Nehemia 9

1 Ary tamin’ ny andro fahefatra amby roa-polo tamin’ izany volana izany dia niangona ny Zanak’ Isiraely, sady nifady hanina no samy nitafy lamba fisaonana sy nihosin-tany.

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head.

2 Dia niavaka tamin’ ny olona hafa firenena rehetra ny taranak’ Isiraely ary nitsangana ka niaiky ny fahotany sy ny heloky ny razany.

And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 Ary nitsangana teo amin’ ny fitoerany avy izy, dia namaky ny teny tao amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàn’ i Jehovah Andriamaniny tamin’ ny ampahefatry ny andro; ary tamin’ ny ampahefatry ny andro koa dia nitsotra sy niankohoka teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamaniny izy.

And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their god: and they confessed [their sins] to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God.

4 Ary Jesoa sy Bany sy Kadmiela sy Sebania sy Bony sy Serebia sy Bany ary Kenany dia nitsangana teo ambonin’ ny lampihazon’ ny Levita ka nitaraina mafy tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamaniny.

[And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

5 Ary hoy ny Levita, dia Jesoa sy Kadmiela sy Bany sy Hasabnia sy Serebia sy Hodia sy Sebania ary Petahia: Mitsangana, ka misaora an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo mandrakizay mandrakizay. Ary isaorana anie ny anaranao malaza, izay voasandratra ambonin’ ny fisaorana sy ny fiderana rehetra.

And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God forever and ever: and let them bless thy glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise.

6 Hianao dia Hianao irery ihany no Jehovah; Hianao no nanao ny lanitra, dia ny lanitry ny lanitra, mbamin’ izay rehetra any aminy, ny tany sy izay rehetra eo aminy, ny ranomasina sy izay rehetra ao aminy, ary Hianao no mamelona azy rehetra; ary ireo maro any an-danitra samy miankohoka eo anatrehanao.

And Esdras said, Thou art the only true Lord; thou madest the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and thou quickenest all things, and the hosts of heaven worship thee.

7 Hianao no Jehovah Andriamanitra, Izay nifidy an’ i Abrama ka nitondra azy nivoaka avy tany Oran’ ny Kaldeana sady nanao ny anarany hoe Abrahama;

Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:

8 ary Hianao nahita ny fony fa nahatoky teo anatrehanao, ka dia nanao ilay fanekena taminy hanome ny tanin’ ny Kananita sy ny Hetita sy ny Amorita sy ny Perizita sy ny Jebosita ary ny Girgasita ho an’ ny taranany; ary efa nahatanteraka ny teninao Hianao, satria marina Hianao.

and thou foundest his heart faithful before thee, and didst make a covenant with him to give to him and to his seed the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites; and thou hast confirmed thy words, for thou [art] righteous.

9 Ary nahita ny fahorian’ ny razanay tany Egypta koa Hianao sady nandre ny fitarainany teo amoron’ ny Ranomasina Mena,

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry at the Red Sea.

10 dia nanao famantarana sy fahagagana tamin’ i Farao sy ny mpanompony rehetra sy tamin’ ny olona rehetra tany amin’ ny taniny Hianao; fa fantatrao fa nirehareha taminy ireo; dia nanao anarana ho Anao Hianao tahaka ny amin’ izao anio izao.

And thou shewedst signs and wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knowest that they behaved insolently against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as at this day.

11 Ary ny ranomasina dia nosarahinao teo anoloany, ka nandeha namaky teo afovoan’ ny ranomasina nandia ny tany maina izy; ary ireo nanenjika azy dia natsipinao hilentika amin’ ny lalina tahaka ny vato amin’ ny rano manonja.

And thou didst cleave the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and thou didst cast into the deep them that were about to pursue them, as a stone in the mighty water.

12 Andri-rahona no nitondranao azy raha antoandro, ary andri-afo nony alina, mba hampahazava azy hahitany izay lalana tokony halehany.

And thou guidedst them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.

13 Efa nidina tao ambonin’ ny tendrombohitra Sinay Hianao, dia niteny taminy tany an-danitra ka nanome azy fitsipika mahitsy sy lalana marina ary fomba sy didy tsara.

Also thou camest down upon mount Sina, and thou spakest to them out of heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments.

14 Ary nampahalala azy ny Sabatanao masìna Hianao, ary Mosesy mpanomponao nampilazainao didy sy fomba ary lalàna taminy;

And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath; thou didst enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of thy servant Moses.

15 ary mofo avy tany an-danitra no nomenao azy, raha noana izy; ary rano avy tamin’ ny vatolampy no navoakanao hosotroiny, raha nangetaheta izy; ary nilaza taminy Hianao fa hiditra ka handova ny tany izay nanangananao tanàna homena azy izy.

And thou gavest them bread from heaven for their food, and thou broughtest them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and thou badest them go in to inherit the land over which thou stretchedst out thy hand to give [it] them.

16 Fa niavonavona ireny razanay ireny, dia nanamafy ny hatony ka tsy nihaino ny didinao,

But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,

17 ary nandà tsy nety nanaraka izany izy sady tsy nahatsiaro ny fahagagana izay nataonao teo aminy; fa nanamafy ny hatony izy ka niodina, dia nanendry mpitarika mba hiverenany ho any amin’ ny fahandevozany; fa Andriamanitry ny famelan-keloka Hianao ka miantra sy mamindra fo, mahari-po sady be famindram-po, ka dia tsy nahafoy azy.

and refused to listen, and remembered not thy wonders which thou wroughtest with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but thou, O God, [art] merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and thou didst not forsake them.

18 Eny, nanao ilay ombilahy kely an-idina izy ka nanao hoe: Io no andriamanitrao izay nitondra anao hiakatra avy tany Egypta, dia nampahasosotra indrindra izy;

And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These [are] the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations.

19 kanefa noho ny haben’ ny famindram-ponao dia tsy mba nahafoy azy tany an-efitra Hianao; ny andri-rahona, izay nitondra azy teny an-dalana, dia tsy niala taminy raha antoandro, na ny andri-afo, izay nampahazava azy nony alina, hahitany izay lalana tokony halehany.

Yet thou in thy great compassions didst not forsake them in the wilderness: thou didst not turn away from them the pillar of the cloud by day, to guide them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.

20 Ary ny Fanahinao tsara dia nomenao azy koa hampianatra azy, ary tsy niaro ny namanao tamin’ ny vavany Hianao sady nanome azy rano, raha nangetaheta izy;

And thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them, and thou didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water in their thirst.

21 eny, efa-polo taona no namelomanao azy tany an-efitra, ka tsy nanan-java-mahory akory izy; tsy rovitra ny fitafiany, ary tsy nivonto ny tongony.

And thou didst sustain them forty years in the wilderness; thou didst not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised.

22 Ary nanome azy fanjakana sy firenena maro Hianao, ka voazaranao araka ny faritaniny avy ireny; ka dia nahazo ny tanin’ i Sihona sy ny tanin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Hesbona ary ny tanin’ i Oga, mpanjakan’ i Basana, izy.

Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms, and didst divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.

23 Ary ny zanany dia nohamaroinao ho tahaka ny kintana eny amin’ ny lanitra, sady nentinao ho amin’ ny tany izay nolazainao tamin’ ny razany fa hidirany holovana.

And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land of which thou spokest to their fathers;

24 Dia niditra ny zanany ka nandova ny tany, ary nampietrenao teo anoloany ny Kananita tompon-tany, dia natolotrao ho eo an-tanany ireo mbamin’ ny mpanjakany sy ny vahoakany hanaovany azy araka ny sitrapony.

And they inherited it: and thou didst destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and thou gavest into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do unto them as it pleased them.

25 Ary nahazo tanana mimanda sy tany lonaka izy ary trano feno zava-tsoa rehetra sy lavaka famorian-drano voahady sy tany voavoly voaloboka sy oliva ary hazo fihinam-boa betsaka; dia nihinana izy ka voky ary nihanatavy ka nifalifaly tamin’ ny fahatsaranao lehibe.

And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and oliveyards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in thy great goodness.

26 Kanefa nandà izy sady niodina taminao ary nanary ny lalànao teo ivohony, dia namono ny mpaminaninao, izay nananatra azy mafy hampiverenana azy ho aminao, ka nanao izay nampahasosotra indrindra izy.

But they turned, and revolted from thee, and cast thy law behind their backs; and they slew thy prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

27 Koa dia natolotrao ho eo an-tànan’ ny fahavalony izy, ka nampahory azy ireny; nefa tamin’ ny andro fahoriany dia nitaraina taminao izy, ka nihaino azy tany an-danitra Hianao, ary araka ny haben’ ny fiantranao dia nomenao mpamonjy izy, ka namonjy azy tamin’ ny tanan’ ny fahavalony ireo.

Then thou gavest them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to thee in the time of their affliction, and thou didst hear them from thy heaven, and in thy great compassions gavest them deliverers, and didst save them from the hand of them that afflicted them.

28 Kanjo rehefa niadana izy, dia nanao ratsy teo anatrehanao indray; dia nafoinao ho eo an-tànan’ ny fahavalony kosa izy, ka nanapaka azy ireny; fa nitaraina taminao indray izy, ary Hianao nihaino azy tany an-danitra ka namonjy izy matetika araka ny haben’ ny fiantranao.

But when they rested, they did evil again before thee: so thou leftest them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them: and they cried again to thee, and thou heardest [them] from heaven, and didst deliver them in thy great compassions.

29 Ary nananatra azy mafy Hianao hampiverenanao azy ho amin’ ny lalànao; kanefa mbola niavonavona ihany izy ka tsy nihaino ny didinao, fa nanota ny fitsipikao (iza mahavelona ny olona mankatò azy) ka nampihemotra ny sorony sy nanamafy ny hatony ary tsy nety nihaino.

And thou didst testify against them, to bring them back to thy law: but they hearkened not, but sinned against thy commandments and thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not.

30 Nefa nandefitra taona maro taminy Hianao, ary ny Fanahinao, Izay tao amin’ ny mpaminaninao, no nentinao nananatra azy mafy; fa tsy nety nihaino ihany izy, ka dia natolotrao ho eo an-tànan’ ny firenena amin’ ny tany hafa.

Yet thou didst bear long with them many years, and didst testify to them by thy Spirit by the hand of thy prophets: but they hearkened not; so thou gavest them into the hand of the nations of the land.

31 Nefa noho ny haben’ ny fiantranao dia tsy navelanao ho lany ringana izy ary tsy nafoinao, satria Andriamanitra mamindra fo sy miantra Hianao.

But thou in thy many mercies didst not appoint them to destruction, and didst not forsake them; for thou art strong, and merciful, and pitiful.

32 Koa ankehitriny, ry Andriamanitray ô, Andriamanitra lehibe sady mahery no mahatahotra, Izay mitandrina ny fanekenao sy ny famindram-ponao, aoka tsy ho kely eo imasonao ny fahoriana rehetra izay nanjo anay, dia ny mpanjakanay sy ny mpanapaka anay sy ny mpisoronay sy ny mpaminaninay ary ny razanay, dia ny olonao rehetra, hatramin’ ny andron’ ireo mpanjakan’ i Asyria ka mandraka androany.

And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in thy sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day.

33 Hianao no marina tamin’ izay rehetra nanjo anay, fa marina ny nataonao; fa izahay no nanao ratsy;

But thou [art] righteous in all the things that come upon us; for thou hast wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned.

34 ary ny mpanjakanay sy ny mpanapaka anay sy ny mpisoronay ary ny razanay dia samy tsy nankato ny lalànao, na nihaino ny didinao sy ny teni-vavolombelonao, izay nananaranao azy mafy.

And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, and have not given heed to thy commandments, and [have not kept] thy testimonies which thou didst testify to them.

35 Fa tsy nanompo Anao teo amin’ ny fanjakany izy sy teo amin’ ny haben’ ny zava-tsoa nomenao azy ary teo amin’ ny tany malalaka sy lonaka izay nomenao ho eo anoloany, sady tsy niala tamin’ ny ratsy fanaony izy.

And they did not serve thee in thy kingdom, and in thy great goodness which thou gavest to them, and in the large and fat land which thou didst furnish before them, and they turned not from their evil devices.

36 Koa, indreto, andevo izahay izao, ary ny amin’ ny tany izay nomenao ny razanay hihinanany ny vokatra sy ny soa avy aminy, indreto, andevo eto izahay;

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

37 ary mahavokatra be izy, kanefa ho an’ ireo mpanjaka izay notendrenao hanapaka anay noho ny fahotanay ihany izany; eny, manapaka ny tenanay sy ny biby fiompinay araka ny sitrapony izy, ka ozoim-pahoriana mafy izahay.

and its produce [is] abundant for the kings whom thou didst appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction.

38 Ary noho izany rehetra izany dia manao fanekena mafy izahay, ka soratanay izany ary manisy tombo-kase eo aminy ny mpanapaka anay sy ny Levitanay ary ny mpisoronay.

And in regard to all these circumstances we make a covenant, and write [it], and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, set their seal to [it].