نَحَمْيَا 5

١ 1 وَكَانَ صُرَاخُ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَنِسَائِهِمْ عَظِيمًا عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِمِ ٱلْيَهُودِ.

and to be cry [the] people and woman: wife their great: large to(wards) brother: compatriot their [the] Jew

٢ 2 وَكَانَ مَنْ يَقُولُ: «بَنُونَا وَبَنَاتُنَا نَحْنُ كَثِيرُونَ. دَعْنَا نَأْخُذْ قَمْحًا فَنَأْكُلَ وَنَحْيَا».

and there which to say son: child our and daughter our we many and to take: take grain and to eat and to live

٣ 3 وَكَانَ مَنْ يَقُولُ: «حُقُولُنَا وَكُرُومُنَا وَبُيُوتُنَا نَحْنُ رَاهِنُوهَا حَتَّى نَأْخُذَ قَمْحًا فِي ٱلْجُوعِ».

and there which to say land: country our and vineyard our and house: home our we to pledge and to take: take grain in/on/with famine

٤ 4 وَكَانَ مَنْ يَقُولُ: «قَدِ ٱسْتَقْرَضْنَا فِضَّةً لِخَرَاجِ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى حُقُولِنَا وَكُرُومِنَا.

and there which to say to borrow silver: money to/for tribute [the] king land: country our and vineyard our

٥ 5 وَٱلْآنَ لَحْمُنَا كَلَحْمِ إِخْوَتِنَا وَبَنُونَا كَبَنِيهِمْ، وَهَا نَحْنُ نُخْضِعُ بَنِينَا وَبَنَاتِنَا عَبِيدًا، وَيُوجَدُ مِنْ بَنَاتِنَا مُسْتَعْبَدَاتٌ، وَلَيْسَ شَيْءٌ فِي طَاقَةِ يَدِنَا، وَحُقُولُنَا وَكُرُومُنَا لِلْآخَرِينَ».

and now like/as flesh brother: compatriot our flesh our like/as son: child their son: child our and behold we to subdue [obj] son: child our and [obj] daughter our to/for servant/slave and there from daughter our to subdue and nothing to/for god: power hand: power our and land: country our and vineyard our to/for another

٦ 6 فَغَضِبْتُ جِدًّا حِينَ سَمِعْتُ صُرَاخَهُمْ وَهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ.

and to be incensed to/for me much like/as as which to hear: hear [obj] outcry their and [obj] [the] word [the] these

٧ 7 فَشَاوَرْتُ قَلْبِي فِيَّ، وَبَكَّتُّ ٱلْعُظَمَاءَ وَٱلْوُلَاةَ، وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّكُمْ تَأْخُذُونَ ٱلرِّبَا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَخِيهِ». وَأَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ جَمَاعَةً عَظِيمَةً.

and to advise heart my upon me and to contend [emph?] with [the] noble and with [the] ruler and to say [emph?] to/for them interest man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his you(m. p.) (to lift: aid *QK) and to give: make upon them assembly great: large

٨ 8 وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «نَحْنُ ٱشْتَرَيْنَا إِخْوَتَنَا ٱلْيَهُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ بِيعُوا لِلْأُمَمِ حَسَبَ طَاقَتِنَا. وَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا تَبِيعُونَ إِخْوَتَكُمْ فَيُبَاعُونَ لَنَا». فَسَكَتُوا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا جَوَابًا.

and to say [emph?] to/for them we to buy [obj] brother: compatriot our [the] Jew [the] to sell to/for nation like/as sufficiency in/on/with us and also you(m. p.) to sell [obj] brother: compatriot your and to sell to/for us and be quiet and not to find word

٩ 9 وَقُلْتُ: «لَيْسَ حَسَنًا ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي تَعْمَلُونَهُ. أَمَا تَسِيرُونَ بِخَوْفِ إِلَهِنَا بِسَبَبِ تَعْيِيرِ ٱلْأُمَمِ أَعْدَائِنَا؟

(and to say *QK) not pleasant [the] word: thing which you(m. p.) to make: do not in/on/with fear God our to go: walk from reproach [the] nation enemy our

١٠ 10 وَأَنَا أَيْضًا وَإِخْوَتِي وَغِلْمَانِي أَقْرَضْنَاهُمْ فِضَّةً وَقَمْحًا. فَلْنَتْرُكْ هَذَا ٱلرِّبَا.

and also I brother: male-sibling my and youth my to lend in/on/with them silver: money and grain to leave: forsake please [obj] [the] interest [the] this

١١ 11 رُدُّوا لَهُمْ هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمَ حُقُولَهُمْ وَكُرُومَهُمْ وَزَيْتُونَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ، وَٱلْجُزْءَ مِنْ مِئَةِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْقَمْحِ وَٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلزَّيْتِ ٱلَّذِي تَأْخُذُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ رِبًا».

to return: return please to/for them like/as [the] day land: country their vineyard their olive their and house: home their and hundred [the] silver: money and [the] grain [the] new wine and [the] oil which you(m. p.) to lend in/on/with them

١٢ 12 فَقَالُوا: «نَرُدُّ وَلَا نَطْلُبُ مِنْهُمْ. هَكَذَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا تَقُولُ». فَدَعَوْتُ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱسْتَحْلَفْتُهُمْ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ.

and to say to return: rescue and from them not to seek so to make: do like/as as which you(m. s.) to say and to call: call to [obj] [the] priest and to swear them to/for to make: do like/as Chronicles [the] this

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ نَفَضْتُ حِجْرِي وَقُلْتُ: «هَكَذَا يَنْفُضُ ٱللهُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ لَا يُقِيمُ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ وَمِنْ تَعَبِهِ، وَهَكَذَا يَكُونُ مَنْفُوضًا وَفَارِغًا». فَقَالَ كُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ: «آمِينَ». وَسَبَّحُوا ٱلرَّبَّ. وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّعْبُ حَسَبَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ.

also bosom my to shake and to say [emph?] thus to shake [the] God [obj] all [the] man which not to arise: establish [obj] [the] word: promised [the] this from house: home his and from toil his and thus to be to shake and worthless and to say all [the] assembly amen and to boast: praise [obj] LORD and to make: do [the] people like/as Chronicles [the] this

١٤ 14 وَأَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي أُوصِيتُ فِيهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ وَالِيَهُمْ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، مِنَ ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ إِلَى ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةِ وَٱلثَّلَاثِينَ لِأَرْتَحْشَسْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ، ٱثْنَتَيْ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً، لَمْ آكُلْ أَنَا وَلَا إِخْوَتِي خُبْزَ ٱلْوَالِي.

also from day which to command [obj] me to/for to be governor their in/on/with land: country/planet Judah from year twenty and till year thirty and two to/for Artaxerxes [the] king year two ten I and brother: male-sibling my food: allowance [the] governor not to eat

١٥ 15 وَلَكِنِ ٱلْوُلَاةُ ٱلأَوَّلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَبْلِي ثَقَّلُوا عَلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَأَخَذُوا مِنْهُمْ خُبْزًا وَخَمْرًا، فَضْلًا عَنْ أَرْبَعِينَ شَاقِلًا مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، حَتَّى إِنَّ غِلْمَانَهُمْ تَسَلَّطُوا عَلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ. وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَفْعَلْ هَكَذَا مِنْ أَجْلِ خَوْفِ ٱللهِ.

and [the] governor [the] first: previous which to/for face: before my to honor: heavy upon [the] people and to take: take from them in/on/with food: allowance and wine after silver: money shekel forty also youth their to domineer upon [the] people and I not to make: do so from face: because fear God

١٦ 16 وَتَمَسَّكْتُ أَيْضًا بِشُغْلِ هَذَا ٱلسُّورِ، وَلَمْ أَشْتَرِ حَقْلًا. وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ غِلْمَانِي مُجْتَمِعِينَ هُنَاكَ عَلَى ٱلْعَمَلِ.

and also in/on/with work [the] wall [the] this to strengthen: persevere and land: country not to buy and all youth my to gather there upon [the] work

١٧ 17 وَكَانَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِي مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ وَٱلْوُلَاةِ مِئَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ رَجُلًا، فَضْلًا عَنِ ٱلْآتِينَ إِلَيْنَا مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوْلَنَا.

and [the] Jew and [the] ruler hundred and fifty man and [the] to come (in): come to(wards) us from [the] nation which around us upon table my

١٨ 18 وَكَانَ مَا يُعْمَلُ لِيَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ ثَوْرًا وَسِتَّةَ خِرَافٍ مُخْتَارَةٍ. وَكَانَ يُعْمَلُ لِي طُيُورٌ، وَفِي كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ كُلُّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ بِكَثْرَةٍ. وَمَعَ هَذَا لَمْ أَطْلُبْ خُبْزَ ٱلْوَالِي، لِأَنَّ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةَ كَانَتْ ثَقِيلَةً عَلَى هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ.

and which to be to make: do to/for day one cattle one flock six to purify and bird to make: do to/for me and between ten day in/on/with all wine to/for to multiply and with this food: allowance [the] governor not to seek for to honor: heavy [the] service upon [the] people [the] this

١٩ 19 ٱذْكُرْ لِي يَا إِلَهِي لِلْخَيْرِ كُلَّ مَا عَمِلْتُ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ.

to remember [emph?] to/for me God my to/for welfare all which to make: do upon [the] people [the] this