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Nehemiah

Chapter 5

KJV · Textus Receptus

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

Asante Twi

1Na nkurɔfoɔ no ne wɔn yerenom teateaam denden tiaa wɔn nuanom Yudafoɔ no.Under pastoral review
2Efisɛ na ebinom wɔ hɔ a wɔkaa sɛ, Yɛn, yɛn mmammarima, ne yɛn mmammaa dɔɔso: ɛno enti yɛregye aburoo, sɛdeɛ yɛbɛdi, na yɛatena ase.Under pastoral review
3Na ebinom nso wɔ hɔ a wɔkaa sɛ, Yɛde yɛn nsase, ne yɛn bobefuo, ne yɛn afie asi awowa, sɛdeɛ yɛbɛtɔ aburoo, ɛkɔm no enti.Under pastoral review
4Na ebinom nso wɔ hɔ a wɔkaa sɛ, Yɛabɔ bosea sika ama ɔhene apeatoɔ, na yɛde yɛn nsase ne yɛn bobefuo asi awowa.Under pastoral review
5Nanso afei, yɛn honam te sɛ yɛn nuanom honam, yɛn mma te sɛ wɔn mma: na hwɛ, yɛde yɛn mmammarima ne yɛn mmammaa rekɔ nkoasom mu sɛ nkoa, na yɛn mmammaa no bi wɔ nkoasom mu dada: na yɛnni tumi biara; efisɛ nnipa foforɔ na wɔwɔ yɛn nsase ne yɛn bobefuo.Under pastoral review
6Na me bo fuu yie ɛberɛ a metee wɔn nteateam ne saa nsɛm yi.Under pastoral review
7Afei me ne me ho tuu agyina, na mekaa adehyeɛ ne sodifoɔ no anim, na meka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Mogye mmoasoɔ, obiara firi ne nua nkyɛn. Na mefrɛɛ nhyiamu kɛseɛ tiaa wɔn.Under pastoral review
8Na meka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Yɛn deɛ, sɛdeɛ yɛtumi no, yɛagye yɛn nuanom Yudafoɔ a wɔtɔn wɔn maa amanaman no; na mo nso mobɛtɔn mo nuanom anaa? anaasɛ wɔbɛtɔn wɔn ama yɛn anaa? Afei wɔyɛɛ komm, na wɔannya asɛm biara anka.Under pastoral review
9Bio, mekaa sɛ, Deɛ moyɛ no nyɛ: ɛnsɛ sɛ monante yɛn Onyankopɔn suro mu amanaman a wɔyɛ yɛn atamfoɔ no animguaseɛ enti anaa?Under pastoral review
10Me nso, ne me nuanom, ne m'asomfoɔ, yɛbɛtumi agye sika ne aburoo afiri wɔn nkyɛn: mesrɛ mo, momma yɛnnyae saa mmoasoɔgyeɛ yi.Under pastoral review
11Mesrɛ mo, momfa wɔn nsase, wɔn bobefuo, wɔn ngonnua mfuo, ne wɔn afie mma wɔn ɛnnɛ ara, ne sika, ne aburoo, ne nsã, ne ngo no mu ɔha mu baako a mogye firi wɔn nkyɛn no nso.Under pastoral review
12Afei wɔkaa sɛ, Yɛde bɛma wɔn, na yɛremmisa wɔn hwee; saa ara na yɛbɛyɛ sɛdeɛ woka no. Afei mefrɛɛ asɔfoɔ no, na mema wɔkaa ntam sɛ wɔbɛyɛ sɛdeɛ saa bɔhyɛ yi teɛ.Under pastoral review
13Bio, meporoo me srɛ so ntoma mu, na mekaa sɛ, Saa ara na Onyankopɔn mporo obiara mfiri ne fie, ne n'adwuma mu, deɛ ɔnni saa bɔhyɛ yi so; saa ara na wɔmporo no, na ɔnyɛ hwee. Na asafo no nyinaa kaa sɛ, Amen, na wɔkamfoo AWURADE. Na nkurɔfoɔ no yɛɛ sɛdeɛ saa bɔhyɛ yi teɛ.Under pastoral review
14Bio, ɛfiri ɛberɛ a wɔpaa me sɛ wɔn amrado wɔ Yuda asase so, ɛfiri ɔhene Artasasta afe a ɛtɔ so aduonu kɔsii afe a ɛtɔ so aduasa mmienu, a ɛyɛ mfeɛ dumienu no, me ne me nuanom anni amrado aduane.Under pastoral review
15Nanso amradofoɔ a wɔdii ɛkan wɔ m'anim no yɛɛ nkurɔfoɔ no adesoa, na wɔgyee aduane ne nsã firii wɔn nkyɛn, a dwetɛ sɛkele aduanan ka ho; aane, wɔn asomfoɔ mpo dii nkurɔfoɔ no so: nanso me deɛ, manyɛ saa, Onyankopɔn suro enti.Under pastoral review
16Aane, mekɔɔ so wɔ saa ɔfasuo yi adwuma mu, na yɛantɔ asase biara: na m'asomfoɔ nyinaa boaboaa wɔn ho ano wɔ hɔ maa adwuma no.Under pastoral review
17Bio, na Yudafoɔ ne sodifoɔ ɔha ne aduonum wɔ me didipono ho, a wɔn a wɔfiri amanaman a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no mu baa yɛn nkyɛn no ka ho.Under pastoral review
18Na deɛ wɔsiesie maa me da biara ne nantwie baako ne nnwan a wɔapa wɔn nsia; na wɔsiesiee nnomaa nso maa me, na nna du biara mu, nsã ahodoɔ nyinaa bebree: nanso yeinom nyinaa akyi, mammisa amrado aduane, efisɛ na nkoasom no mu yɛ duru wɔ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi so.Under pastoral review
19Dwene me ho, me Onyankopɔn, ma papa, sɛdeɛ deɛ mayɛ ama saa nkurɔfoɔ yi nyinaa teɛ.Under pastoral review

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