Nehemia 9
1 Ie amy andro faha-roapolo-efats’ ambi’ i volañeiy le nivory vaho nililitse o ana’ Israeleo, nisaron-gony naho tane.
Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.
2 Le nifañambak’ amy ze hene ambahiny o tiri’ Israeleo vaho nijohañe eo nisoloho o hakeo’eo naho o tahin-droae’eo.
The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 Le nijohañe an-toe’ iareo eo namaky amy boke Hà’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo ami’ty fah’efa’ i àndroy; naho ami’ty fah’efa’e ka, nisoloho vaho nibabok’ añatrefa’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo.
They stood up in their place, and read in the scroll of the law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshiped the LORD their God.
4 Niongak’ ambone’ i fanongañey amy zao o nte-Levio, Iesòa naho i Baný, i Kadmiele, i Sebanià, i Baný, i Serebià vaho i Kenaný, le nampipoña-piarañanañañe am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo.
Then Jeshua, and Binnui, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God.
5 Le hoe i nte-Levy rey, Iesoa, i Kadmiele, i Baný, i Kasabneià, i Serebià, i Hodià, i Sebanià vaho i Petakià: Miongaha le andriaño t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo nainai’e teo, nainai’e eo vaho ano ty hoe: Andriañeñe ty tahina’o lifots’ engeñe, onjoneñe ambone’ ze atao fañandriañañe naho fandrengeañe.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 Ihe ro Iehovà, Ihe avao; Ihe ty namboatse o likerañeo, o andindin-dikerañeo naho o valobohò’ iareo iabio, ty tane toy naho ze he’e ama’e ao, o riakeo naho ze hene ama’e ao, Ihe ty mameloñe iereo; vaho miambane ama’o i fifamorohotan-dikerañey.
You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
7 Ihe ro Iehovà Andrianañahare nijoboñe i Avrahame, ninday aze hienga i Ore’ o nte-Kasdio naho tinolo’o tahinañe ty hoe Avrahame;
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur Kasdim, and gave him the name of Abraham,
8 Ihe nahavazoho te nigahiñe añ’atrefa’o ty arofo’e le nifañina ama’e hanolorañe aze ty tane’ o nte-Kaànaneo, o nte-Kiteo, o nte-Amoreo naho o nte-Perizeo naho o nte-Ieboseo naho o nte-Girgaseo, hanolora’o aze amo tiri’eo vaho nihenefe’o ami’ty havantaña’o o tsara’oo;
and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hethite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his descendants, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.
9 le nivazoho’o ty fisotrian-droae’ay e Mitsraime ao naho jinanji’o ty fitoreova’ iareo añ’olo’ i Riake Menay;
"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
10 naho tinolo’o viloñe naho raha tsi-tantane t’i Parò naho o mpitoro’e iabio naho ze hene ondati’ i tane’ey; amy te niarofoana’o t’ie nisenge hery; vaho nahazoa’o Tahinañe manahake androany.
and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is this day.
11 Vinaki’o añatrefa’ iareo i riakey, hitsaha’ iareo añivo’ i riakey an-tane maike; vaho nafetsa’o an-dalek’ ao o nañoridañe iareoo, nanahake t’ie vato an-drano mitabohazake.
You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
12 Mbore an-drahoñe mijoalajoala ty niaoloa’o iareo handro; naho añ’ afo nisotratràke te haleñe, nañazavà’o ho a iareo ty lalañe homba’ iareo.
Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
13 Nizotso am-bohi-Sinay eo irehe, nitsara am’ iereo boak’ andikerañ’ añe, nanolotse lily to naho i Hake vantañey vaho fepètse naho fañè soa;
"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
14 naho nampahafohina’o i Sabata’o masiñey naho linili’o fepètse naho fañè vaho i Hake am-pità’ i Mosè mpitoro’oy;
and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
15 naho nitolora’o mofon-dikerañe ho ami’ty hasalikoa’ iareo naho nampiboaha’o rano boak’ ami’ ty vato ho ami’ty hataliñiera’ iareo vaho nililie’o t’ie himoake amy taney, hitavane i nampionjona’o fitañe hanolora’o iareoy.
and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
16 Fe nirengevoke, ie naho o roae’aio, nanjì-kàtoke, tsy nañaoñe o lili’oo,
"But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, did not listen to your commandments,
17 le nifoneña’ iareo ty tsy hijanjiñe, le tsy nitiahi’ iareo o raha tsitantane nanoe’o añivo’ iareoo; te mone nizinjin-kàtoke, le ami’ty fiolà’ iareo ty nanendreañe mpiaolo hampipoly iareo am-pandrohizañe añe; fe Andrianañahare Mpañaha irehe, matarike, atsa-tretrè, malaon-kaviñerañe, lifo-kafatraram-pikokoañe vaho tsy naforintse’o.
and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and did not forsake them.
18 Eka, toe namboatse bania trinanake iereo ami’ty hoe: Intoy ty ndrahare’ areo nañavotse anahareo an-tane Mitsraime, le nanao haloloam-bey;
Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and had committed awful blasphemies;
19 f’Ihe am-pikokoa’o migahiñe, tsy nifary iareo am-patrambey añe; tsy nienga iareo handro i rahoñe nijoalay mpiaolo amy lalañey, ndra i afo nisotratràke haleñey, hañazava ty lalañe hombà’ iareo.
yet you in your manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
20 Natolo’o i Arofo’o soay hañoke naho tsy nitana’o tsy ho am-palie’ iareo i maney vaho nanjotsoa’o rano ami’ty harandranoañe.
You gave also your good Ruach to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
21 Eka, efapolo taoñe ty nanohaña’o iareo am-patrambey añe; le tsy eo ty nipaia’ iareo; tsy nikomavo o siki’eo, tsy nienatse o fandia’eo.
"Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.
22 Mbore tinolo’o fifeheañe naho borizañe, le zinara’o toetse naho tane, handrambesa’ iareo ty tane’ i Sikhone naho ty tanem-panjàka’ i Hesbone naho ty tane’ i Oge mpanjaka’ i Basane.
Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 Nampangetseketsehe’o ho mira amo vasian-dikerañeo o ana’ iareoo, le nampihovae’o amy tane nafanto’o aman-droae’ iareo hizilik’ ao hitavañe azey.
You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
24 Aa le nimoak’ ao i anake rey nitavañe i taney, le nampiambanea’o añatrefa’ iareo o mpimone’ i taneio, o nte-Kaananeo vaho natolo’o am-pità’ iareo rekets’ o mpanjaka’eo naho ondati’ i taneio, hanoañe ze satri’ iareo.
"So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.
25 Ie nandrambe rova fatratse naho tane kobokara naho nitavañ’ anjomba lifo-draha soa, kadaha hinaly, tanem-bahe naho golobon’ olive naho hatae maro fihinam-boa, le nikama naho nianjañe naho nahazo sandriñe vaho nierañerañe amy hasoa’o ra’elahiy.
They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
26 F’ie nanjehatse, niola ama’o, le nitsambolitio’ iareo i Ha’oy naho nanjamañe o mpitoki’o nañatahata iareo himpoly ama’oo vaho nitolon-katerateràñe jabajaba.
"Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
27 Aa le natolo’o am-pità’ o rafelahi’ iareoo; le nampalovilovieñe; vaho nitoreo ama’o iereo an-tsam-pèh’ohatse. Nijanjiñe andindiñe añe irehe naho nitolora’o mpandrombake ami’ty fiferenaiña’o, le navotso’o am-pitan-drafelahy.
Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
28 F’ie nitofa ro mbe nanao haloloañe añatrefa’o avao; aa le napo’o am-pitàn-drafelahi’ iareo, hifeleha’e; fe naho nitolike iereo naho nitoreo ama’o le nainai’e nahajanjiñe an-dikerañe añe vaho nandrombake ty amy fiferenaiña’oy;
But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,
29 mbore hinatahata’o, hampitoliha’o mb’an-Kàke, f’ie nibohaboha tsy nañaoñe o lili’oo naho nandilatse amo fañè’oo, o mahaveloñe ondaty t’ie ambenañeo, fe nanolotse soroke manjehatse naho nampigàn-katoke vaho tsy nañaoñe.
and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and did not listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
30 Taoñ’ an-taoñe ty nifeaha’o iareo naho hinatahata’o amañ’ Arofo’o añamo mpitoki’oo; f’ie tsy nanolo-dravembia vaho natolo’e am-pita’ o kilakila’ ondati’ i taneio.
Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Ruach through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31 Fe ami’ty habeim-piferenaiña’o, tsy nimongore’o, tsy hene naforintseñe; ihe Andrianañahare matarike, lifo-pitretrezañe.
"Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.
32 Ie amy zao ry Andrianañahare’ay, ry Jabahinake, Maozatse, toe Andrianañahare mampañeveñe, Mpitàm-pañina naho fiferenaiñañe, ko enga’o ho kedekedek’ ama’o o faloviloviañe nifetsak’ ama’ay naho amo mpanjaka’aio naho amo roandria’aio naho amo mpisoro’aio naho amo mpitoki’aio naho aman-droae’aio naho am’ ondati’o iabio, sikal’ añ’andro’ o mpanjaka’ i Asoreo pak’ androanio.
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, do not let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our leaders, and on our cohanim, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
33 Toe vantan-dRehe amy ze he’e nifetsak’ ama’ay; nanao an-kavañonan-dRehe, zahay ka an-karatiañe;
However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
34 mbore tsy nitana’ o mpanjaka’aio, o roandria’aio, o mpisoro’aio vaho o roae’ aio i Tsara’oy; tsy hinao’ iareo o fepè’oo naho o taro’o nitaroña’o.
neither have our kings, our leaders, our cohanim, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.
35 F’ie tsy nitoroñ’ Azo amy fifehea’ iareoy naho amy hasoa ra’elahy natolo’oy naho i tane bey henehene naho kobokara nitolora’o añatrefa’ iareoo mbore tsy nifotetse amo halò-tsere’eo.
For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.
36 Oniño te ondevo zahay androany, le ty amy tane natolo’o aman-droae’ay hikamà’ iareo o voka’eo amo hasoa’eo, ingo, ondevo ama’e ao zahay,
"Look, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, look, we are servants in it.
37 vaho miveve amo mpanjaka nampijadoña’o ama’ay ty amo hakeo’aio i voka’e nibodobodoy; mbore ananaña’e lily o sandri’aio, o añombe’aio, ze satrin’ arofo’e; toe malovilovy zahay.
It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
38 Aa ty amy tsaraeñe rezay, le nampijadoñe fañina zahay naho vinoli-fitombo’ o roandria’aio naho o nte-Levi’aio vaho o mpisoro’aio.
Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our leaders, our Levites, and our cohanim, seal it."
