Nehemaya 9

1 Nʼụbọchị nke iri abụọ na anọ nke otu ọnwa ahụ, ndị Izrel niile zukọkwara na obubu ọnụ, yiri uwe iru ụjụ, kpokwasịkwa onwe ha ntụ nʼisi.

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

2 Ndị si nʼagbụrụ Izrel wezugakwara onwe ha site nʼebe ndị mba ọzọ niile nọ. Ha guzoro nʼọnọdụ ha kwupụta mmehie ha na ajọ omume nke nna nna ha.

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 Ha guzokwara nʼebe ahụ ha nọ gụọ site nʼakwụkwọ iwu nke Onyenwe anyị, bụ Chineke ha ruo awa atọ. Ha jikwa awa atọ nke ọzọ kwupụta mmehie ha, na ife Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha ofufe.

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God [one] fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshiped the LORD their God.

4 Mgbe ahụ Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebanaya, Buni, Sherebaya, Bani na Kenani rigoro guzo nʼelu ihe nguzo ndị Livayị. Ha jiri oke olu kpọkuo Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke ha.

Then stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God.

5 Ndị Livayị ndị a, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneia, Sherebaya, Hodia, Shebanaya na Petahaya sịrị, “Bilienụ ọtọ, too Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, onye na-adị site nʼebighị ebi ruo ebighị ebi.” “Ka aha gị dị ebube bụrụ ihe a gọziri agọzi, ka ọ bụrụ ihe e buliri elu karịa ngọzị niile na otuto niile.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up [and] bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 Gị onwe gị, naanị gị bụ Onyenwe anyị. Gị kere eluigwe, ọ bụladị eluigwe kachasị elu, na kpakpando niile nke mbara eluigwe, ụwa na ihe niile dị nʼime ya, oke osimiri niile na ihe niile dị nʼime ha. Ọ bụ gị na-enye ihe niile ndụ, usuu niile nke eluigwe na-akpọkwa isiala nye gị.

Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] in it, the seas, and all that [is] in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshipeth thee.

7 “Gị, onwe gị bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke ahụ, onye họpụtara Ebram site nʼobodo Ụọ nke ndị Kaldịa, kpọpụta ya, gụgharịa aha ya ka ọ bụrụ Ebraham.

Thou [art] the LORD the God, who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth from Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

8 Ị hụkwara nʼobi ya kwesiri ntụkwasị obi nye gị, gị na ya gbakwara ndụ na ị ga-enye ụmụ ya ala ndị Kenan, nke ndị Het, nke ndị Amọrait, nke ndị Periz, nke ndị Jebus na nke ndị Gigash. I mezuola nkwa gị nʼihi na ị bụ onye ezi omume.

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him, to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it], [I say], to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous:

9 “Ị hụrụ nsogbu na iru ụjụ niile nke nna nna anyị ha nʼala Ijipt; ị nụkwara akwa ha nʼakụkụ Osimiri Uhie.

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

10 I gosiri Fero na ndịisi ọchịchị ya na ndị ya niile ọtụtụ ihe ịrịbama na ọrụ ebube nʼihi na ị hụrụ otu ha siri site na nganga juru ha obi mesoo ndị gị mmeso ọjọọ. Ụwa niile maara aha gị taa nʼihi ọrụ ebube ndị a niile ị rụrụ.

And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day.

11 I kewara Osimiri Uhie abụọ mee ka ndị gị site nʼala akọrọ gafee. Ma i mere ka ndị iro ha na-achụ ha ọsọ nwụọ nʼime oke osimiri ahụ. Ha mikpuru dịka nkume danyere nʼime mmiri, nke oke osimiri.

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

12 I ji ogidi igwe ojii duo nna nna anyị ha nʼehihie, ma were ogidi ọkụ duo ha nʼabalị, inye ha ìhè ka ha ghara ijehie ụzọ.

Moreover, thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

13 “I sitere nʼeluigwe gwa ha okwu, ị rịdatara nʼugwu Saịnaị, ị nyere ha iwu na ntụziaka niile ziri ezi, nyekwa ha ụkpụrụ na ihe niile dị mma nke enyere nʼiwu.

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spokest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

14 I mere ka ha mata ụbọchị izuike gị dị nsọ, nyekwa ha iwu site nʼọnụ ohu gị Mosis, ka ha debe iwu gị na ụkpụrụ gị niile.

And madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

15 I sitere nʼeluigwe nye ha achịcha mgbe agụụ gụrụ ha, sitekwa na nkume nye ha mmiri mgbe akpịrị kpọrọ ha nkụ. I sịkwara ha baa nʼime ala ahụ inweta ala ahụ bụ nke i weliri aka gị ṅụọ iyi inye ha.

And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

16 “Ma nna nna anyị ha erubeghị isi nʼokwu gị, nʼihi isiike ha na nganga ha.

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

17 Ha egeghị ntị ọbụla, ha echetakwaghị ihe ịrịbama niile i meere ha. Kama ha nupuru isi họpụtara onwe ha onyeisi ga-eduru ha ịlaghachi Ijipt. Ma ị bụ Chineke onye na-eme ebere, onye na-agbaghara mmehie ndị gị mgbe ọbụla. Ị bụ onye obiọma, onye iwe na-adịghị ewe ọsịịsọ. I jupụtara nʼịhụnanya na amara mgbe niile. Nʼihi ya, ị gbakụtaghị ha azụ,

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst perform among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

18 ọ bụladị mgbe ha meere onwe ha nwa ehi ha kpụrụ akpụ kwuo sị, ‘Nke a bụ chi unu. Ọ bụ ya si nʼala Ijipt dupụta anyị,’ maọbụ mgbe ha mehiere megide gị nʼụzọ niile.

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This [is] thy God that brought thee out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

19 “Ma nʼihi obi ebere gị nke dị ukwuu, ị hapụghị ha ka ha nwụọ nʼọzara. Ogidi igwe ojii ahụ duuru ha ụbọchị niile, ma ogidi ọkụ ahụ dukwara ha abalị niile.

Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

20 I zitere ezi Mmụọ nke gị ime ka ha nwee uche. Ị gbochikwaghị mánà gị iru ha ọnụ, ị nyekwara ha mmiri nʼihi akpịrị ịkpọ nkụ ha.

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

21 Iri afọ anọ ka i debere ha ndụ nʼọzara. Ọ dịghị ihe kọrọ ha nʼoge ahụ. Uwe ha akaghị nka, ukwu ha azaghị.

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [so that] they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.

22 “I nyere ha alaeze na mba dị iche iche, kenye ha ọbụladị ebe ndị dịkarịsịrị anya. Ha nwetara ala Saịhọn bụ eze Heshbọn, na ala Ọg bụ eze Bashan.

Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 I mere ka ụmụ Izrel mụbaa dịka kpakpando nke eluigwe, ị kpọbatara ha nʼala ahụ i gwara ndị bụ nna ha ka ha baa nweta.

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess [it].

24 Ụmụ ha banyere nweta ala ahụ. I meriri ndị Kenan nʼihu ha, bụ ndị bi nʼala ahụ. I weere ndị Kenan ahụ nyefee nʼaka ha, ha na ndị eze ha, na ndị niile bi nʼala ahụ ka ndị gị jiri ha mee ihe ọbụla ha kpebiri nʼobi ha.

So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

25 Ndị gị nwetara ala mara mma, na ọtụtụ obodo e wusiri ike; ha nwetakwara ọtụtụ ụlọ nke ihe ọma juru nʼime ha, na olulu mmiri e gwuru nke ọma, na ubi vaịnị mkpụrụ dị, na ubi oliv, na ọtụtụ osisi ọma ndị ọzọ na-amị mkpụrụ. Ha rijuru afọ, ahụ ha mara mma ile anya, ha ṅụrikwara ọṅụ nʼihi ngọzị ị gọziri ha.

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards and olive-yards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

26 “Ma ha nupuru isi nʼokwu gị, jụ iwu gị, gbuo ndị amụma tụrụ ha mmehie ha nʼihu, meekwa ọtụtụ ihe ọjọọ ndị ọzọ dị iche iche.

Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

27 Nʼihi nke a, i nyefere ha nʼaka ndị iro ha, ndị kpagburu ha. Ma nʼime mkpagbu ha, ha kpọkuru gị, ị nọkwa nʼeluigwe nụ ekpere ha, sitekwa nʼobi ebere gị zigara ha ndị bịara zọpụta ha, na ndị napụtara ha site nʼaka ndị iro ha.

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to thee, thou hearedest [them] from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them deliverers, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

28 “Ma mgbe ihe bidoro ịgara ha nke ọma, ha mekwara ihe jọrọ njọ nʼihu gị. Ọzọkwa, i nyefere ha nʼaka ndị iro ha ka ndị iro ha merie ha. Ma mgbe ọbụla ndị gị chegharịkwutere gị, kpọkuo gị ka i nyere ha aka, ị na-anụ arịrịọ ha, sitekwa nʼobi ebere gị gbapụta ha.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned and cried to thee, thou hearedest [them] from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

29 “Ị dọrọ ha aka na ntị sị ha lọghachi debe ihe i nyere nʼiwu. Ma ha sitere na nganga juru ha obi jụ idebe iwu gị. Ha mehiere megide ihe niile i nyere nʼiwu, ọ bụ ezie na ha maara na idebe ya ga-ewetara ha ndụ. Ma site nʼisiike ha, ha gbakụtara gị azụ, bụrụ ndị isiike na ndị jụrụ ige ntị.

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again to thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man doeth, he shall live in them: ) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

30 Ma i sitere na ntachiobi gị nye ha ogologo oge ichegharị; ị dọrọ ha aka na ntị site nʼọnụ ndị amụma gị, ma ha egeghị ntị. Ya mere, i kwenyekwara ka ndị iro ha merie ha ọzọ.

Yet many years didst thou forbear over them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore thou gavest them into the hand of the people of the lands.

31 Ma nʼihi obi ebere gị i bibighị ha kpamkpam; ị gbakụtakwaghị ha azụ nʼihi na ị bụ Chineke onye dị ebere na onye amara.

Nevertheless, for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou [art] a gracious and merciful God.

32 “Ugbu a, Chineke anyị, Chineke dị ukwuu, onye dị ike dịkwa ebube, onye na-edebe ọgbụgba ndụ ịhụnanya ya, ka ọnọdụ ihe isi ike a ghara ịbụ ihe nta nʼanya gị. Ntaramahụhụ nke dakwasịrị anyị, ndị eze anyị na ndị ndu anyị, ndị nchụaja anyị, ndị amụma anyị, nna nna anyị ha na ndị gị niile, site nʼoge ndị eze Asịrịa buru ụzọ lụgbuo anyị nʼagha tutu ruo taa.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

33 Ma gị onwe gị bụ onye ezi omume, nʼihe niile bịakwasịrị anyị; Ị mere ihe kwesiri, ebe anyị onwe anyị mere ajọ omume.

But thou [art] just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

34 Ndị eze anyị, ndị ndụ anyị na ndị nchụaja na nna nna anyị edebeghị iwu gị; ha aṅaghịkwa ntị nʼihe niile i nyere nʼiwu maọbụ ihe ama gị nke ị dọrọ ha aka na ntị idebe.

Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened to thy commandments and thy testimonies, with which thou didst testify against them.

35 Ọ bụladị mgbe ha nọ nʼalaeze nke aka ha na-ekpori ndụ, nke oke ịdị mma gị nke ị mere ka o rute ha aka, nʼala ọma ahụ sara mbara nwere ume i nyere ha, ha efeghị gị ofufe, ha esitekwaghị nʼụzọ ọjọọ ha chigharịa.

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

36 “Ma lee, anyị bụ ndị ohu taa, e, anyị bụ ndị ohu nʼala ahụ i nyere nna nna anyị ha, ka ọ bụrụ ebe ha ga-esi rie mkpụrụ ọ mịpụtara na ihe ọma ọ na-amịpụta.

Behold, we [are] servants this day, and [for] the land that thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we [are] servants in it:

37 Nʼihi mmehie anyị, mkpụrụ ọma niile a na-esi na ya wepụta ka ndị eze ahụ niile i mere ka ha na-achị anyị na-ewere. Ha nwere ike nʼahụ anyị, na nʼebe anụ ụlọ anyị dị ka o si dị ha mma. Anyị na-ahụjukwa anya.

And it yieldeth much increase to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.

38 “Nʼihi ihe ndị a niile, anyị na-ekwe gị nkwa ugbu a na anyị ga-efe gị. Anyị, ndịisi anyị, ndị Livayị na ndị nchụaja, na-etinye aha anyị nʼọgbụgba ndụ a.”

And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, set their seals [to it].