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.
And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
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 seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they 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 rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored 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 up upon the seep of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: 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 Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory 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.
Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.
7 “Wee nĩwe Jehova Ngai, ũrĩa wathuurire Aburamu ũkĩmũruta Uri-ya-Akalidei na ũkĩmũtua rĩĩtwa rĩngĩ Iburahĩmu.
Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.
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 didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just.
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 didst hear their cry by 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 upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is 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 divide the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land: but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters.
12 Mũthenya wamatongoragia na gĩtugĩ gĩa itu, naguo ũtukũ ũkamatongoria na gĩtugĩ kĩa mwaki gĩa kũmamũrĩkĩra njĩra ĩrĩa mekũgera.
And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of Are by night, that they might see the way by which they went.
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.
Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.
14 Nĩwamamenyithirie Thabatũ yaku theru na ũkĩmahe maathani, na kĩrĩra gĩaku gĩa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho kũgerera kanua ka Musa ndungata yaku.
Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.
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 in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up 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 dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not 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 they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, 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.
Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that brought thee out of Egypt: and hail committed great blasphemies:
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 many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should go.
20 Wamaheire Roho waku mwega amarutage. Ndwagire kũmahe mana marĩe, kana ũkĩaga kũmahe maaĩ maanyoota.
And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst.
21 Ihinda rĩa mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna nĩwamatũũririe werũ-inĩ; matiagire kĩndũ o nakĩ, ningĩ nguo ciao itiigana gũthira, kana magũrũ mao makĩimba.
Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.
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.
And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, 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 to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.
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 the children came and possessed the land, and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Chanaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with 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 strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with delight 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 provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great blasphemies.
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.
And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of their enemies.
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 after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight: and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies.
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 admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
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.
And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.
31 No tondũ wa tha ciaku nyingĩ, ndwamaniinire kana ũkĩmatiganĩria, nĩgũkorwo ũrĩ Mũrungu mũtugi na mũigua tha.
Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.
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.
Now therefore our God, great, strong and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people from the days of the king of Assur, until this day.
33 Maũndũ-inĩ macio mothe matũkorete, wee ũkoretwo ũrĩ na kĩhooto; wĩkĩte maũndũ na wĩhokeku, o rĩrĩa ithuĩ tũhĩtĩtie.
And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.
34 Athamaki aitũ, na atongoria aitũ, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai aitũ na maithe maitũ, matiarũmĩrĩire watho waku; matiathikĩrĩirie maathani maku kana mataaro marĩa wamaheire.
Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among 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 have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked 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 ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in 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 the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation.
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 because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.
