Nehemia 5

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

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers 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.

For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may 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.

There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of 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 some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

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.

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. It is also not in our power to help it, because other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

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

I was very angry when 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,

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly 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.

I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?” Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.

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?

Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

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

I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.

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.

Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging 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 they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you say.” Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do 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.

Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even may he be shaken out and emptied like this.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the LORD. 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.

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

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 the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do 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.

Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered 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.

Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, in addition to those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.

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.

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

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

Remember me, my God, for all the good that I have done for this people.