Nahimiyaa 9
1 Bultii digdamii afuraffaa jiʼa sanaatti Israaʼeloonni wayyaa gaddaa uffatanii, daaraa mataatti firfirfatanii soomaaf walitti qabaman.
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head.
2 Warri sanyii Israaʼel taʼanis namoota ormaa hunda irraa kophaa of baasan. Isaanis kaʼanii cubbuu ofii isaaniitii fi hammina abbootii isaanii himatan.
And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 Isaanis idduma turan sana dhaabatanii kurmaana guyyaatiif Kitaaba Seera Waaqayyo Waaqa isaanii keessaa dubbifatan; kurmaana biraa immoo cubbuu isaanii himachaa Waaqayyo Waaqa isaanii waaqeffatan.
And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their god: and they confessed [their sins] to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God.
4 Lewwonni jechuunis Yeeshuuʼaan, Baaniin, Qadmiiʼeel, Shebaniyaan, Buniin, Sheereebiyaan, Baanii fi Kenaan waltajjiiwwan irra dhaabatanii sagalee ol fudhatanii Waaqayyo isaanii waammatan.
[And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
5 Lewwonni jechuunis Yeeshuuʼaan, Qadmiiʼeel, Baaniin, Hashabniyaan, Sheereebiyaan, Hoodiyaa, Shebaniyaanii fi Phetaayaadhaan, “Kaʼaatii Waaqayyo Waaqa keessan isa bara baraa hamma bara baraatti jiraatu sana galateeffadhaa” jedhan. “Maqaan kee inni ulfina qabeessi haa eebbifamu; eebbaa fi galata hundaa olittis ol ol haa jedhu.
And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God forever and ever: and let them bless your glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise.
6 Suma qofatu Waaqayyo. Ati samiiwwan, samiiwwan oliitii fi tuuta urjiiwwan isaanii hunda, lafaa fi waan lafa irra jiru hunda, galaanaa fi waan isaan keessa jiru hunda uumte. Ati waan hundaaf lubbuu kennita; raayyaawwan samiis si waaqeffatu.
And Esdras said, You are the only true Lord; you made the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and you quicken all things, and the hosts of heaven worship you.
7 “Ati Waaqayyo Waaqa Abraamin filattee biyya Kaldootaa Uuri keessa isa baaftee Abrahaam jettee isa moggaaftee dha.
You are the Lord God, you did choose Abram, and brought him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name of Abraam:
8 Ati akka ati yaadni isaa amanamaa siif taʼe argitee biyya Kanaʼaanotaa, Heetotaa, Amoorotaa, Feerzotaa, Yebuusotaatii fi biyya Girgaashotaa sanyiiwwan isaatiif kennuuf kakuu isaaf galte. Ati waan qajeelaa taateef waadaa kee eegdeef.
and you found his heart faithful before you, and did make a covenant with him to give to him and to his seed the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites; and you have confirmed your words, for you [are] righteous.
9 “Ati rakkina abbootiin keenya biyya Gibxi keessatti rakkatan argite; booʼicha isaan Galaana Diimaa biratti booʼan illee ni dhageesse.
And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea.
10 Ati sababii warri Gibxi of tuulummadhaan hammam akka isaan dhiphisan beekteef Faraʼoonitti, qondaaltota isaa hundattii fi saba biyya isaa hundatti mallattoo fi dinqiiwwan argisiifte. Ati maqaa hamma harʼaatti illee jiru ofii keetiif baafatte.
And you showed signs and wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for you know that they behaved insolently against them: and you made yourself a name, as at this day.
11 Ati akka isaan lafa gogaa irra darbaniif fuuluma isaanii duratti galaana gargar qoodde; warra isaan ariʼu garuu akkuma dhagaa bishaan guddaatti gad darbatamuu tokkootti tuujubatti gad isaan darbatte.
And you did cleave the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and you did cast into the deep them that were about to pursue them, as a stone in the mighty water.
12 Guyyaa guyyaa utubaa duumessaatiin isaan qajeelchite; halkan halkan immoo karaa isaan deeman irratti ifa isaaniif kennuuf jettee utubaa ibiddaatiin isaan qajeelchite.
And you guided them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
13 “Ati Tulluu Siinaa irratti gad buute; samii irraas isaanitti dubbate. Ajajawwanii fi seerawwan dhugaa fi qajeelaa, labsiiwwanii fi ajajawwan gaariis isaaniif kennite.
Also you came down upon mount Sina, and you spoke to them out of heaven, and gave them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments.
14 Sanbata kee qulqulluu sana isaan beeksiftee karaa garbicha kee Museetiin ajajawwan, labsiiwwanii fi seerawwan isaaniif kennite.
And you did make known to them your holy sabbath; you did enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of your servant Moses.
15 Yeroo isaan beelaʼanitti samiidhaa buddeena kenniteefii yeroo isaan dheebotanitti immoo kattaa keessaa bishaan baafteef; akka isaan biyya ati isaaniif kennuuf kakatte sanatti galanii dhaalanis isaanitti himte.
And you gave them bread from heaven for their food, and you brought them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and you bade them go in to inherit the land over which you stretched out your hand to give [it] them.
16 “Abbootiin keenya garuu of tuulan; mataa jabaataniis ajaja kee eeguu didan.
But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not listen to your commandments,
17 Jarris ajajamuu didan; dinqii ati isaan gidduutti hojjette hin yaadanne. Garbummaa isaaniitti deebiʼuuf jedhaniis mataa jabaatanii fincila isaaniitiin hoogganaa muuddatan. Ati garuu Waaqa namaaf araaramu, arjaa fi gara laafessa, kan dafee hin aarree fi kan jaalalli isaa dhuma hin qabnee dha. Kanaafuu ati isaan hin ganne;
and refused to listen, and remembered not your wonders which you wrought with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but you, O God, [are] merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy, and you did not forsake them.
18 yeroo isaan ofii isaaniitiif fakkii jabbii tolfatanii, ‘Kun Waaqa keessan kan biyya Gibxii isin baasee dha’ jedhanii Waaqa arrabsanitti illee ati isaan hin ganne.
And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These [are] the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations.
19 “Sababii gara laafina kee guddaa sanaatiif ati gammoojjii keessatti isaan hin ganne. Utubaan duumessaa guyyaa guyyaa karaa isaanii irratti isaan geggeessuu hin dhiifne; utubaan ibiddaa immoo halkan halkan karaa isaanii irratti isaaniif ibsuu hin dhiifne.
Yet you in your great compassions did not forsake them in the wilderness: you did not turn away from them the pillar of the cloud by day, to guide them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
20 Isaan barsiisuuf jettee Hafuura kee gaarii sana kennite. Ati mannaa afaan isaaniitii hin dhabamsiifne; dheebuu isaaniitiifis bishaan kenniteef.
And you gave your good Spirit to instruct them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water in their thirst.
21 Waggaa afurtama gammoojjii keessatti isaan soorte; isaan waan tokko illee hin dhabne; wayyaan isaanii hin dhumne; miilli isaaniis hin iitofne.
And you did sustain them forty years in the wilderness; you did not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised.
22 “Ati daangaa hunda qooddeefii mootummootaa fi saboota isaaniif kennite. Isaanis akkasiin biyya Sihoon mooticha Heshboonii fi biyya Oogi mooticha Baashaanii fudhatan.
Moreover, you gave them kingdoms, and did divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.
23 Ati ilmaan isaanii akkuma urjiiwwan samii baayʼifte; biyya akka isaan seenanii dhaalaniif abbootii isaaniitti himte sanatti isaan galchite.
And you did multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land of which you spoke to their fathers;
24 Ilmaan isaanii itti galanii biyya sana dhaalan. Atis Kanaʼaanota biyya sana turan isaan jala galchite; akka jarri waanuma fedhan isaan godhaniif Kanaʼaanota mootota isaaniitii fi saba biyya sanaatiin walitti qabdee dabarsitee harka isaaniitti kennite.
And they inherited it: and you did destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and you gave into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do to them as it pleased them.
25 Isaanis magaalaawwan daʼannoo qabanii fi lafa gabbataa qabatan; manneen miʼa gaggaarii gosa hundaatiin guutaman, boollawwan bishaanii qotaman, iddoo dhaabaa wayinii, lafa qotiisaa mukkeen ejersaatii fi mukkeen ija baasan hedduu dhaalan. Isaan nyaatanii quufanii gabbatan; arjummaa kee guddaa sanaanis ni gammadan.
And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and olive yards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in your great goodness.
26 “Isaan garuu ajajamuu didanii sitti fincilan; seera kees of duubatti gatan. Raajota kee kanneen gara keetti isaan deebisuuf jedhanii isaan seeran illee ni fixan; Waaqas ni arrabsan.
But they turned, and revolted from you, and cast your law behind their backs; and they killed your prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to you, and they wrought great provocations.
27 Kanaafuu ati diinota isaanii warra isaan cunqursanitti dabarsitee isaan kennite. Isaan garuu yeroo cunqurfamanitti sitti iyyatan. Atis samiidhaa isaan dhageessee gara laafina kee guddaa sanaan namoota harka diinota isaanii jalaa isaan baasan kenniteef.
Then you gave them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to you in the time of their affliction, and you did hear them from your heaven, and in your great compassions gave them deliverers, and did save them from the hand of them that afflicted them.
28 “Isaan garuu akkuma boqonnaa argataniin amma illee fuula kee duratti waan hamaa hojjetan. Kana irratti ati akka warri sun isaan bulchaniif jettee harka diinota isaaniitti dabarsitee isaan kennite. Yommuu isaan amma illee gara keetti ol iyyatanitti ati samii irraa dhageessee gara laafina keetiin yeroo hedduu isaan furte.
But when they rested, they did evil again before you: so you left them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them: and they cried again to you, and you heard [them] from heaven, and did deliver them in your great compassions.
29 “Ati akka isaan gara seera keetiitti deebiʼaniif isaan akeekkachiifte; isaan immoo of tuulanii ajaja kee eeguu didan. Ajajawwan kee kanneen ‘namni tokko yoo ajajameef ittiin jireenya argachuu dandaʼutti illee’ cubbuu hojjetan. Finciluudhaan dugda isaanii sitti garagalchan; mataa jabaataniis si dhagaʼu didan.
And you did testify against them, to bring them back to your law: but they listened not, but sinned against your commandments and your judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not.
30 Ati bara hedduu isaaniif obsite. Karaa raajota keetiitiin Hafuura keetiin isaan akeekkachiifte. Taʼus isaan gurra hin kennine; kanaafuu ati dabarsitee saba biyya sanaatti isaan kennite.
Yet you did bear long with them many years, and did testify to them by your Spirit by the hand of your prophets: but they listened not; so you gave them into the hand of the nations of the land.
31 Ati garuu sababii Waaqa arjaa fi araara qabeessa taateef, araara kee guddicha sanaaf jettee isaan hin balleessine yookaan isaan hin ganne.
But you in your many mercies did not appoint them to destruction, and did not forsake them; for you are strong, and merciful, and pitiful.
32 “Kanaafuu amma yaa Waaqa keenya, Waaqa guddicha, jabaa fi sodaachisaa, kan kakuu jaalala keetii eegdu, ati rakkina nutti dhufe kana hunda jechuunis rakkina bara mootota Asoorii jalqabee hamma harʼaatti nutti, mootota keenyaa fi hooggantoota keenyatti, luboota keenyaa fi raajota keenyatti, abbootii keenyaa fi saba kee hundatti dhufe kana akka waan salphaatti hin ilaalin.
And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping your covenant and your mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in your sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all your people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day.
33 Waan nurra gaʼe hunda keessatti ati qajeelaa dha; nu yoo hamaa hojjenne iyyuu ati waan qajeelaa hojjette.
But you [are] righteous in all the things that come upon us; for you have wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned.
34 Mootonni keenya, hooggantoonni keenya, luboonni keenyaa fi abbootiin keenya seera kee duukaa hin buune; isaan ajaja keetiif yookaan akeekkachiisa ati isaaniif kenniteef xiyyeeffannoo hin kennine.
And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed your law, and have not given heed to your commandments, and [have not kept] your testimonies which you did testify to them.
35 Isaan yeroo ati biyya balʼaa fi lafa gabbataa keessatti waan gaarii isaaniif kennite sana keessatti gammadaa, mootummaa ofii isaanii keessa turanitti illee si hin tajaajille yookaan karaa isaanii hamaa sana irraa hin deebine.
And they did not serve you in your kingdom, and in your great goodness which you gave to them, and in the large and fat land which you did furnish before them, and they turned not from their evil devices.
36 “Kunoo nu harʼa garboota; biyyuma ati akka isaan midhaan isheetii fi waan gaggaarii isheen baaftu nyaataniif jettee abbootii keenyaaf kennite keessatti garboomneerra.
Behold, we are servants this day, and [as for] the land which you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good things of it, behold, we are servants upon it:
37 Sababii cubbuu keenyaatiif midhaan ishee baayʼeen sun gara mootota ati nutti muudde sanaa dhaqa. Isaan nuu fi loon keenya illee akkuma fedhan godhu. Nu rakkina guddaa keessa jirra.
and its produce [is] abundant for the kings whom you did appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction.
38 “Sababii waan kana hundaatiif nu walii galtee walitti nu hidhu tokko barreeffamaan qopheessine. Hooggantoonni keenya, Lewwonni keenyaa fi luboonni keenya chaappaawwan isaanii itti rukutan.”
And in regard to all these circumstances we make a covenant, and write [it], and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, set their seal to [it].
