Nehemiah 13
1 Ke pacl se Ma Sap lal Moses ritiyuk nu sin mwet uh, elos rit nwe sun acn se ma fahk mu wangin mwet Ammon ku mwet Moab fah filfilla in kupasryang nu sin mwet lun God nwe tok,
One day when the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the section was found where it was written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be allowed into the assembly of God,
2 ke sripen mwet Ammon ac mwet Moab elos tuh tia sang mongo ac kof nu sin mwet Israel ke elos illa liki Egypt, a elos moli nu sel Balaam tuh elan selngawi mwet Israel. Tusruktu God lasr El furokla selnga sac nu ke sie mwe insewowo.
because they hadn't brought food and water when they met the Israelites, but instead they had hired Balaam to put a curse on them—though our God turned that curse into a blessing!
3 Ke mwet Israel elos lohng ma sap se inge ke ritiyukla, elos srela mwetsac nukewa liki inmasrlolos.
When the people heard about this law, they separated out from Israel everyone who had foreign ancestry.
4 Mwet tol Eliashib, su ma kunal in liyaung infukil in filma lun Tempul, el tuh kawuk nu sel Tobiah ke pacl na loes.
Before all this, Eliashib the priest, who was related to Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the Temple of our God.
5 Na el fuhlela Tobiah elan orekmakin sie infukil lulap su ma na nu ke karinginyen mwe sang ke wheat ac mwe keng ac kufwen orekma lun Tempul, oayapa mwe sang nu sin mwet tol, ac sie tafu singoul ke wheat, wain, ac oil in olive ma itukyang nu sin mwet Levi, mwet on lun Tempul, ac mwet karingin mutunpot lun Tempul.
He had provided Tobiah with a large room which had previously been used to store the grain offerings, incense, and Temple items, as well as the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil allocated to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, in addition to the offerings for the priests.
6 Ke pacl ma inge orek uh, nga wangin Jerusalem, mweyen ke yac se aktolngoul luo ma Artaxerxes el tokosra lun Babylon, nga tuh folokla in akkalemye nu sel ma sikyak in Jerusalem. Tukun kutu len, nga siyuk sin tokosra
When all this happened I was not in Jerusalem because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I requested permission from the king to go back.
7 tuh nga in sifil folokla nu Jerusalem. Ke nga sun acn we nga tuh arulana lut ke nga konauk tuh Eliashib el fuhlela Tobiah elan orekmakin sie fukil in Tempul.
When I arrived back in Jerusalem I discovered the dreadful thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courtyard of God's Temple.
8 Nga kasrkusrak ac sisla ma nukewa lal Tobiah.
I was extremely upset, and I went and threw out everything that was in Tobiah's room.
9 Nga sap tuh fukil inge in aknasnasyeyukla fal nu ke oakwuk lun alu lasr, ac kufwa nukewa lun Tempul ac mwe kisa wheat ac mwe keng in sifil folokyang nu loac.
I ordered the rooms purified, and put back the Temple items, the grain offerings, and the incense.
10 Nga lohng pac lah mwet on lun Tempul ac mwet Levi saya elos som liki acn Jerusalem ac folokla nu ke ima lalos, mweyen mwet uh tia kitalos ke ma fal nu selos in moulkin.
I also found out that the food allowances for the Levites were not being provided, so the Levites had gone back to take care of their fields, along with the singers who led the worship services.
11 Nga mulat nu sin mwet kol lah elos fuhlela in pilesreyuk Tempul uh. Ac nga folokonma mwet Levi ac mwet on nu in Tempul, ac sap elos in sifil oru orekma kunalos.
I went and confronted the leaders, asking, “Why is God's Temple being neglected?” I called the Levites back and made sure they were carrying out their responsibilities.
12 Na mwet Israel nukewa sifilpa mutawauk in use sie tafu singoul lalos ke wheat, wain, ac oil in olive nu infukil in filma in Tempul.
Everyone in Judah then brought the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil into the storerooms.
13 Nga sulela mwet inge in liyaung infukil in filma: Shelemiah su sie mwet tol, Zadok su sie mwet sasla ke Ma Sap, ac Pedaiah su sie mwet Levi. Hanan, wen natul Zaccur su wen natul Mattaniah, pa mwet kasru lalos. Nga etu lah nga ku in lulalfongi mwet inge in kitalik ma utukeni nu sin mwet orekma wialos ke inkanek suwohs.
I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one of the Levites, in charge of the storerooms with Hanan, son of Zakkur, son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered honest people. Their responsibility was to distribute the allowances to their fellow Levites.
14 O God luk, esam ma inge nukewa su nga oru nu ke Tempul lom, ac nu ke alu in lohm sum.
My God, please remember me over this. Please don't forget my good deeds I have done for the Temple of my God and its services.
15 In pacl sac nga liye mwet in acn Judah elos fut grape in wain ke len Sabbath. Ac kutu mwet uh til wheat, wain, grape, fig, ac kutu ma saya nu fin donkey natulos, ac us utyak nu Jerusalem. Na nga fahkang elos in tia kukakin kutena ma ke len Sabbath.
Around that time I noticed people treading the winepress on Sabbath. I saw others collecting grain and loading it up on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, and bringing it all into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
16 Oasr pac kutu mwet Tyre tuku muta Jerusalem, ac elos use ik ac kain in ma nukewa nu in siti uh in kukakin nu sin mwet lasr ke len Sabbath.
I told them off for selling their produce on that day.
17 Nga mulat nu sin mwet kol lun mwet Jew ac fahk nu selos, “Liye ma koluk kowos oru ingan! Kowos akkolukyela len Sabbath!
Some people from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of things and they were selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
18 Pa inge sripa se oru God El kalyei mwet lowos meet ah, ac oru tuh in kunausyukla siti se inge. A kowos srakna oru tuh kasrkusrak lun God in yokelik nu fin Israel ke kowos aklusrongtenye len Sabbath.”
I confronted the Jewish leaders, asking them, “Why are you are doing such an evil thing? You are violating the Sabbath day! Wasn't this what your forefathers did, bringing our God down on us, causing us and this city such disasters? Now you're bringing even more trouble on us by violating the Sabbath!”
19 Ouinge nga sapkin tuh mutunpot in siti uh in kaul ke mutaweyen len Sabbath nukewa, ke tufahna ekela na kauli ac tia sifil ikakla nwe ke safla len Sabbath. Nga filiya kutu sin mwet luk in tu sisken mutunpot, in liye tuh in wangin ma utukyak nu in siti uh ke len Sabbath.
So I ordered Jerusalem's gates to be shut at sunset on the day before the Sabbath, and that were not to be opened until after the Sabbath had ended. I assigned some of my men to guard the gates to make sure no goods would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
20 Oasr pacl se ku luo, mwet kuka ke kutena kain mwe kuka, elos sisla fong in Friday nufon se likin pot lun siti uh.
A couple of times merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside of Jerusalem.
21 Nga fahk nu selos, “Wangin sripa kowos in muta ingan ac soano in lenelik. Kowos fin sifil oru, nga ac lain kowos ke ku luk.” Tukun pacl sac me elos tia sifil tuku ke len Sabbath.
I warned them, saying, “Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do that again I'll have you arrested!” After that they didn't come on the Sabbath.
22 Nga sapkin tuh mwet Levi in sifacna aknasnasyalos, ac som taran mutunpot, ac karingin tuh in akmutalyeyuk na len Sabbath. O God, esamyu pac ke ma se inge, ac moliyula ke sripen yokna lungkulang lom.
Then I told the Levites to purify themselves and to come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. My God, please also remember me for doing this, and be merciful to me because of your trustworthy love.
23 In pacl sac, nga konauk pac lah pus mukul Jew payuk nu sin mutan Ashdod, Ammon, ac Moab.
Around the same time I realized some Jews had married women from Ashdod, Moab, and Ammon.
24 Tafu tulik natulos kaskaskin kas Ashdod ku kutu pac kas saya, ac nikin kas lasr uh.
Half their children could only speak the language of Ashdod or that of another people, and didn't know how to speak the language of Judah.
25 Nga mulat nu selos, ac selngawelos, ac puokolos ac siki aunsifalos. Na nga oru tuh elos in fulahk Inen God tuh elos, ac tulik natulos, ac fah tia sifilpa apayuki yurin mwetsac.
So I confronted them and told them they were cursed. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God, saying, “You must not allow your daughters to marry their sons, or allow your sons—or yourselves— to marry their daughters.
26 Nga fahk nu selos, “Mutan sac pa pwanang koluk lal Tokosra Solomon. El fulat liki tokosra nukewa lun mutunfacl saya, ac God El lungse el ac oru tuh elan tokosra fin Israel nufon. Finne ouinge, a mutan sac uh akkolukyalla.
Wasn't it marriages like these that made King Solomon of Israel sin? There wasn't a king in any nation like him. God loved him, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was made to sin by foreign women.
27 Ya kut ac ukwe srikasrak lowos ac seakos God lasr, ac payuk nu sin mutan sac?”
So do we have to hear about you committing this dreadful sin, how you are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”
28 Joiada el wen natul Eliashib, Mwet Tol Fulat. Na sie sin wen natul Joiada el payuk sin acn natul Sanballat, sie mwet Beth Horon. Ouinge nga supwalla Joiada elan som liki Jerusalem.
Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I expelled him.
29 O God, esam lah mwet inge elos akkolukye orekma fulat lun mwet tol, oayapa wulela ma kom tuh orala yurin mwet tol ac mwet Levi.
My God, remember them and what they did, violating the priesthood and the solemn agreement of the priests and Levites.
30 Nga aknasnasye mwet uh liki ma nukewa su tuku saya me, ac nga oakiya ma sap nu sin mwet tol ac mwet Levi, tuh kais sie selos in etu orekma kunalos.
I purified them from everything foreign, and I made sure the priests and Levites were carrying out their assigned responsibilities.
31 Nga orala oakwuk nu ke etong ma ac orekmakinyuk nu ke mwe kisa firir in utuku ke pacl fal, oayapa tuh mwet uh in use fahko se meet ke wheat ac ke fokinsak. Esam ma inge nukewa, O God, ac akwoyeyu kac.
I also arranged for wood to be supplied for the altar at the specified times, and for the first part of the produce to be donated. My God, remember me favorably.
