नहेम्याह 5
1 तब मानिसहरू र तिनीहरूका पत्नीहरूले आफ्ना यहूदी मित्रहरूका विरुद्धमा ठुलो आवाज उठाए ।
And there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2 त्यहाँ केही मानिसहरू थिए जसले भने, “हाम्रा छोराछोरीहरूसमेत गर्दा हामी धेरै छौँ । हामीले खाएर बाँच्नलाई अन्न प्राप्त गरौँ ।”
And there were some that said, Our sons, and our daughters, [and] ourselves are many; and we must buy corn, that we may eat, and live.
3 त्यहाँ अरू केही मानिसहरू पनि थिए जसले भने, “अनिकालको समयमा अन्न प्राप्त गर्न हामी हाम्रा खेतहरू, हाम्रा दाखबारीहरू र हाम्रा घरहरू बन्धकमा राख्दै छौँ ।”
And others there were that said, We must pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses, that we may buy corn, in the famine.
4 केहीले यसो पनि भने, “राजालाई हाम्रा खेतहरू र हाम्रा दाखबारीहरूको कर तिर्न हामीले पैसा सापट लिएका छौँ ।
And others there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 तरै पनि हाम्रा शरीर हाम्रा दाजुभाइहरूका शरीर जस्तै हुन्, र हाम्रा छोराछोरीहरू तिनीहरूका छोराछोरीहरूजस्तै हुन् । हाम्रा छोराछोरीहरूलाई कमारा-कमारी बन्नको लागि बेच्न हामी बाध्य छौँ । हाम्रा केही छोरीहरू पहिले नै कमारी भइसकेका छन् । अरू मानिसहरूले हाम्रा खेतहरू र हाम्रा दाखबारीहरू अधिकार गरेकाले हामीसित मदत गर्ने खुबी छैन ।”
Yet now our flesh is like the flesh of our brethren, our children are like their children: and, lo, we must force our sons and our daughters to become servants, and some of our daughters are forced [to become so], and our hand is powerless; and our fields and our vineyards belong to others.
6 जब मैले तिनीहरूको रोदन र यी वचनहरू सुने म सार्है रिसाएँ ।
And it displeased me greatly when I heard their complaint and these words.
7 तब मैले यस विषयमा सोचविचार गरेँ, अनि कुलीनहरू र अधिकारीहरूलाई दोष लगाएँ । मैले तिनीहरूलाई भनेँ, “तिमीहरू हरेकले आफ्नै भाइबाट ब्याज लिँदै छौ ।” मैले तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा ठुलो भेला गराएँ,
Then did I consult with my heart, and I upbraided the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, “Ye exact usury, every one of his brother!” And I brought together a great assembly against them.
8 र तिनीहरूलाई भनेँ, “हामी कुलीनहरूले जाति-जातिहरूकहाँ दासत्वमा बेचिएका हाम्रा यहूदी दाजुभाइहरूलाई दाम तिरी फिर्ता गरेर ल्याएका छौँ, तर तिमीहरू आफ्ना दाजुभाइ तथा दिदी-बहिनीहरू फेरी हामीलाई बेच्छौ!” तिनीहरू स्तब्ध भए र बोल्नलाई कुनै शब्दै भएन ।
And I said unto them, We have indeed ransomed our brethren the Jews, who had been sold unto the various nations, as far as our means went: and will ye yourselves even sell your brethren, so that they will be sold again unto us? And they remained silent, and found no answer.
9 मैले यसो पनि भनेँ, “तिमीहरूले जे गरिरहेका छौ, त्यो ठिक होइन । जाति-जातिहरू अर्थात् हाम्रा शत्रुहरूका कटाक्षलाई रोक्न के तिमीहरू हाम्रा परमेश्वरोक डरमा चल्नुपर्दैन र?
Then said I, The thing is not good which ye are doing: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the taunting of the nations, our enemies?
10 मैले, मेरा दाजुभाइहरूले र मेरा सेवकहरूले तिनीहरूलाई रुपियाँ-पैसा र अन्न सापट दिँदै छौँ । तर हामीले यी ऋणमा ब्याज लगाउन रोक्नुपर्छ ।
And also I, my brothers, and my young men, have lent them money and corn: I pray you, let us relinquish this loan.
11 आजकै दिन तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूबाट लिएका तिनीहरूका खेतहरू, दाखबारीहरू, भद्राक्ष बारीहरू, तिनीहरूका घरहरू, रुपियाँ-पैसाको ब्याज, अन्न, नयाँ दाखमद्य र तेल फर्काइदेओ ।”
Give back to them, I pray you, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye have lent them.
12 तब तिनीहरूले भने, “हामीले तिनीहरूबाट लिएका चिजहरू फिर्ता गरिदिने छौँ, र हामी तिनीहरूबाट केही माग गर्दैनौँ । हामी तपाईंले भन्नुभएझैँ गर्ने छौँ ।” तब मैले पुजारीहरूलाई बोलाई तिनीहरूले भनेअनुसार गर्न तिनीहरूलाई शपथ खान लगाएँ ।
Then said they, We will give [all] back, and of them will we require nothing: so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and made them swear, that they would do in accordance with this promise.
13 मैले आफ्नो खास्टोको गाँठो फुकाएर भनेँ, “आफ्नो प्रतिज्ञा पुरा नगर्ने हरेक मानिसको घर र धन-सम्पत्ति परमेश्वरले यसरी नै फुकालिदेऊन् । त्यसलाई फुकाली रित्तो बनाइयोस् ।” सबै समुदायले भने, “आमेन,” अनि तिनीहरूले परमेश्वरको स्तुति गरे, र तिनीहरूले आ-आफूले प्रतिज्ञा गरेअनुसार गरे ।
Also my lap did I shake out, and said, So may God shake out every man that performeth not this promise, from his house and of his toil-gotten wealth, and so let him remain shaken out, and empty. And all the assembly said, Amen, and they praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.
14 म यहूदा देशको राज्यपाल नियुक्त भएको समयदेखि अर्थात् अर्तासास्त राजाको बिसौँ वर्षदेखि बत्तिसौँ वर्षसम्म, जम्माजम्मी बार्ह वर्षसम्म मैले र मेरा दाजुभाइहरूले राज्यपालको लागि उपलब्ध गराइएको खाना खाएनौँ ।
Moreover from the day that [the king] had enjoined on me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year up to the two and thirtieth year of king Artaxerxes, [full] twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food of the governor.
15 तर मभन्दा अगिका राज्यपालहरूले मानिसहरूमाथि गर्हौँ बोझ लादिदिए, र तिनीहरूको दैनिक भोजनसाथै दाखमद्यको लागि मानिसहरूबाट चाँदीका चालिस सिक्का कर लिएका थिए । तिनीहरूका सेवकहरूले पनि मानिसहरूमाथि थिचोमिचो गरे । तर परमेश्वरको भयको कारणले मैले त्यसो गरिनँ ।
But the former governors that had been before me had made it heavy for the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver: yea, even their young men ruled over the people; but I myself did not act so, because of the fear of God.
16 मैले पर्खालको कामलाई पनि जारी राखेँ, र कुनै जग्गा जमिन किनिनँ, अनि मेरा सबै सेवक कामको लागि त्यहाँ जम्मा हुन्थे ।
And in the work of this wall also did I labor actively; and we bought not any fields; and all my young men were assembled there by the work.
17 हाम्रा वरिपरि भएका जाति-जातिहरूबाट आउने मानिसहरूबाहेक मेरो टेबुलमा यहूदीहरू र अधिकारीहरू गरी जम्मा १५० जना हुन्थे ।
Moreover of the Jews and rulers, one hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from the nations that are about us, [ate] at my table.
18 एउटा गोरु, छवटा मोटा-मोटा भेडा र कुखुराहरू हरेक दिन खानलाई जुटाइनुपर्थ्यो, र दस-दस दिनपछि चाहिँ सबै किसिमका दाखमद्य प्रचुर मात्रामा जुटाइन्थ्यो । यति हुँदाहुँदै पनि मैले राज्यपालको भोजनको भत्ताको माग गरिनँ किनकि मानिसहरूमाथि ठुलो बोझ परेको थियो ।
And that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also birds were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance: yet with all this I required not the food of the governor; because the service lay heavily upon this people.
19 हे मेरा परमेश्वर, मैले यी मानिसहरूलाई गरेका सबै कामको निम्ति मेरो भलाइ सोच्नुहोस् ।
Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
