Nehemiás 5

1 És nagy volt a népnek s nejeiknek kiáltása zsidó testvéreik ellen.

[Later, ] many of the men and their wives protested loudly about what [some of] the [other] Jews were doing.

2 Voltak ugyanis, kik mondták: A mi fiaink és leányaink sokan vannak és vennünk kell gabonát, hogy együnk és éljünk.

Some/One of them said, “We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and continue to live.”

3 És voltak, a kik mondták: mezőinket, szőlőinket és házainkat el kell zálogosítanunk, hogy vegyünk gabonát az éhségben.

Others said, “The fields and vineyards and houses that we own, it has been necessary for us to (mortgage them/promise to give them to someone if we do not pay back to him the money he has loaned us) in order to get money to buy grain, during this (famine/time where there is not much food).”

4 És voltak, a kik mondták: Pénzt vettünk kölcsön a király adójához mezőinkre és szőlőinkre.

Others said, “We have [needed to] borrow money to pay the taxes that the king [commanded us to pay] on our fields and our vineyards.

5 És most, a milyen testvéreink húsa, olyan a mi húsunk, a milyenek az ő fiaik, olyanok a mi fiaink, s íme kényszerítenünk kell fiainkat a leányainkat szolgákká, és vannak leányaink közül, kik már kényszerítve vannak, nincsen mód a kezünkben, hisz mezőink és szőlőink másokéi.

We are Jews just like [IDM] they are. Our children are ([just as good as/equal with)] their children. But we have needed to sell some of our children to become slaves [in order to pay what we owe]. We have already sold some of our daughters to become slaves. Our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us, so now we do not have [the money to pay what we owe, and we are forced to sell our children to get money to pay those debts].”

6 Ez nagyon bosszantott engem, midőn hallottam kiáltásukat és eme beszédeket.

I was very angry when I heard these things that they were complaining about.

7 És tanácskozott szívem én bennem, és pöröltem a nemesekkel és a vezérekkel és mondtam nekik: Mint hitelezők bántok ti kiki testvérével! És rendeztem ellenük nagy gyülekezetet.

So I thought about what I could do about it. I told the leaders and officials [who were responsible for this work], “You are charging interest to your own relatives [when they borrow money from you]!” Then I called together a large group of people,

8 És mondtam nekik: Mi megvettük zsidó testvéreinket, a kik eladva voltak a nemzeteknek, a mennyire tőlünk tellett; és ti még el is adnátok testvéreiteket, hogy minekünk eladassanak. Erre hallgattak s nem találtak választ.

and I said to their [leaders], “Some of our Jewish relatives have been forced to sell themselves to become slaves of people who have come from other countries. As much as we have been able to, we have been buying them back [out of slavery]. But now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their fellow Jews, as slaves!” [When I said that to them, ] they were silent. There was nothing that they could say [because they knew that what I said was true].

9 És mondtam: Nem jó a dolog, a mit ti cselekszetek. Nemde a mi Istenünk félelmében kellene járnotok, a nemzeteknek, ellenségeinknek gyalázása miatt!

Then I said to them, “What you are doing is terrible [EUP]! You certainly ought to [RHQ] obey God and do what is right! If you did that, our enemies who do not revere Yahweh [would see that we are doing what is right and] would not ridicule us.

10 Én is, meg testvéreim és legényeim az ő hitelezőik vagyunk pénzzel és gabonával, hadd engedjük csak el ezt az adósságot.

My fellow Jews and I and my servants have lent money and grain to people [without charging interest]. So you all should stop charging interest on these loans.

11 Adjátok csak vissza nekik e napon mezőiket, szőlőiket, olajfáikat, házaikat és századát a pénznek és a gabonának, mustnak s olajnak, a mivel hitelezőik vagytok.

Also, you must give back to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive tree orchards, and their houses that you have taken from them. You must also give back to them the interest that you charged them when they borrowed money, grain, wine, and [olive] oil from you, and you must do it today!”

12 Erre mondták: Visszaadjuk s tőlük mit sem követelünk; úgy cselekszünk, a mint te mondod. És elhívtam a papokat s megeskettem őket, hogy ekképp fognak cselekedni.

The leaders replied, “We will do what you have said. We will return to them everything that we forced them to give to us, and we will not require that they give us anything more.” Then I summoned the priests, and I forced the leaders to vow in front of them that they would do what they had promised to do.

13 Ki is ráztam ölemet és mondtam: Így rázzon ki Isten minden embert, a ki ezt a dolgot nem teljesíti, házából és szerzeményéből s így legyen kirázott és üres. Erre mondta az egész gyülekezet: Ámen! És dicsérték az Örökkévalót, és cselekedett a nép ezenképpen.

I shook out the folds of my robe and said to them, “If you do not do what you have just now promised to do, I hope/desire that God will shake you like I am shaking my robe. He will take away your homes and everything else that you own.” They all replied, “Amen/May it be so!” And they praised Yahweh. Then they did what they had promised to do.

14 Attól a naptól fogva is, a melyen kirendeltek engem, hogy helytartójuk legyek Jehúda országában, huszadik évétől harminckettedik évéig Artachsaszt királynak, tizenkét éven át, én a testvéreimmel a helytartó kenyerét nem ettem.

I was appointed to be the governor of Judea in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia]. For the next twelve years, until he had been ruling for almost 32 years, neither I nor my officials accepted [the money that we were allowed/entitled to receive to buy] food because of my being the governor.

15 Az előbbi helytartók pedig, a kik előttem voltak, megterhelték a népet és vettek tőlük kenyér és bor fejében több mint negyven sékel ezüstöt, a legényeik is hatalmaskodtak a nép fölött; de én nem cselekedtem így, istenfélelemből.

The men who were governors before I became the governor had burdened the people by requiring them to pay a lot of taxes. They had forced each person to pay to them 40 silver coins every day, in addition to giving food and wine to them. Even their servants/officials oppressed the people. But I did not do that, because I revered God.

16 És e fal munkájában is erősködtem s mezőt nem vettünk, mind a legényeim pedig egybegyűlve voltak ott a munkánál.

I also continued to work on the wall, and I did not take land from people [who were unable to pay back the money that they had borrowed from me]. All those who worked for me joined me to work on the wall.

17 A zsidók pedig, mind a vezérek, százötven ember, s azok, a kik hozzánk jöttek a körülöttünk levő nemzetek közül, asztalomnál voltak.

Also, every day I was responsible to feed 150 Jewish officials, and also [official] visitors who came from nearby countries.

18 A mi pedig elkészíttetett egy napra: egy ökör, hat válogatott juh, és szárnyasok készíttettek el nekem és tíz napon belül jó sok mindenféle borból; mindamellett a helytartó kenyerét nem követeltem, mert terhes volt a szolgálat ezen a népen.

Each day I [told my servants to] serve [us the meat from] one ox, six very good sheep, and chickens. And every ten days I gave them a large new supply of wine. But I knew that the people were burdened [by paying lots of taxes], so I did not accept [the money that I was entitled/allowed to receive to buy all this] food because of my being the governor.

19 Emlékezzél meg, Istenem, javamra mindarról, a mit ezért a népért cselekedtem.

My God, do not forget me, and reward me because of all that I have done for these people.