Nehemiya 5
1 To, sai maza da matansu suka tā da fara gunaguni mai tsanani a kan’yan’uwansu Yahudawa.
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
2 Waɗansu suka ce, “Mu da’ya’yanmu maza da mata muna da yawa, muna bukatar hatsi domin mu ci mu rayu.”
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
3 Waɗansu kuwa suka ce, “Saboda yunwa mun jinginar da gonakinmu, da gonakin inabinmu, da gidajenmu don mu sami hatsi.”
Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
4 Har illa yau waɗansu suka ce, “Mun ci bashin kuɗi don mu biya haraji a kan gonakinmu, da gonakin inabinmu.
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 Ga shi kuwa, mu da su dangin juna ne,’ya’yanmu da nasu kuma ɗaya ne, duk da haka an tilasta mu mu sa’ya’yanmu mata da maza su zama bayi. Har ma an riga an bautar waɗansu daga cikin’ya’yanmu mata, amma ba mu da iko mu ce kome, domin gonakinmu da gonakin inabinmu suna a hannun waɗansu mutane.”
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
6 Sa’ad da na ji kukansu da waɗannan koke-koke, na husata ƙwarai.
When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
7 Na yi tunaninsu a zuciyata sa’an nan na zargi manyan gari da shugabanni. Na ce musu, “Kuna musguna wa’yan’uwanku ta wurin ba su rance da ruwa!” Saboda haka na kira babban taro gaba ɗaya don a magance wannan.
and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
8 Na ce, “Da dukan iyakar ƙoƙarinmu, mun fanshi’yan’uwanmu Yahudawan da aka sayar wa Al’ummai. Amma ga shi kuna sayar da’yan’uwanku ga Al’ummai, don kawai a sāke sayar mana da su!”
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
9 Saboda haka na ci gaba na ce, “Abin da kuke yi a yanzu ba daidai ba ne. Bai kamata ku yi tafiya cikin tsoron Allahnmu don mu guji ba’ar Al’ummai abokan gābanmu ba?
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
10 Ni ma da’yan’uwana da kuma mutanena muna ba wa mutane bashin kuɗi da kuma hatsi. Sai mu daina sha’anin ba da rance da ruwa!
I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
11 Yau sai ku mayar musu da gonakinsu, da gonakin inabinsu, da na zaitunsu, da gidajensu, da kashi ɗaya bisa ɗari na kuɗi, da na hatsi, da na ruwan inabi, da na mai, waɗanda kuka karɓa a wurinsu.”
Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
12 Suka ce, “Za mu mayar musu, kuma ba za mu bukaci wani abu daga gare su ba. Za mu yi yadda ka faɗa.” Sai na tattara firistoci na kuma sa manyan gari da shugabanni su yi rantsuwa don su yi abin da suka yi alkawari.
“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
13 Na kuma kakkaɓe hannuna, na ce, “Duk wanda ya karya wannan alkawari, haka Allah zai kakkaɓe shi daga gidansa da aikinsa. Allah zai kakkaɓe shi, yă wofintar da shi!” Da jin wannan, sai dukan taron suka ce, “Amin,” suka kuma yabi Ubangiji. Mutane kuwa suka yi kamar yadda suka yi alkawari.
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
14 Ban da haka ma, daga shekara ta ashirin ta Sarki Artazerzes, sa’ad da aka naɗa ni in zama gwamnansu a ƙasar Yahuda, har zuwa shekara ta talatin da biyu na mulkinsa, shekara sha biyu ke nan, ko ni, ko’yan’uwana, ba wanda ya ci abincin da akan ba wa gwamna.
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
15 Amma gwamnonin farko, waɗanda suka riga ni, sun ɗaura wa mutane kaya mai nauyi suka karɓi shekel arba’in na azurfa daga gare su haɗe da abinci da kuma ruwan inabi. Har bayin masu mulki ma sun nawaya wa mutane. Amma ni ban yi haka ba, saboda ina tsoron Allah.
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
16 A maimakon haka, na miƙa kaina ga aiki a kan wannan katanga. Na tattara dukan mutanena a can don aikin; ba mu samar wa kanmu wata gona ba.
Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
17 Bugu da ƙari, Yahudawa da shugabanni ɗari da hamsin suna ci daga teburina, haka ma waɗanda suka zo wurinmu daga ƙasashen da suke kewaye.
There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
18 Kowace rana akan shirya mini saniya ɗaya, zaɓaɓɓun tumaki shida da waɗansu kaji, kuma kowace kwana goma akan tanadar da ruwan inabi na kowane iri a yalwace. Duk da haka, ban taɓa nemi a ba ni abincin da akan ba wa gwamna ba, domin wahala ta yi wa jama’a yawa.
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
19 Ka tuna da ni, ka yi mini alheri, ya Allah, saboda dukan abubuwan da na yi saboda waɗannan mutane.
Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
