Nahimiyaa 5
1 Yeroo kanatti namoonnii fi niitonni isaanii obboloota isaanii Yihuudootatti guddisanii iyyan.
Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes.
2 Isaan keessaa namoonni tokko tokko, “Nu, ilmaan keenyaa fi intallan keenya baayʼee hedduu dha; nu akka nyaannee jiraannuuf midhaan argachuu qabna” jechaa turan.
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 Warri kaan immoo, “Nu yeroo beelaatti midhaan argachuudhaaf jennee lafa qotiisaa keenya, iddoo dhaabaa wayinii keenyaa fi manneen keenya qabsiisaa jirra” jechaa turan.
And there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.
4 Ammas namoonni biraa akkana jedhan; “Nu lafa qotiisaa keenyaa fi iddoo dhaabaa wayinii keenyaatiif gibira mootichaa baasuudhaaf maallaqa liqeeffachuu qabna turre.
There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes.
5 Nu namoota biyya keenyaatiin foonii fi dhiiga tokko taanee ilmaan keenyas akkuma ilmaan isaanii gaarii taʼan illee, nu ilmaan keenyaa fi intallan keenya dabarsinee garbummaaf kennineerra. Intallan keenya keessaa tokko tokko amma iyyuu garboomfamanii jiru; garuu lafti qotiisaa keenyaa fi iddoon dhaabaa wayinii keenyaa kan namoota biraa waan taʼaniif nu humna hin qabnu.”
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 Anis yommuun iyya isaaniitii fi dubbii kana dhagaʼetti baayʼee nan aare.
Then was I very angrie when I heard their crie and these wordes.
7 Anis ofiin mariʼadhee namoota bebeekamoo fi qondaaltota sana nan ifadhe; akkanas nan jedheen; “Isin hiiqiidhaan liqeessuudhaan namootuma biyya keessanii saamaa jirtu!” Kanaafuu ani yaaʼii guddaa isaanitti waameen
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 akkana isaaniin jedhe; “Nu hamma nuu dandaʼametti obboloota keenya Yihuudoota saba ormaatti gurguramanii turan sana deebifnee bitanneerra. Isin amma illee akka isaan deebifamanii nutti gurguramaniif jettanii obboloota keessaan gurguraa jirtu!” Isaan immoo waan jedhan dhabanii calʼisan.
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 Kanaafuu ani ittuma fufeen akkana jedheen; “Wanni isin hojjechuutti jirtan kun sirrii miti. Isin tuffii diinota keenya Namoota Ormaa jalaa baʼuuf, Waaqa keenya sodaachuudhaan jiraachuu hin qabdanii?
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 Ani, obboloota koo fi namoonni koos maallaqaa fi midhaan saba kanaaf liqeessaa jirra. Garuu hiiqiidhaan liqeessuudhaan nama saamuu dhiisaa!
For euen I, my brethren, and my seruants doe lende them money and corne: I pray you, let vs leaue off this burden.
11 Amma dafaatii lafa qotiisaa isaanii, iddoo dhaabaa wayinii isaanii, mukkeen ejersaatii fi manneen isaanii akkasumas waan hiiqiidhaan liqeessitanii dhibbantaan saamtan kanneen akka maallaqaa, midhaanii, daadhii wayinii haaraatii fi zayitii sana deebisaafii.”
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 Isaanis, “Nu waan sana deebifnee ni kennina; deebinee waan tokko illee isaan irraa hin barbaannu. Akkuma ati jette goona” jedhan. Kana irratti ani luboota ofitti waamee akka namoonni bebeekamoonii fi qondaaltonni waan waadaa galan sana raawwatan nan kakachiise.
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 Ammas ani dachaa uffata koo hurgufeen akkana jedhe; “Waaqayyo nama waadaa kana hin eegne kamiin iyyuu mana isaatii fi qabeenya isaa irraa akkana haa hurgufu. Namni akkanaa kun akkasuma hurgufamee harka duwwaa haa hafu!” Kana irratti waldaan hundi, “Ameen” jedhee Waaqayyoon galateeffate. Uummannis akkuma waadaa gale sana godhe.
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 Kana caalaas yeroo ani bara Arxeksis mootichaa keessa waggaa digdammaffaatti bulchaa biyya Yihuudaa taʼee muudamee jalqabee hamma waggaa soddomii lammaffaa mootummaa isaatti jechuunis waggaa kudha lamaaf, anis obboloonni koos nyaata bulchaaf ramadame hin nyaanne.
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 Garuu bulchitoonni durii kanneen anaan dura turan baʼaa guddaa saba baachisanii nyaataa fi daadhii wayinii malee iyyuu meetii saqilii afurtama isaan irraa fudhachaa turan. Gargaartonni isaaniis akkasuma saba cunqursan. Ani garuu waanan Waaqa sodaadhuuf akkas hin goone.
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 Qooda kanaa ani hojii dallaa ijaaruu kanaaf of nan kenne. Namoonni koo hundinuu achitti hojiidhaaf walitti qabaman; nu lafa tokko illee hin arganne.
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 Amma illee namoota saba naannoo keenya jiraatan keessaa dhufan malee Yihuudoonni dhibba tokkoo shantamnii fi qondaaltonni maaddii koo irraa nyaachaa turan.
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 Guyyaa guyyaadhaan sangaan tokko, hoolonni gagabbatoon jaʼaa fi indaanqoowwan muraasni, guyyaa kudhan kudhaniin immoo daadhiin wayinii kan gosa hundaa baayʼinaan naa qopheeffama ture. Kana hunda malees ani takkumaa nyaata bulchaaf ramadamuu qabu hin gaafanne; gaaffiin kun saboota kanneenitti baʼaa guddaa tureetii.
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 Yaa Waaqa koo waan ani saba kanaaf godhe hunda tolaatti naa lakkaaʼi.
Remember me, O my God, in goodnesse, according to all that I haue done for this people.
