Nehemia 5

1 NUI loa iho la ka ohumu ana o na kanaka a me ka lakou poe wahine i na hoahanau o lakou i ka Iuda.

Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

2 No ka mea, olelo mai la kekahi poe, O ka makou mau keikikane a me ka makou mau kaikamahine, he poe nui no makou, a lawe aie makou i ka ai, i ai iho ai, a ola.

And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.

3 Aia hoi kekahi poe i olelo mai la, Ua moraki aku makou i na aina o makou, a me ka makou mau mala waina, a me ko makou mau hale, e kuai makou i ka ai, no ka pololi.

And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and let us take corn because of the famine.

4 A aia no hoi kekahi poe i olelo mai la, Ua lawe aie makou i ke kala i mea hookupu i ke alii, a paa malaila na aina o makou a me na mala waina.

And others said: Let us borrow money for the king’s tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:

5 A e like me ka io o ko makou poe hoahanau, ea, pela no ka io o makou, a e like me ka lakou mau keiki, pela no na keiki a makou; a eia hoi e hoolilo ana makou i ka makou mau keikikane a me ka makou mau kaikamahine i poe kauwa, a ua hookauwaia ano kekahi poe o ka makou mau kaikamahine: aole e hiki ia makou ke hoola; no ka mea, aia no ia hai na aina o makou a me ka makou mau mala waina.

And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess.

6 A huhu loa iho la au i ko'u lohe ana i ko lakou ohumu ana, a me keia mau mea.

And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.

7 Alaila kuka iho la ko'u naau me au iho; a ao aku la au i na kaukaualii a me na luna, a i aku la au ia lakou, Ke lawe nei oukou i ka uku kuala kekahi me kekahi A hoohuli au i ahakanaka nui eku e ia lakou.

And my heart thought with myself: and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them,

8 A i aku la au ia lakou, Ua kuai hoola makou i na hoahanau o kakou i ka Iuda i kuai lilo ia'ku i ko na aina e, e like me ka mea i hiki ia makou; a e kuai anei oukou i ko oukou hoahanau, ea? a e kuaiia mai anei lakou ia kakou? Alaila mumule iho la lakou, aole hoi i loaa ia lakou kekahi mea e ekemu mai ai.

And I said to them: We, as you know, have redeemed according to our ability our brethren the Jews, that were sold to the Gentiles: and will you then sell your brethren, for us to redeem them? And they held their peace, and found not what to answer.

9 A i aku la au, Aole pono keia mea a oukou e hana nei: aole anei e hele oukou ma ka makau o ko kakou Akua no ka hoowahawaha ana mai o ko na aina e, ko kakou poe enemi?

And I said to them: The thing you do is not good: why walk you not in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the Gentiles our enemies?

10 E hiki no hoi ia'u, a me ko'u poe hoahanau, a me ka'u poe kanwa ke auhau ia lakou ma ke kala a me ka ai: aka, e haalele kakou i keia alunu ana, ea.

Both I and my brethren, and my servants, have lent money and corn to many: let us all agree not to call for it again; let us forgive the debt that is owing to us.

11 Ke noi aku nei au ia oukou, e hoihoi aku oukou io lakou la i keia la i na aina o lakou, a me ka lakou mau mala waina a me ka lakou mau mala oliva, a me ko lakou mau hale, a me ka hapahaneri o ke kala a me ka ai, a me ka waina, a me ka aila a oukou e auhau ai ia lakou.

Restore ye to them this day their fields, and their vineyards, and their oliveyards, and their houses: and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, which you mere wont to exact of them, give it rather for them.

12 A i mai la lakou, E hoihoi no makou, aole hoi e auhau ia lakou; e like me ka mea au i olelo mai ai, pela no makou e hana'i. Alaila kahea aku la au i na kahuna, a na'u no lakou i kena'ku e hoohiki e nana e like me keia olelo ana.

And they said: We will restore, and we will require nothing of them: and we will do as thou sayest. And I called the priests and took an oath of them, to do according to what I had said.

13 A lulu iho la au i ke kapa ma ko'u alo, a i aku la au, Pela no e lulu aku ai ke Akua i kela kanaka i keia kanaka, ke nana ole ia e like me keia olelo ana, mai kona hale aku a mai kana oihana aku no hoi, a pela no ia e luluia'i a nele. A i mai la ka ahakanaka a pau, Amene, a hoonani aku la ia Iehova. A hana iho la ka poe kanaka e like me keia olelo ana.

Moreover I shook my lap, and said: So may God shake every man that shall not accomplish this word, out of his house, and out of his labours, thus may he be shaken out, and become empty. And all the multitude said: Amen. And they praised God. And the people did according to what was said.

14 A mai ka la mai o'u i hooliloia'i i kiaaina ma ka aina o Iuda, mai ka makahiki iwakalua mai a hiki i ka makahiki kanakolukumamalua o Aretasaseta, o ke alii, he umikumamalua makahiki, aole no au, aole hoi ko'u poe hoahanau i ai i ka ai na ke kiaaina.

And from the day, in which the king commanded me to be governor in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my brethren did not eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors.

15 Aka, o na kiaaina mamua o'u, ua hookaumaha lakou i na kanaka, a ua lawe na lakou mai i ka ai, a me ka waina, a me na sekela kala he kanaha; a ua hana no hoi ka lakou mau kauwa me he poe alii la maluna o na kanaka: aka, aole au i hana pela no ka makau i ke Akua.

But the former governors that had been before me, were chargeable to the people, and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sides: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I did not so for the fear of God.

16 A hooikaika no hoi au ma ka hana ana i keia pa, aole hoi makou i kuai i aina; aka, malaila no ma ka hana i akoakoa'i ka'u poe kauwa a pau.

Moreover I built in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered together to the work.

17 A o ka poe o Iuda, a me na luna ma kau papaaina hookahi haneri a me kanalima kanaka, a me ka poe no hoi i hele mai la io makou nei no ko na aina e mai a puni makou.

The Jews also and the magistrates to the number of one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, besides them that came to us from among the nations that were round about us.

18 A o ka mea i hoomakaukauia no ka la hookahi, hookahi bipi, a me na hipa eono i waeia; a ua noomakaukauia no hoi na manu na'u, a i ka umi o na la, keia waina keia waina, he nui; a ma keia mau mea, aole no au i lawe i ka ai na ke kiaaina, no ka mea, ua kaumaha ka hookauwa ana maluna o keia poe kanaka.

And there was prepared for me day by day one ox, and six choice rams, besides fowls, and once in ten days I gave store of divers wines, and many other things: yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor: for the people were very much impoverished.

19 E hoomanao mai oe ia'u, e ko'u Akua, i mea e pono ai, e like me na mea a pau a'u i hana'i no keia poe kanaka.

Remember me, O my God, for good according to all that I have done for this people.