Nehemiah 5

1 [Later, ] many of the men and their wives protested loudly about what [some of] the [other] Jews were doing.

Hanki anante mago'a Jiu venenemo'zane a'nene zamimo'zanena Jiu naga'zamigura tusiza hu'za ke hara rezmante'naze.

2 Some/One of them said, “We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and continue to live.”

Anama keha'maraza naga'moza amanage hu'naze, Tagra tusi mofavrezaga zamante'none. E'ina hu'negu tagrama witima erita nesuta ofri manigahaze.

3 Others said, “The fields and vineyards and houses that we own, it has been necessary for us to (mortgage them/promise to give them to someone if we do not pay back to him the money he has loaned us) in order to get money to buy grain, during this (famine/time where there is not much food).”

Hanki mago'amo'za amanage hu'naze, tagatontoma hia knafina tagra mago'a ana vahepinti zagoa nofi huta enerita, mago tarimpa huta kea anakita ana nofi'ma apa'ma osesunana, waini hozati'ma witi hozati'ma nontinena erigahaze huta kea anaki'none.

4 Others said, “We have [needed to] borrow money to pay the taxes that the king [commanded us to pay] on our fields and our vineyards.

Hagi mago'a vahe'mo'zanena amanage hu'naze, Tagra waini hozatine, mopatimofo takisima kini ne'mofoma aminakura vahepinti zagoa nofi huta ami'none.

5 We are Jews just like [IDM] they are. Our children are ([just as good as/equal with)] their children. But we have needed to sell some of our children to become slaves [in order to pay what we owe]. We have already sold some of our daughters to become slaves. Our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us, so now we do not have [the money to pay what we owe, and we are forced to sell our children to get money to pay those debts].”

Hagi tagranena zamagrama hazaza huta Juda vahe mani'none. Tagri mofavre naga'mo'za zamagri ne'mofavre naga'mo'zama nehazaza hu'za knare hu'naze. Hianagi mofavre nagatia zamatresanunke'za kazokazo eri'za ome erigahaze. Hagi mago'a mofa'netimo'za hago vu'za kazokazo eri'zana ome enerize. Hianagi tagrira hankavetia omane'ne, na'ankure mopatine waini hozatinena hago rumo'za eri'naze.

6 I was very angry when I heard these things that they were complaining about.

Hanki ana vahe'mo'zama haza nanekene krafa ke'zamima nentahugeno'a nagrira tusi narimpa ahe'ne.

7 So I thought about what I could do about it. I told the leaders and officials [who were responsible for this work], “You are charging interest to your own relatives [when they borrow money from you]!” Then I called together a large group of people,

Ana hige'na ana nanekea antahintahinifi atrogeno me'nege'na refko hute'na, kva vahe'tamine erizante'ma ugotama hu'naza vahetaminena amanage hu'na zamasami'noe, tamagra magoke vahe mani'nazanki na'agafare nofi'ma hu'naza zagorera amema'a ante marerita enerize. Anage hute'na ana vahera zamuvufintanke huku, ana maka vahe kuhuge'za eme eri tru hu'naze.

8 and I said to their [leaders], “Some of our Jewish relatives have been forced to sell themselves to become slaves of people who have come from other countries. As much as we have been able to, we have been buying them back [out of slavery]. But now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their fellow Jews, as slaves!” [When I said that to them, ] they were silent. There was nothing that they could say [because they knew that what I said was true].

Hagi anante amanage hu'na zamasami'noe, Ko'ma megi'a vahe'mo'zama mago'a nagatima zagoreti'ma mizase'za ome kinama huzmante'nazana maka ete mizama huta zamavare megi atreku maraguzana netune. Hianagi zamagra zamafuhe'ina megi'a vahete zagorera netrazanki'za ete ana vahera tagrite zagore atregahaze. Anankema huge'za kva nagara ke'zamia omanege'za akohe'za mani'naze.

9 Then I said to them, “What you are doing is terrible [EUP]! You certainly ought to [RHQ] obey God and do what is right! If you did that, our enemies who do not revere Yahweh [would see that we are doing what is right and] would not ridicule us.

Anama hazage'na mago'ene amanage hu'na zamasami'noe, Tamagra e'inahu tamavutamava'ma nehaza zamo'a knarera osu'neanki, tagri Anumzamofonku korora hunenteta, Agri agorga nemanita fatgo avu'avazama'a amage anteho. E'ina tamavu'tamavama hanage'za megi'a tamefi'a nanekea osugahaze.

10 My fellow Jews and I and my servants have lent money and grain to people [without charging interest]. So you all should stop charging interest on these loans.

Hagi nagrane nafuhe'zane eri'za naga'ninena ana zanke huta zagone witinena nofi'ma hu'za erinaku'ma hazageta nezamune. Hianagi nofi'ma hu'nazare'ma apasehogu'ma rama'a zago agima ahezmante'zana atresune.

11 Also, you must give back to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive tree orchards, and their houses that you have taken from them. You must also give back to them the interest that you charged them when they borrowed money, grain, wine, and [olive] oil from you, and you must do it today!”

Hanki waini hoza zamifi, olivi hoza zamifi, no zamifi hozama ante mopa'zaminema eri'nesazana meninke'za ete ame huta zamiho. Ana zanke hutma zagofi, witifi, wainifi olivi masavenema zamagripinti'ma nofi'ma hu'nesazana amema'a zamagripintira ante marerita e'oritma atreho.

12 The leaders replied, “We will do what you have said. We will return to them everything that we forced them to give to us, and we will not require that they give us anything more.” Then I summoned the priests, and I forced the leaders to vow in front of them that they would do what they had promised to do.

Anante kva vahe'mo'za kenona hu'za, Kema hana kea amage anteta ana maka zama eri'nona zantamina ete zamigahune. Ana nehuta zamagripintira mago zana kea huta e'origahune. Anagema hazage'na kva naga'ene ugota kva vahera zamasami'na, kema haza nanekerera pristi vahe zamavufina mago huvempa ke hutma ana osugahune hutma hiho huge'za ana osugahune hu'za huvempa hu'naze.

13 I shook out the folds of my robe and said to them, “If you do not do what you have just now promised to do, I hope/desire that God will shake you like I am shaking my robe. He will take away your homes and everything else that you own.” They all replied, “Amen/May it be so!” And they praised Yahweh. Then they did what they had promised to do.

Anagema nehu'na nakre kuni'mofo kasagura eriherahe nehu'na, amanage hu'na hu'noe, Amama huvempama hazankema, amage'ma ontesimofona Anumzamo'a anamofo noma'afintira ama avame'zama huaza huno, ana maka vahe'mo'za fenozama'a eri herahe hutregahie. Ana hanigeno anamofona mago'a zama'a omanegahie hu'na huge'za, ana maka tamage hu'za nehu'za Ra Anumzamofona agi'a ahentesga nehu'za, huvempama hu'naza ke amage ante'naze.

14 I was appointed to be the governor of Judea in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia]. For the next twelve years, until he had been ruling for almost 32 years, neither I nor my officials accepted [the money that we were allowed/entitled to receive to buy] food because of my being the governor.

Hagi Pesia kini ne' Artserksisi'ma kinima manino egeno 20ma hia kafufi, nagrira huhampari nantage'na Juda mopare'ma kva mani'noreti'ma eno, Artserksisi'ma kini manino egeno 32ma hia kafumofo amu'nompina nagra 12fu'a kafufi gavana eri'zana eri'noanagi, gavana ne'mo'ma ne'zama miza huno negahie hu'nea zagofintira mago zagoe hu'na e'oritfa hu'noe.

15 The men who were governors before I became the governor had burdened the people by requiring them to pay a lot of taxes. They had forced each person to pay to them 40 silver coins every day, in addition to giving food and wine to them. Even their servants/officials oppressed the people. But I did not do that, because I revered God.

Hianagi Juda mopare'ma ko'ma gavana mani'za e'naza, vahe'mokizmia tusi'a kna nezami'za, ne'zane waini tinema eriza agofetura, 40'a silva zagone eri'naze. Hagi ana kva vahe'ma zamaza hu'za eri'zama eri'za vahe'mo'zanena, vahera tusi'a knaza zami'naze. Hianagi nagra Anumzamofonku koro hunente'na e'inama hazazana osu'noe.

16 I also continued to work on the wall, and I did not take land from people [who were unable to pay back the money that they had borrowed from me]. All those who worked for me joined me to work on the wall.

Nagra Jerusalemi kuma keginama hu' eri'zanke nagu'areti hu'na e'neri'na mopa miza ose'noe. Hagi nagranema eme atru hu'za eri'zama eri'za vahe'mo'zanena, ana zanke hu'za mopa miza ose'naze.

17 Also, every day I was responsible to feed 150 Jewish officials, and also [official] visitors who came from nearby countries.

Hianagi nagri nompintira Jiu vahe'ene ugota kva vahetamina 150'a vahe'mo'za ne'zana eme nenageno, anampina tvaontire'ma me'nea mopafima nemaniza vahepintira mago'amo'za nagri nompinti tagrane ne'zana eme ne'naze.

18 Each day I [told my servants to] serve [us the meat from] one ox, six very good sheep, and chickens. And every ten days I gave them a large new supply of wine. But I knew that the people were burdened [by paying lots of taxes], so I did not accept [the money that I was entitled/allowed to receive to buy all this] food because of my being the governor.

Hanki mago mago zupama nagri nompima ne'zama kre terema hu'nazana vahe'mo'za mago bulimakaogi, 6si'a knare'ma hu'nea sipisipi afutaminki, mago'a kokore raminki hu'za ana vahera ne'zana krezamantetere hu'naze. Hagi 10ni'a zage kna'ma evuterema nehige'za, eri'za waini tina eri'za eme zamizage'za, ana netere hu'naze. Ana ne'zantamimpina, magore hu'na gavana ne'mofo ne'zanema hu'za huhampari'naza ne'zampinti'enena erinteta erita eho hu'na huozamante'noe. Na'ankure eri'zama zami'noa eri'zamo'a ranknaza zaminogu anara hu'noe.

19 My God, do not forget me, and reward me because of all that I have done for these people.

Anama hute'na nunamu hu'na, Anumzanimoka ama vahe'mokizmima zamaza hu'na maka knare eri'zama eri'noazamofona kagera akanionantenka asomura hunanto hu'na hu'noe.