Nehemia 5
1 Na rĩrĩ, andũ amwe na atumia ao nĩmatetire mũno nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa maahinyĩrĩirio nĩ Ayahudi arĩa angĩ ariũ a ithe wao.
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2 Amwe moigaga atĩrĩ, “Ithuĩ na aanake aitũ na airĩtu aitũ tũrĩ aingĩ. Na no nginya tũkorwo na irio, nĩguo tũrĩe tũtũũre muoyo.”
And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
3 Angĩ moigaga atĩrĩ, “Tũneanaga ithaka ciitũ na mĩgũnda iitũ ya mĩthabibũ, na mĩciĩ iitũ itũrũgamĩrĩre nĩguo tũheo irio hĩndĩ ya ngʼaragu.”
And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
4 O na angĩ moigaga atĩrĩ, “No nginya tũngĩakombire mbeeca nĩguo tũhote kũrĩha igooti rĩa mũthamaki rĩa ithaka ciitũ na mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ.
And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
5 O na gũtuĩka tũrĩ a mũthiimo ũmwe na thakame ĩmwe na andũ a bũrũri witũ, na o na gũtuĩka aanake aitũ nĩ ega o ta ao-rĩ, ithuĩ tũtuĩkĩte no nginya tũneane aanake aitũ na airĩtu aitũ matuĩke ngombo. O na rĩu airĩtu aitũ amwe nĩ ngombo, no tũtirĩ na ũhoti wa kũgirĩrĩria ũndũ ũcio tondũ ithaka ciitũ na mĩgũnda iitũ ya mĩthabibũ ĩrĩ moko-inĩ ma andũ angĩ.”
yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]; neither is it in the power of our hand [to redeem them], for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
6 Rĩrĩa ndaiguire mateta mao na thitango icio, nĩndarakarire mũno.
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7 Ngĩĩcũũrania maũndũ macio, na ngĩrũithia andũ arĩa maarĩ igweta na anene, ngĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Nĩmũreetia andũ a bũrũri wanyu uumithio wa mbeeca iria mũmakombithĩtie!” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩĩtana mũcemanio mũnene wa kũmaciirithia,
And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.
8 ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Tũgeretie o ũrĩa tũngĩhota gũkũũra Ayahudi ariũ a ithe witũ arĩa mendeirio ndũrĩrĩ. No inyuĩ nĩ kwendia mũrendia andũ anyu nĩguo tũcooke tũmagũre rĩngĩ!” Andũ acio magĩkira ki tondũ matingĩonire wa kuuga.
And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.
9 Ningĩ ngĩthiĩ na mbere ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũrĩa mũreka ti wega. Githĩ mũtiagĩrĩirwo nĩ gũthiiaga mwĩtigĩrĩte Ngai witũ nĩgeetha tũtikanyararwo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ iria irĩ ũthũ na ithuĩ?
And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?
10 Niĩ, na ariũ a baba, na andũ akwa, o na ithuĩ nĩtũrakombithia andũ mbeeca na irio. No rekei gwĩtia kwa uumithio wa mbeeca iria mũkombanĩire gũthire!
I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
11 Cookeriai andũ ithaka ciao narua, na mĩgũnda yao ya mĩthabibũ na ya mĩtamaiyũ, na nyũmba ciao, o na uumithio ũcio mũmarĩhagia wa gĩcunjĩ kĩa igana kĩa mbeeca, na ngano, na ndibei ya mũhihano, na kĩa maguta.”
Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.
12 Nao makiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩtũkũmacookeria. Na tũtikũmetia kĩndũ kĩngĩ. Tũgwĩka o ta ũrĩa ũkuuga.” Ningĩ ngĩtũmanĩra athĩnjĩri-Ngai ngĩĩra andũ arĩa maarĩ igweta na arĩa anene mehĩte atĩ nĩmakahingia ũrĩa meranĩire.
And they said, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
13 O na niĩ ngĩribariba icũrĩ cia nguo yakwa ya igũrũ, ngiuga atĩrĩ, “O ta ũguo-rĩ, mũndũ o wothe ũtakahingia kĩrĩkanĩro gĩkĩ, Ngai aromũribariba kuuma nyũmba yake na kuuma kũrĩ indo ciake. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũndũ ta ũcio aroribaribwo, atigwo atarĩ kĩndũ!” Mũingĩ wothe ũkiuga, “Ameni,” na ũkĩgooca Jehova. Nao andũ othe magĩĩka o ta ũrĩa meeranĩire.
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.
14 Ningĩ kuuma mwaka wa mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ wa Mũthamaki Aritashashita, rĩrĩa ndathuurirwo nduĩke barũthi wao bũrũri wa Juda, nginyagia mwaka wa mĩrongo ĩtatũ na ĩĩrĩ, mĩaka ikũmi na ĩĩrĩ-rĩ, niĩ o na kana ariũ a baba, tũtiarĩire irio iria ciagayagĩrwo barũthi.
Moreover from the time that I was appointed 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 brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15 No rĩrĩ, abarũthi arĩa maarĩ mbere yakwa nĩmahatagĩrĩria andũ mũno na makametia cekeri cia betha mĩrongo ĩna, hamwe na irio na ndibei. Ateithĩrĩria ao nao no mahatagĩrĩria andũ. No niĩ tondũ wa gwĩtigĩra Ngai ndiekire ũguo.
But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.
16 Handũ ha gwĩka ũguo-rĩ, niĩ ndeheanire gwaka rũthingo rũrũ. Andũ akwa othe moonganĩte hau nĩ ũndũ wa wĩra; na tũtiigana kũgũra ithaka.
Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.
17 Ningĩ-rĩ, Ayahudi igana rĩa mĩrongo ĩtano, o hamwe na anene maarĩĩaga gwakwa, hamwe na arĩa mookaga kuuma ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ iria ciatũthiũrũrũkĩirie.
And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.
18 O mũthenya indo iria ciahaaragĩrio cia kũrĩĩo ciarĩ ndegwa ĩmwe, na ngʼondu ithathatũ noru, na ngũkũ, na o mĩthenya ikũmi yathira ndaarehagĩrwo ndibei nyingĩ mũno ya mĩthemba yothe. O na kũrĩ ũguo-rĩ, ndietagia irio iria ciagayagĩrwo barũthi, tondũ maruta macio nĩmaritũhĩire andũ.
And that which was prepared daily was one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.
19 Wee Ngai wakwa, ndirikana, ũnjĩke wega nĩ ũndũ wa maũndũ marĩa mothe njĩkĩire andũ aya.
Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
