< Nehemia 5 >

1 Nampipoña-toreo amy zao ondatio naho o tañanjomba’eo ty amo nte-Iehoda roahalahi’ iareoo.
Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.
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.
For there were that said, We, our sonnes and our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue.
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 there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.
4 Hoe ka ty ila’e, Fa nisongoe’ay drala ho amy vili-loham-panjakay o tane’aio naho tanem-bahe’aio.
There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.
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 nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.
6 Aa le vata’e niboseke iraho te naha­tsanoñe o fitoreova’ iareoo naho i saon­tsy rezay.
Then was I very angrie when I heard their crie and these wordes.
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 I thought in my minde, and I rebuked the princes, and the rulers, and saide vnto them, You lay burthens euery one vpon his brethren: and I set a great assemblie against them,
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 vnto them, We (according to our abilitie) haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: and will you sell your brethren againe, or shall they be solde vnto vs? Then helde they their peace, and could not answere.
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?
I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, for the reproche of the heathen our enemies?
10 Toe nampisongo drala naho tsako am’ iereo o rahalahikoo naho o mpitorokoo. Ehe te apon-tika ty fampanañan-tsongo.
For euen I, my brethren, and my seruants doe lende them money and corne: I pray you, let vs leaue off this burden.
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, I pray you, vnto them this day their landes, their vineyardes, their oliues, and their houses, and remit the hundreth part of the siluer and of the corne, of the wine, and of the oyle that ye exact of them.
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.
Then said they, We will restore it, and will not require it of them: we will doe as thou hast said. Then I called the Priestes, and caused them to sweare, that they shoulde doe according to this promise.
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.
So I shooke my lappe, and said, So let God shake out euery man that wil not perfourme this promise from his house, and from his labour: euen thus let him be shaken out, and emptied. And all the Cogregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord: and the people did according to this promise.
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.
And from the time that the King gaue me charge to be gouernour in the lande of Iudah, from the twentieth yeere, euen vnto the two and thirtieth yeere of King Artahshashte, that is, twelue yeere, I, and my brethren haue not eaten the bread of the gouernour.
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.
For the former gouernours that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides fourtie shekels of siluer: yea, and their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God.
16 Eka, toe nifanehak’ ami’ty kijoly toy avao iraho, le tsy nivily tane zahay vaho fonga nifanontoñe amy asay o mpitorokoo.
But rather I fortified a portion in the worke of this wall, and we bought no lande, and all my seruants came thither together vnto the worke.
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.
Moreouer there were at my table an hundreth and fiftie of the Iewes, and rulers, which came vnto vs from among the heathen that are about vs.
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 was prepared daily an oxe, and sixe chosen sheepe, and birdes were prepared for me, and within ten dayes wine for all in abundance. Yet for all this I required not the bread of the gouernour: for the bondage was grieuous vnto this people.
19 Ehe ivetseo hasoa ry Andrianañahare amo he’e nanoako amo ondatioo.
Remember me, O my God, in goodnesse, according to all that I haue done for this people.

< Nehemia 5 >