doing what is right and] would not ridicule us.
| گوتم: «ئەوەی ئێوە دەیکەن کارێکی باش نییە. ئایا پێویست نییە ئێوە بە لەخواترسییەوە هەڵسوکەوت بکەن بۆ ئەوەی ئەو نەتەوە ناجولەکانەی کە دوژمنمانن گاڵتەمان پێ نەکەن؟ |
10 My fellow Jews and I and my servants have lent money and grain to people [without charging interest]. So you all should stop charging interest on these loans.
| من و براکانم و خزمەتکارەکانم بە هەمان شێوە زیو و دانەوێڵەمان بە قەرز داونەتێ، تکایە ئیتر با واز لەم سووە بهێنین! |
11 Also, you must give back to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive tree orchards, and their houses that you have taken from them. You must also give back to them the interest that you charged them when they borrowed money, grain, wine, and [olive] oil from you, and you must do it today!”
| هەر ئەمڕۆ کێڵگە و ڕەز و باخە زەیتوون و ماڵەکانیان و یەک لە سەدی ئەو زیو و دانەوێڵە و شەرابە نوێیە و ئەو زەیتەی کە لێتان وەرگرتوون، بۆیانی بگێڕنەوە.» |
12 The leaders replied, “We will do what you have said. We will return to them everything that we forced them to give to us, and we will not require that they give us anything more.” Then I summoned the priests, and I forced the leaders to vow in front of them that they would do what they had promised to do.
| ئەوانیش گوتیان: «دەیگەڕێنینەوە و داوایان لێ ناکەین، ئاوا دەکەین وەک ئەوەی تۆ گوتت.» ئینجا کاهینەکانم بانگکرد، خانەدان و کاربەدەستەکانیشم سوێند دا کە ئەم بەڵێنە جێبەجێ بکەن. |
13 I shook out the folds of my robe and said to them, “If you do not do what you have just now promised to do, I hope/desire that God will shake you like I am shaking my robe. He will take away your homes and everything else that you own.” They all replied, “Amen/May it be so!” And they praised Yahweh. Then they did what they had promised to do.
| پاشان پشتێنەکەمم تەکاند و گوتم: «خودا هەرکەسێک ئاوا بتەکێنێت کە ئەم بەڵێنە نەهێنێتە دی، با ئاوا لە ماڵەکەی و لە ڕەنجەکەی تەکێنراو و بەتاڵ بێت.» ئینجا هەموو کۆمەڵەکە گوتیان: «ئامین» و ستایشی یەزدانیان کرد، گەل ئەم بەڵێنەیان پەیڕەو کرد. |
14 I was appointed to be the governor of Judea in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia]. For the next twelve years, until he had been ruling for almost 32 years, neither I nor my officials accepted [the money that we were allowed/entitled to receive to buy] food because of my being the governor.
| هەروەها لەو ڕۆژەوە کە فەرمانم پێ کرا ببمە پارێزگاریان لە خاکی یەهودا، لە بیستەمین ساڵەوە هەتا سی و دووەمین ساڵی ئەرتەحشەستەی پاشا، دوازدە ساڵ نە من و نە براکانم ئەو نانەمان نەخوارد کە بەشی پارێزگارە. |
15 The men who were governors before I became the governor had burdened the people by requiring them to pay a lot of taxes. They had forced each person to pay to them 40 silver coins every day, in addition to giving food and wine to them. Even their servants/officials oppressed the people. But I did not do that, because I revered God.
| بەڵام پارێزگارەکانی پێشوو، ئەوانەی لەپێش من بوون باری گەلیان گران کردبوو، چل شاقل زیویان لێ دەسەندن، بێجگە لە نان و شەراب، هەروەها خزمەتکارەکانیشیان بەسەر گەلدا زاڵ ببوون. بەڵام من لە ترسی خودا وام نەکرد، |
16 I also continued to work on the wall, and I did not take land from people [who were unable to pay back the money that they had borrowed from me]. All those who worked for me joined me to work on the wall.
| هەروەها لە کاری ئەم شوورایە بەشدار بووم و کێڵگەمان نەکڕی، هەموو خزمەتکارەکانیشم لەوێ لەسەر کارەکە کۆببوونەوە. |
17 Also, every day I was responsible to feed 150 Jewish officials, and also [official] visitors who came from nearby countries.
| هەروەها سەد و پەنجا جولەکە و کاربەدەست لەسەر خوانەکەم بوون، لەگەڵ ئەوانەی لە نەتەوەکانی دەوروبەرمانەوە دەهاتن بۆ لامان. |
18 Each day I [told my servants to] serve [us the meat from] one ox, six very good sheep, and chickens. And every ten days I gave them a large new supply of wine. But I knew that the people were burdened [by paying lots of taxes], so I did not accept [the money that I was entitled/allowed to receive to buy all this] food because of my being the governor.
| ڕۆژانە گایەک و شەش مەڕی تایبەت و ژمارەیەک پەلەوەرم بۆ ئامادە دەکرا، هەروەها هەموو دە ڕۆژ جارێکیش بڕێکی زۆر لە هەموو جۆرە شەرابێک. لەگەڵ هەموو ئەمانەشدا داوای بەشەنانی پارێزگارم نەکرد، چونکە کۆیلایەتییەکە لەسەر ئەم گەلە زۆر گران بوو. |
19 My God, do not forget me, and reward me because of all that I have done for these people.
| خودایە هەرچیم بۆ ئەم گەلە کردووە بۆ من بە چاکە بەبیر خۆتی بهێنەرەوە. |
