Nehemia 9
1 Mweri-inĩ o ro ũcio, mũthenya wa mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na ĩna, andũ a Isiraeli makĩũngana hamwe mehingĩte kũrĩa irio na makehumba nguo cia makũnia, o na makeitĩrĩria tĩĩri mĩtwe yao.
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head.
2 Arĩa maarĩ a rũciaro rwa andũ a Isiraeli nĩmeyamũranĩtie na ageni othe. Makĩrũgama o andũ handũ hao, makiumbũra mehia mao na waganu wa maithe mao.
And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 Makĩrũgama o ro hau maarĩ, magĩthoma Ibuku rĩa Watho wa Jehova Ngai wao ihinda rĩa gĩcunjĩ gĩa kana kĩa mũthenya, na magĩtũmĩra gĩcunjĩ o kĩngĩ gĩa kana makiumbũra mehia na magĩthathaiyagia Jehova Ngai wao.
And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their god: and they confessed [their sins] to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God.
4 Na rĩrĩ, ngathĩ-inĩ nĩ haarũgamĩte Alawii, nĩo Jeshua, na Bani, na Kadimieli, na Shebania, na Buni, na Sherebia, na Bani, na Kenani, nao magakayagĩra Jehova Ngai wao na mĩgambo maanĩrĩire.
[And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
5 Nao Alawii nĩo Jeshua, na Kadimieli, na Bani, na Hashabineia, na Sherebia, na Hodia, na Shebania, na Pethahia, makiuga atĩrĩ, “Rũgamai mũgooce Jehova Ngai wanyu, ũcio ũtũũraga tene na tene.” “Kũrathimwo nĩ rĩĩtwa rĩaku rĩrĩ riiri, narĩo rĩrotũũgĩrio gũkĩra ũgooci na irathimo ciothe.
And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God forever and ever: and let them bless thy glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise.
6 Wee wiki nowe Jehova. Nĩwe wombire igũrũ, o igũrũ kũrĩa kũraya mũno, na ũkĩũmba mbũtũ cia njata ciakuo, na thĩ na kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩrĩ kuo, na maria na indo ciothe iria irĩ thĩinĩ wamo. Nĩwe ũheaga indo ciothe muoyo, nacio mbũtũ cia igũrũ nĩigũthathaiyagia.
And Esdras said, Thou art the only true Lord; thou madest the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and thou quickenest all things, and the hosts of heaven worship thee.
7 “Wee nĩwe Jehova Ngai, ũrĩa wathuurire Aburamu ũkĩmũruta Uri-ya-Akalidei na ũkĩmũtua rĩĩtwa rĩngĩ Iburahĩmu.
Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:
8 Nĩwonire atĩ ngoro yake nĩyakwĩhokete, nawe ũkĩgĩa na kĩrĩkanĩro nake atĩ nĩũkahe njiaro ciake bũrũri wa Akaanani, na wa Ahiti, na wa Aamori, na wa Aperizi, na wa Ajebusi, na wa Agirigashi. Nĩũhingĩtie kĩĩranĩro gĩaku nĩ tondũ ũrĩ mũthingu.
and thou foundest his heart faithful before thee, and didst make a covenant with him to give to him and to his seed the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites; and thou hast confirmed thy words, for thou [art] righteous.
9 “Nĩwonire ũrĩa maithe maitũ ma tene maathĩĩnĩkire marĩ bũrũri wa Misiri; ũkĩigua kĩrĩro kĩao marĩ hau Iria-inĩ Itune.
And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry at the Red Sea.
10 Ũkĩringa ciama na morirũ, na ũgĩũkĩrĩra Firaũni, na anene ake othe, na andũ a bũrũri wake othe, nĩgũkorwo nĩwamenyete ũrĩa andũ a Misiri metĩĩaga makĩmahinyĩrĩria. Nawe ũkĩĩgĩĩra igweta, rĩrĩa rĩtũũraga nginya ũmũthĩ.
And thou shewedst signs and wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knowest that they behaved insolently against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as at this day.
11 Nĩwagayanirie Iria Itune mbere yao, nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩtuĩkanĩria iria gatagatĩ harĩa haatuĩkĩte thĩ nyũmũ, no arĩa maamaingatithĩtie ũkĩmaikia kũu kũriku o ta ihiga rĩikĩtio maaĩ-inĩ mariku mũno.
And thou didst cleave the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and thou didst cast into the deep them that were about to pursue them, as a stone in the mighty water.
12 Mũthenya wamatongoragia na gĩtugĩ gĩa itu, naguo ũtukũ ũkamatongoria na gĩtugĩ kĩa mwaki gĩa kũmamũrĩkĩra njĩra ĩrĩa mekũgera.
And thou guidedst them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
13 “Nĩwaikũrũkire Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Sinai, ũkĩmaarĩria kuuma igũrũ. Nĩwamaheire mĩtabarĩre na mawatho ma kĩhooto na magĩrĩru, na kĩrĩra gĩaku gĩa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, o na maathani mega.
Also thou camest down upon mount Sina, and thou spakest to them out of heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments.
14 Nĩwamamenyithirie Thabatũ yaku theru na ũkĩmahe maathani, na kĩrĩra gĩaku gĩa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho kũgerera kanua ka Musa ndungata yaku.
And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath; thou didst enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of thy servant Moses.
15 Hĩndĩ ya ngʼaragu nĩwamaheire irio kuuma igũrũ, na rĩrĩa maarĩ anyootu ũkĩmahe maaĩ kuuma rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga; wamaathire mathiĩ makegwatĩre bũrũri ũrĩa wehĩtĩte woete guoko na igũrũ atĩ nĩũkamahe.
And thou gavest them bread from heaven for their food, and thou broughtest them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and thou badest them go in to inherit the land over which thou stretchedst out thy hand to give [it] them.
16 “No rĩrĩ, maithe maitũ ma tene magĩĩtĩĩa na makĩũmia ngoro ciao, makĩaga gwathĩkĩra maathani maku.
But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
17 Makĩrega kũigua na makĩaga kũririkana ciama iria waringĩte gatagatĩ-inĩ kao. Nĩmoomirie ngingo, na tondũ wa ũremi wao magĩĩthuurĩra mũtongoria nĩgeetha macooke ũkombo-inĩ wao. No rĩrĩ, we ũrĩ Ngai ũrekanagĩra mehia, na ũrĩ mũtugi na mũigua tha, ndũhiũhaga kũrakara na ũiyũrĩtwo nĩ wendo. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndwamatiganĩirie,
and refused to listen, and remembered not thy wonders which thou wroughtest with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but thou, O God, [art] merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and thou didst not forsake them.
18 o na rĩrĩa methondekeire mũhianano wa njaũ, makiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ĩno nĩyo ngai yanyu ĩrĩa yamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri,’ kana o na rĩrĩa meekire maũndũ mooru mũno ma gũkũruma.
And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These [are] the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations.
19 “Tondũ wa tha ciaku nyingĩ, ndwamatiganĩirie kũu werũ-inĩ. Gĩtugĩ gĩa itu gĩtiagire kũmatongoria njĩra-inĩ yao mũthenya, kana gĩtugĩ kĩa mwaki gĩkĩaga kũmamũrĩkĩra ũtukũ njĩra ĩrĩa mekũgerera.
Yet thou in thy great compassions didst not forsake them in the wilderness: thou didst not turn away from them the pillar of the cloud by day, to guide them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
20 Wamaheire Roho waku mwega amarutage. Ndwagire kũmahe mana marĩe, kana ũkĩaga kũmahe maaĩ maanyoota.
And thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them, and thou didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water in their thirst.
21 Ihinda rĩa mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna nĩwamatũũririe werũ-inĩ; matiagire kĩndũ o nakĩ, ningĩ nguo ciao itiigana gũthira, kana magũrũ mao makĩimba.
And thou didst sustain them forty years in the wilderness; thou didst not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised.
22 “Nĩwamaheire mothamaki na ndũrĩrĩ, ũkĩmagaĩra o nginya mĩhaka-inĩ ya kũraya. Magĩtaha bũrũri wa Sihoni mũthamaki wa Heshiboni, na bũrũri wa Ogu mũthamaki wa Bashani.
Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms, and didst divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.
23 Waingĩhirie ariũ ao o ta njata cia matu-inĩ na ũkĩmakinyia bũrũri ũrĩa werĩte maithe mao matoonye makawĩgwatĩre ũtuĩke wao.
And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land of which thou spokest to their fathers;
24 Ariũ ao nĩmatoonyire, makĩĩgwatĩra bũrũri ũcio. Ũgĩtooria andũ a Kaanani arĩa maatũũraga bũrũri ũcio mbere yao; ũkĩneana andũ a Kaanani kũrĩ o, hamwe na athamaki ao na andũ a bũrũri ũcio, ũkĩmaneana moko-inĩ mao meke nao o ũrĩa mangĩendire.
And they inherited it: and thou didst destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and thou gavest into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do unto them as it pleased them.
25 Nĩmatunyanire matũũra maarĩ mairigĩre na thingo cia hinya, na mĩgũnda mĩnoru, makĩĩgwatĩra nyũmba ciaiyũrĩte indo njega cia mĩthemba yothe, na ithima iria cienjetwo, na mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ, na mĩgũnda ya mĩtamaiyũ, na mĩtĩ mĩingĩ mũno ya matunda. Makĩrĩa, nginya makĩhũũna na makĩagĩra mĩĩrĩ; magĩkenera wega waku mũingĩ.
And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and oliveyards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in thy great goodness.
26 “No nĩmagire gwathĩka, magĩkũremera, na makĩhutatĩra watho waku. Nĩmooragire anabii aku arĩa maamataaraga nĩguo mamacookie kũrĩ we; magĩĩka maũndũ mooru mũno ma gũkũruma.
But they turned, and revolted from thee, and cast thy law behind their backs; and they slew thy prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
27 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ũkĩmaneana moko-inĩ ma thũ ciao, nacio ikĩmahinyĩrĩria. No rĩrĩa maahinyĩrĩirio, magĩgũkaĩra. Ũkĩmaigua kuuma igũrũ, na tondũ wa tha ciaku nyingĩ ũkĩmahe andũ a kũmahonokia, nao makĩmateithũra kuuma moko-inĩ ma thũ ciao.
Then thou gavest them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to thee in the time of their affliction, and thou didst hear them from thy heaven, and in thy great compassions gavest them deliverers, and didst save them from the hand of them that afflicted them.
28 “No maarĩkia kũgĩa na ũhurũko, magĩcookerera gwĩka maũndũ mooru maitho-inĩ maku. Hĩndĩ ĩyo ũkĩmatiganĩria moko-inĩ ma thũ ciao nĩgeetha imaathe. Na rĩrĩa maagũkaĩire rĩngĩ, ũkĩmaigua ũrĩ o kũu igũrũ, na tondũ wa tha ciaku nĩwamahonokagia kaingĩ.
But when they rested, they did evil again before thee: so thou leftest them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them: and they cried again to thee, and thou heardest [them] from heaven, and didst deliver them in thy great compassions.
29 “Nĩwamataarire macookerere watho waku, no-o magĩĩtĩĩa na makĩrega gwathĩkĩra maathani maku. Makĩĩhia nĩkũregana na mawatho maku marĩa mangĩtũũria mũndũ muoyo angĩmaathĩkĩra. Nĩ ũndũ wa kũngʼathia, magĩkũhutatĩra, makĩũmia ngingo, na makĩrega gũkũigua.
And thou didst testify against them, to bring them back to thy law: but they hearkened not, but sinned against thy commandments and thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not.
30 Nĩwamakirĩrĩirie mĩaka mĩingĩ. Na ũndũ wa Roho waku, nĩwamakaanagia na tũnua twa anabii aku. No matiigana gũkũigua, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio ũkĩmaneana moko-inĩ ma ndũrĩrĩ iria maariganĩtie nacio.
Yet thou didst bear long with them many years, and didst testify to them by thy Spirit by the hand of thy prophets: but they hearkened not; so thou gavest them into the hand of the nations of the land.
31 No tondũ wa tha ciaku nyingĩ, ndwamaniinire kana ũkĩmatiganĩria, nĩgũkorwo ũrĩ Mũrungu mũtugi na mũigua tha.
But thou in thy many mercies didst not appoint them to destruction, and didst not forsake them; for thou art strong, and merciful, and pitiful.
32 “Na rĩu-rĩ, Wee Ngai witũ, Mũrungu mũnene ũrĩ hinya na wa gwĩtigĩrwo, o wee ũhingagia kĩrĩkanĩro gĩaku kĩa wendo, ndũkareke moritũ maya moneke arĩ ũndũ mũnini maitho-inĩ maku, moritũ maya matũkorete, na magakora athamaki aitũ na atongoria aitũ, na magakora athĩnjĩri-Ngai na anabii aitũ, na magakora maithe maitũ na andũ aku othe, kuuma matukũ ma athamaki a Ashuri nginya ũmũthĩ.
And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in thy sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day.
33 Maũndũ-inĩ macio mothe matũkorete, wee ũkoretwo ũrĩ na kĩhooto; wĩkĩte maũndũ na wĩhokeku, o rĩrĩa ithuĩ tũhĩtĩtie.
But thou [art] righteous in all the things that come upon us; for thou hast wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned.
34 Athamaki aitũ, na atongoria aitũ, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai aitũ na maithe maitũ, matiarũmĩrĩire watho waku; matiathikĩrĩirie maathani maku kana mataaro marĩa wamaheire.
And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, and have not given heed to thy commandments, and [have not kept] thy testimonies which thou didst testify to them.
35 O na rĩrĩa maarĩ ũthamaki-inĩ wao, magĩkenagĩra wega waku mũnene bũrũri-inĩ ũcio mwariĩ na mũnoru ũrĩa wamaheete, matiagũtungatĩire kana magĩtigana na njĩra ciao cia waganu.
And they did not serve thee in thy kingdom, and in thy great goodness which thou gavest to them, and in the large and fat land which thou didst furnish before them, and they turned not from their evil devices.
36 “No rĩrĩ, ũmũthĩ ũyũ tũrĩ ngombo, ngombo bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa waheire maithe maitũ ma tene nĩguo marĩĩage matunda maguo na indo iria ingĩ njega ikũraga kuo.
Behold, we are servants this day, and [as for] the land which thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good things of it, behold, we are servants upon it:
37 Tondũ wa mehia maitũ, magetha maguo maingĩ mathiiaga kũrĩ athamaki arĩa ũigĩte igũrũ riitũ. Maathaga mĩĩrĩ iitũ na ngʼombe ciitũ o ũrĩa mekwenda. Tũrĩ ahinyĩrĩrie mũno.
and its produce [is] abundant for the kings whom thou didst appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction.
38 “Nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo-rĩ, nĩtũgũthondeka kĩrĩko gĩa gũtũũra na twandĩkanĩre, nao atongoria aitũ, na Alawii aitũ na athĩnjĩri-Ngai aitũ makĩhũũre mũhũũri.”
And in regard to all these circumstances we make a covenant, and write [it], and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, set their seal to [it].
