Nehemias 5
1 Ket inyikkis dagiti lallaki ken dagiti assawada ti reklamoda kadagiti padada a Judio.
And there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2 Ta adda sumagmamano kadakuada a nangibaga, “Adukami agraman dagiti annakmi a lallaki ken babbai. Isu a makaalakami koma iti trigo a kanenmi ket agbiagkami.”
And there were some that said, Our sons, and our daughters, [and] ourselves are many; and we must buy corn, that we may eat, and live.
3 Adda pay dadduma kadakuada a nangibaga, “Insaldami dagiti talonmi, dagiti kaubasanmi ken dagiti balaymi tapno makaalakami iti trigo kabayatan ti panagbisin.”
And others there were that said, We must pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses, that we may buy corn, in the famine.
4 Kinuna pay dagiti dadduma, “Bimmulodkami iti kuarta nga ibayadmi iti ari a para iti buis dagiti talon ken dagiti kaubasanmi.
And others there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 Ngem ita, ti lasag ken darami ket kas met laeng kadagiti kakabsatmi, ken dagiti annakmi ket kas met laeng kadagiti annakda. Mapilitankami a mangilako kadagiti annakmi nga agbalin a tagabu. Natagabun dagiti dadduma nga annakmi a babbai. Ngem awan ti kabaelanmi a tumulong kadakuada gapu ta sabalin a tattao ti akinkukua kadagiti talon ken kadagiti kaubasanmi.”
Yet now our flesh is like the flesh of our brethren, our children are like their children: and, lo, we must force our sons and our daughters to become servants, and some of our daughters are forced [to become so], and our hand is powerless; and our fields and our vineyards belong to others.
6 Kasta unay ti ungetko idi nangngegko ti ikkisda ken dagitoy a sasao.
And it displeased me greatly when I heard their complaint and these words.
7 Pinanpanunotko ngarud daytoy, ket napanko binabalaw dagiti natakneng a tattao ken dagiti opisial. Kinunak kadakuada, “Agsingsingir ti tunggal maysa kadakayo iti interes iti bukodna a kabsat.” Nangangayak iti dakkel a taripnong a maibusor kadakuada
Then did I consult with my heart, and I upbraided the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, “Ye exact usury, every one of his brother!” And I brought together a great assembly against them.
8 ket kinunak kadakuada, “Datayo, agingga iti kabaelantayo ket sinubbottayo manipud iti pannakatagabu dagiti kakabsattayo a Judio a nailako kadagiti nasion, ngem inlakoyo dagiti kakabsatyo kadagiti padayo a Judio tapno ilakodanto met laeng ida kadatayo!” Nagulimekda ket awan a pulos ti nasaoda.
And I said unto them, We have indeed ransomed our brethren the Jews, who had been sold unto the various nations, as far as our means went: and will ye yourselves even sell your brethren, so that they will be sold again unto us? And they remained silent, and found no answer.
9 Kinunak pay, “Saan a nasayaat ti ar-aramidenyo. Saan aya a rumbeng nga agbiagkayo nga addaan panagbuteng iti Dios tapno maliklikan ti panangumsi kadatayo dagiti kabusortayo a nasion?
Then said I, The thing is not good which ye are doing: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the taunting of the nations, our enemies?
10 Siak, dagiti kakabsatko ken dagiti adipenko, ket papautanganmi ida iti kuarta ken trigo. Ngem masapul nga isardengmin ti panagsingir iti interes kadagitoy nga utang.
And also I, my brothers, and my young men, have lent them money and corn: I pray you, let us relinquish this loan.
11 Iti daytoy met la nga aldaw, isubliyon kadakuada dagiti talonda, dagiti kaubasanda, dagiti kaoliboanda, dagiti babbalayda ken ti porsiento ti kuartada, ti trigoda, ti baro nga arakda, ken ti lana a siningiryo kadakuada.”
Give back to them, I pray you, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye have lent them.
12 Ket kinunada, “Isublimin dagiti innalami kadakuada, ken saanmi idan a singeren. Aramidenmi kas iti imbagam.” Inayabak ngarud dagiti papadi ket pinagsapatak ida a tungpalenda dagiti inkarida.
Then said they, We will give [all] back, and of them will we require nothing: so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and made them swear, that they would do in accordance with this promise.
13 Winagwagko ti kupin ti kagayko ket kinunak kadakuada, “Wagwagen koma ti Dios ti balay ken dagiti sanikuana ti tunggal tao a saan a mangtungpal iti karina. Mawagwag koma isuna ken awan mabati kenkuana. Kinuna dagiti amin nga adda iti taripnong, “Sapay koma ta kasta,” ket dinaydayawda ni Yahweh. Ket inaramid dagiti tattao kas iti inkarida.
Also my lap did I shake out, and said, So may God shake out every man that performeth not this promise, from his house and of his toil-gotten wealth, and so let him remain shaken out, and empty. And all the assembly said, Amen, and they praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.
14 Isu a manipud iti tiempo a nadutokanak a gobernadorda iti daga ti Juda, manipud iti maika-duapulo a tawen agingga iti maika-32 a tawen ni Artaxerxes nga ari, sangapulo ket dua a tawen a saanak a nangan wenno dagiti kakabsatko kadagiti taraon nga agpaay iti gobernador.
Moreover from the day that [the king] had enjoined on me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year up to the two and thirtieth year of king Artaxerxes, [full] twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food of the governor.
15 Ngem pinadagsenan dagiti sigud a gobernador nga immun-una ngem siak dagiti tattao, inalaanda ida iti uppat a pulo a siklo a pirak nga agpaay iti inaldaw a taraon ken arakda. Uray dagiti adipenda ket pinarigatda dagiti tattao. Ngem saanko nga inaramid ti kasta gapu iti panagbutengko iti Dios.
But the former governors that had been before me had made it heavy for the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver: yea, even their young men ruled over the people; but I myself did not act so, because of the fear of God.
16 Intuloyko pay ti nagtrabaho iti pader, ket awan ti ginatangmi a daga. Ket naguummong sadiay dagiti amin nga adipenko tapno agtrabaho.
And in the work of this wall also did I labor actively; and we bought not any fields; and all my young men were assembled there by the work.
17 Kalanglangko a mangan iti lamisaak dagiti 150 a lallaki a Judio ken opisial, malaksid kadagiti immay kadakami manipud kadagiti nasion iti aglawlawmi.
Moreover of the Jews and rulers, one hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from the nations that are about us, [ate] at my table.
18 Ita, inaldaw a maisagana ti maysa a kalakian a baka, innem a napili a karnero, ken kasta met dagiti bilit, ken kada sangapulo nga aldaw, nawadwad ti amin a kita ti arak. Ket nupay kasta, saanko nga innala ti abasto a taraon nga agpaay iti gobernador, gapu ta nadagsen unay kadagiti tattao ti masingsingir a buis.
And that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also birds were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance: yet with all this I required not the food of the governor; because the service lay heavily upon this people.
19 Lagipennak, O Diosko, iti kinaimbag, gapu kadagiti amin nga inaramidko para kadagitoy a tattao.
Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
