1 PLS Ke amon gaitar naha hargyav, andugav grae, aisom-som grae Yahudi rigav gi grae. BSB BSB: About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
2 PLS Nahav ni agankomian," Nigiv hargyav, urakem gi ni auwat. One manae, nigiv ni du gamdum favi nenae nekomain. BSB BSB: Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
3 PLS Etoh ani agankomain nigiv ni wan-wan ani finanae fakeden kebun anggur ani, av gi kahane du gamdum gi kahane ke mahomae. BSB BSB: Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
4 PLS Etoh ani agankomian ke, "Nigiv ni du gi ke favi mahomae uan gi etoh nake riganae fanae raja finanae fakeden ladang, kebun anggur grae ke. BSB BSB: Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 PLS Enaigu bae nigi fat bae nigiv aisom-som gi fat grae kahane, nigi hargyav bae naha hargyav grae kahane. Manae, ke nigiv hargyav bae ke karya madev faken, ke nigiv urakem gi tae ke karya madev utuv ke fanae haen, one manae nigiv ni wan-wan madev yah nigiv kebun anggur gi, gi rigav etoh ani nahawa ke." BSB BSB: We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
6 PLS Nohov ni amon keden naha aedon roh ke darnae nahasin ke darnae. BSB BSB: When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
7 PLS Nohov ni oke sin ke darnae huawah fohav sin ke darnae mudradev rigav bainam ke amon kahane kekede, sin nahav ke agansir ke enaigu ke riga dimjaen gi aisom-som gi ke."One manae, nohov no sidang jamaat maimaken. BSB BSB: and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
8 PLS Nohov ni naha ke agadimakon nigiv aisom-som wan-wan gi ke gini, nigiv aisom-som Yahudi wan-wan gini haim-haim etoh gi ke finane?"Nahav ni one sin ke darnae ke kenae agadohaser. BSB BSB: and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
9 PLS Nohov ni nahav ke agaden, gini make bae yah, gini Myao Kodon ke tadan mahaser haim-haim etoh rigav gi ke, amon rigav ke inake bae? BSB BSB: So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
10 PLS One manae, no aisom-som ani, Myao Kodon karya mama rigav ani naha wan tirmakanen du gi, gandum gi ke favi nenae, one manae naha utang sin ke tormafem nenae. BSB BSB: I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
11 PLS Naha wan -wan gi kebun anggur, kebun zaitun gi, naha av gi ke naha fidan nenae ke seperseratus uan gi, gandum, ah gi tae, minyak gi tae gini nahva nake it kafakomian enefaran bae nahav ke fadimjaen ke." BSB BSB: Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
12 PLS Ke hanav ni agansir ke, "Der nigiv ni ke fidaikon ke nigiv ni nahav ke rigado haser, goni aganke sin maravi maikon, ke onake nohov ni sin imam rigav ke yanae fanae agansirin. BSB BSB: “We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
13 PLS Ke nohov ni no avag, fomhadev ke asenae kipas manae sin nahav ke agansirin ene, "Enefaran vae Waron Myao ni nyamgini merhau sin ani fanae makeken sin bohos ani fanae makene dimake vae enefaran bae Myao Kodon ani nyam, sin-sin der nahav ni, "Amin!"Myao Kodon konahare. BSB BSB: I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
14 PLS Ke etoh vae ke, onatav maidav ani ke nohov ke gubernur Yehuda yasir ke, tahun dua puluh dua nake hanae tahun tiga puluh utuv ani densir one tuv bae Artahsasta nimudranae bain tahun dua belas ni bain, ke naha aisom-som tae gubernur nateman nenae sangkomain tae nahav ni fadodo haser kesankomain. BSB BSB: Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
15 PLS Ke gubernur ani karya sin agane makomain gu nahva ni karya hatimir faran fidasir ke, twane du(roti)grae anggur ah grae naha nake nafasir empat puluh syikal perak. Manae, gubernur anak buah ni nahav ke tae amon, husar gagae makomain, one kahene man faran vae ke, nohov ni gubernur kenae badahomae no karya mahaser novae Myao Kodon tadan. BSB BSB: The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
16 PLS Ke one manae noho ni karya maimakon ene tembok bae, ke fae bae nohov ni hatae akifahaser. One manae no karya madev rigav ani karya maimaken ene karya faran vae. BSB BSB: Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
17 PLS One manae, Yahudi seratus lima puluh rigav ani nateman gi, du gi kahane sin aganae bahadimakon no meja nake, ke haim-haim etoh nake safankomian gi tae one rigav grae sin aganae bahadimakon nahav grae. BSB BSB: There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
18 PLS Atav kahane no nateman ke sangkomain bae sapi mod maidav, domba mod enam ekor, er yamos-yamos sene famonae sangkomian. Ke atav sepuluh ke komaigu ah gi kahane ni sangkomain ovae anggur ah gi omadadanav. Manae ke nohov ni nateman fae ni gubernur wan nenae sangkomainid, arkohomae badan sin bae hatimir nenae ene rigav ke av. BSB BSB: Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
19 PLS No ke fina-fina manama Myao Kodon no maromon nohov niene rigav ke finakede ke mahomae. BSB BSB: Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
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