Nehemia 5

1 Nampipoña-toreo amy zao ondatio naho o tañanjomba’eo ty amo nte-Iehoda roahalahi’ iareoo.

And the cry of the people and their wives [was] great against their brethren the Jews.

2 Teo ty nanao ty hoe: Maro zahay naho o ana-dahi’aio naho o anak’ ampela’aio; ehe apoho hangalake mahakama zahay hihinana’ay ho veloñe.

And some said, We [are] numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live.

3 Teo ka ty nanao ty hoe: Nampisongoe’ay o tete’aio, o tanembahe’aio vaho o anjomba’aio, hivilia’ay mahakama ty amy hasalikoañey.

And some said, [As to] our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge [them], and we will take corn, and eat.

4 Hoe ka ty ila’e, Fa nisongoe’ay drala ho amy vili-loham-panjakay o tane’aio naho tanem-bahe’aio.

And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes: —our fields, and our vineyards, and houses [are pledged].

5 Ie amy zao, kanao manahake ty nofo’ay ty nofo’ o longo’aio naho manahake o ana-dahi’ iareoo o ana-dahi’aio, oniño t’ie nampañondevo o ana-dahi’aio naho o anak’ ampela’aio, le amo anak’ ampela’aio henaneo ty fetrek’oro, fe tsy aman-kery hañavake iareo zahay; fa am’ondaty ila’eo o tete’aio naho o tanem-bahe’aio.

And now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children [are] as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards [belong] to the nobles.

6 Aa le vata’e niboseke iraho te naha­tsanoñe o fitoreova’ iareoo naho i saon­tsy rezay.

And I was much grieved as I heard their cry and these words.

7 Ie nitsakore, le trinevoko ami’ty hoe, Ry mpiaoloo naho, ry mpifeheo: Songa mangalak’ ana’e ami’ty songon-droahalahi’e hao? Le nanontonako fivori-bey,

And my heart took counsel within me, and I contended against the nobles, and the princes, and I said to them, Should every man demand of his brother what you demand? And I appointed against them a great assembly,

8 vaho nanoeko ty hoe, An-kalefeañe ty nijebaña’ay o rahalahin-tikañeo, o nte-Iehodao fa naletak’ amo kilakila’ ondatio; aa le haleta’ areo hao o rahalahi’ areoo? mbore havi­ly ama’ay? Nianjiñe iereo, fa tsy nanan-kavale.

and I said to them, We of our free-will have redeemed our brethren the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do you sell your brethren? and shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer.

9 Aa hoe iraho, Tsy soa o anoe’ areoo; tsy ndra kitra’e hañavelo am-pañeveñañe aman’ Añaharentika, ty amy sirika’ o kilakila’ondaty rafelahin-tikañeoo?

And I said, The thing which you do [is] not good; you will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.

10 Toe nampisongo drala naho tsako am’ iereo o rahalahikoo naho o mpitorokoo. Ehe te apon-tika ty fampanañan-tsongo.

Both my brethren, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and corn: let us now leave off this exaction.

11 Ehe, ampolio anito o tane’eo naho o tanem-bahe’eo naho o anjomba’eo naho ty volafoty zato naho i tsakoy naho i divaiy vaho i menake nampañavahe’o iareoy.

Restore to them, I pray, as at this day, their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive yards, and their houses, and bring forth to them corn and wine and oil of the money.

12 Aa le hoe iereo: Havaha’ay vaho tsy hipaia’ay ndra inoñ’ inoñe; hanoe’ay ami’ty do’e i nisaontsie’oy. Aa le nitokaveko o mpisoroñeo vaho nampanoeko fañina, hanoa’ iareo i saontsieñey.

And they said, We will restore, and we will not exact of them; we will do thus as you say. Then I called the priests, and bound them by oath to do according to this word.

13 Aa le nahifiko ty sikim-pèko, nanao ty hoe: Hoe zao ty añifihan’ Añahare t’indaty añ’anjomba’e naho ami’ty fitoloña’e ze tsy manao i nitsarae’ey; eka zao ty hañifihañe aze, ho koake. Le hoe i valobohòkey: Amena! vaho nandrenge Iehovà. Le nanoe’ ondatio i nitsaraeñey.

And I shook out my garment, and said, So may God shake out every man who shall not keep to this word, from his house, and from his labours, he shall be even thus shaken out, as an outcast and empty. And all the congregation said, Amen, and they praised the Lord: and the people did this thing.

14 Mbore, boak’ amy nanendreañe ahy ho bei’ iareo an-tane Iehodày, sikal’ amy taom-paha-roapoloy pak’ amy faha telo-polo-ro’ambi’ i Artaksastàiy, mpanjaka, i folo-tao-ro’ amby zay, le tsy nikamà’ay naho o rahalahikoo ty mahakamam-bein-tanañe.

From the day that he charged me to be their ruler in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Arthasastha, twelve years, I and my brethren ate not [provision] extorted from them.

15 Fa toe nampijinie’ o bey taolo’ ahio o kilankam-bei’ ondatioo, le nangalà’ iereo mofo naho divay ambone’ ty efa-polo sekele ty ondaty; eka, toe nirengerenge ama’ iareo o mpitoroñeo; fa tsy nanao Izay iraho, ami’ ty fañeveñako aman’ Añahare.

But as for the former acts of extortion wherein [those who were] before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachmas for bread and wine; and the [very] outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God.

16 Eka, toe nifanehak’ ami’ty kijoly toy avao iraho, le tsy nivily tane zahay vaho fonga nifanontoñe amy asay o mpitorokoo.

Also in the work of the wall I treated them not with rigor, I bought not land: and all that were gathered together [came] there to the work.

17 Mbore zato-tsi-limampolo amo nte-Iehodao naho amo mpifeheo ty tam-pandambañako eo naho tsy volañeñe o rahalahy nivo­trak’ ama’ay boak’ ampariparitseo.

And the Jews, to [the number of] a hundred and fifty men, besides those coming to us from the nations round about, [were] at my table.

18 Ty nihalankañeñe ho ahy boak’ andro amy zao, le añombe raike naho añondry eneñe jinoboñe; le voroñe ka ty nihajarieñe ho ahy, ie naharitse folo andro le namandroñañe divay maro karaza’e; fe amy iaby zay tsy nipaiaeko ty mahakama’ i beiy, amy te navesatse am’ondatio i fitoroñañey.

And there came [to me] for one day one calf, and I had six choice sheep and a goat; and every ten days wine in abundance of all sorts: yet with these I required not the bread of extortion, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

19 Ehe ivetseo hasoa ry Andrianañahare amo he’e nanoako amo ondatioo.

Remember me, O God, for good, [in] all that I have done to this people.