Ezara 9
1 Na rĩrĩ, thuutha wa gwĩka maũndũ macio, atongoria magĩũka kũrĩ niĩ, makĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Andũ a Isiraeli, o hamwe na athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii, matiĩamũranĩtie kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa matũrigiicĩirie, na kuuma kũrĩ mĩtugo yao ĩrĩ magigi, ta ĩrĩa ya Akaanani, na Ahiti, na Aperizi, na Ajebusi, na Aamoni, na Amoabi, na Amisiri, na Aamori.
Now, when these things were ended, the rulers drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, —in view of their abominations-even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites;
2 Nĩmahikĩtie airĩtu amwe ao magatuĩka atumia ao na a ariũ ao, na magatukania rũrĩrĩ rũrĩa rũtheru na andũ arĩa matũrigiicĩirie. Atongoria na anene ao nĩo matongoretie andũ arĩa angĩ ũhoro-inĩ ũyũ wa kwaga kwĩhokeka.”
for they have taken of their daughters, for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, —and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.
3 Rĩrĩa ndaiguire ũhoro ũcio, ngĩtembũranga nguo yakwa ya thĩinĩ na ya igũrũ, na ngĩmunya njuĩrĩ cia mũtwe wakwa o na nderu, ngĩikara thĩ ndĩ na kĩeha kĩnene.
When I heard this thing, I rent my garment, and my robe, —and tore out of the hair of my head and my beard, and sat stunned.
4 Hĩndĩ ĩyo andũ othe arĩa mainainire nĩ ũndũ wa ciugo icio cia Ngai wa Isiraeli makĩgomana harĩ niĩ nĩ ũndũ wa kwaga kwĩhokeka kũu kwa andũ arĩa maatahĩtwo. Ngĩikara thĩ hau ndĩ na kĩeha kĩnene o nginya hĩndĩ ya igongona rĩa hwaĩ-inĩ.
Then, unto me, were gathered, all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, concerning the unfaithfulness of them who had been exiled, —but, I, sat stunned, until the evening gift.
5 Na rĩrĩ, ihinda rĩa igongona rĩa hwaĩ-inĩ rĩakinya-rĩ, ngĩũkĩra ngiuma hau ndaikarĩte ndĩnyiihĩtie, nguo yakwa ya thĩinĩ na ya igũrũ irĩ ndembũkangu, ngĩturia ndu ndambũrũkĩtie moko makwa kũrĩ Jehova Ngai wakwa,
And, at the evening gift, I arose from mine affliction, which had been accompanied by the rending of my garment and my robe, —and I bowed upon my knees, and spread forth my hands unto Yahweh my God;
6 ngĩhooya ũũ: “Wee Ngai wakwa, nĩngũigua thoni mũno na ngaconoka na ndingĩhota gũgũtiirĩra gĩthiithi, Wee Ngai wakwa, tondũ mehia maitũ nĩ maingĩ makaraiha gũkĩra ũraihu witũ na ũũru witũ, ũgakinya o kũu igũrũ.
and said, O my God, I turn pale and am ashamed, to lift up, O my God, my face unto thee, —for, our iniquities, have multiplied above the head, and our guilt hath magnified itself unto the heavens.
7 Kuuma matukũ-inĩ ma maithe maitũ ma tene nginya ũmũthĩ, ũũru witũ ũkoretwo ũrĩ mũingĩ. Tondũ wa mehia maitũ, ithuĩ na athamaki aitũ, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai aitũ, tũtũire tũũragagwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, tũgatahwo na tũgatunywo indo ciitũ, na tũgaconorithio guoko-inĩ kwa athamaki a mabũrũri mangĩ, o ta ũrĩa gũtariĩ ũmũthĩ.
Since the days of our fathers, we, have been in great guilt, until this day, —and, for our iniquities, have we been given up—we, our kings, our priests, —into the hand of the kings of the lands, by sword and by captivity and by spoiling and by a turning pale of face, as at this day.
8 “No rĩrĩ, gwa kahinda kanini, Jehova Ngai witũ akoretwo arĩ mũtugi nĩ gũtũtigĩria matigari na gũtũhe handũ harũmu harĩa hake haamũre, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ngai nĩaheete maitho maitũ ũtheri na agatũhooreria hanini ũkombo-inĩ witũ.
And, now, for a very little moment, hath come favour from Yahweh our God, in leaving to us a remnant to escape, and in giving to us a nail in his holy place, —that our God may enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
9 O na gũtuĩka tũrĩ ngombo-rĩ, Ngai witũ ndatũtiganĩirie ũkombo-inĩ. Nĩatũiguĩrĩire tha maitho-inĩ ma athamaki a Perisia: Nĩatũheete mũtũũrĩre mwerũ nĩguo tũhote gwaka nyũmba ya Ngai witũ rĩngĩ na tũcookererie kũrĩa ĩthũkĩtio, na nĩatũheete rũthingo rwa gũtũgitĩra thĩinĩ wa Juda na Jerusalemu.
For, bondmen, we are, but, in our bondage, hath our God not forsaken us, —but extended unto us lovingkindness before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up on high the house of our God, to raise up the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
10 “No rĩrĩ, Wee Ngai witũ-rĩ, nĩ atĩa tũngiuga thuutha ũyũ? Tondũ nĩtwagĩire mawatho maku bata
But, now, what can we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
11 marĩa waheanire na tũnua twa anabii ndungata ciaku, rĩrĩa woigire atĩrĩ, ‘Bũrũri ũrĩa mũrathiĩ kwĩgwatĩra ũtuĩke wanyu nĩmũthaahie nĩ waganu wa andũ aguo. Nĩ ũndũ wa maũndũ mao me magigi, nĩmaũiyũrĩtie maũndũ mao mooru kuuma mwena ũmwe nginya ũrĩa ũngĩ.
which thou didst command by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying, As for the land which, ye, are entering to possess, an impure land, it is, with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, —with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to the other, with their uncleanness.
12 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, mũtikanetĩkĩrie airĩtu anyu mahikio nĩ ariũ ao kana ariũ anyu mahikie airĩtu ao. Mũtikanagĩe na kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa ũrata nao o na rĩ, nĩgeetha mũgĩe na hinya na mũrĩĩage indo njega cia bũrũri ũcio, na mũkaaũtigĩra ciana cianyu ũrĩ igai rĩao nginya tene.’
Now, therefore, your daughters, do not ye give to their sons, and, their daughters, do not ye take for your sons, neither shall ye seek their prosperity nor their pleasure unto times age-abiding, —to the end ye may become strong, and may eat the good of the land, and may suffer your children to possess it, unto times age-abiding.
13 “Maũndũ macio matũkorete nĩ ũndũ wa ciĩko ciitũ njũru na wĩhia witũ mũnene, no rĩrĩ, Wee Ngai witũ ũtũherithĩtie na iherithia inini gũkĩra ũrĩa mehia maitũ magĩrĩire, o na nĩũtũtigĩirie matigari ma andũ ta aya.
And, after all that hath come upon us, for our wicked doings, and for our great guilt—For, thou, O our God, hast spared us, punishing us less than our iniquities deserved, and hast given us a deliverance such as this,
14 Rĩu-rĩ, no tũcooke kuuna maathani maku rĩngĩ, na tũhikanie na andũ arĩa mekaga maũndũ me magigi ta macio? Githĩ ndũngĩtũrakarĩra nginya ũtũniine, kwage matigari kana mũndũ ũngĩhonoka?
should we again break thy commandments and join ourselves by affinity of marriage with the peoples of these abominations, —wouldst thou not be angry with us, unto a full end, that there should be neither remainder nor deliverance?
15 Wee Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli, ũrĩ mũthingu! Ũmũthĩ ũyũ nĩtũtigĩtwo tũrĩ matigari. Tũrĩ haha mbere yaku twĩhĩtie, na tondũ wa ũndũ ũcio gũtirĩ o na ũmwe witũ ũngĩhota kũrũgama mbere yaku.”
O Yahweh, God of Israel, righteous thou art, for we have had left us a deliverance as at this day, —here we are, before thee, in our guilty deeds, for there is no standing before thee, because of this thing!
