Nehemiah 5
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
1NUI loa iho la ka ohumu ana o na kanaka a me ka lakou poe wahine i na hoahanau o lakou i ka Iuda.
2Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
2No ka mea, olelo mai la kekahi poe, O ka makou mau keikikane a me ka makou mau kaikamahine, he poe nui no makou, a lawe aie makou i ka ai, i ai iho ai, a ola.
3Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
3Aia hoi kekahi poe i olelo mai la, Ua moraki aku makou i na aina o makou, a me ka makou mau mala waina, a me ko makou mau hale, e kuai makou i ka ai, no ka pololi.
4Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
4A aia no hoi kekahi poe i olelo mai la, Ua lawe aie makou i ke kala i mea hookupu i ke alii, a paa malaila na aina o makou a me na mala waina.
5We 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.”
5A e like me ka io o ko makou poe hoahanau, ea, pela no ka io o makou, a e like me ka lakou mau keiki, pela no na keiki a makou; a eia hoi e hoolilo ana makou i ka makou mau keikikane a me ka makou mau kaikamahine i poe kauwa, a ua hookauwaia ano kekahi poe o ka makou mau kaikamahine: aole e hiki ia makou ke hoola; no ka mea, aia no ia hai na aina o makou a me ka makou mau mala waina.
6When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
6A huhu loa iho la au i ko'u lohe ana i ko lakou ohumu ana, a me keia mau mea.
7and 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
7Alaila kuka iho la ko'u naau me au iho; a ao aku la au i na kaukaualii a me na luna, a i aku la au ia lakou, Ke lawe nei oukou i ka uku kuala kekahi me kekahi A hoohuli au i ahakanaka nui eku e ia lakou.
8and 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.
8A i aku la au ia lakou, Ua kuai hoola makou i na hoahanau o kakou i ka Iuda i kuai lilo ia'ku i ko na aina e, e like me ka mea i hiki ia makou; a e kuai anei oukou i ko oukou hoahanau, ea? a e kuaiia mai anei lakou ia kakou? Alaila mumule iho la lakou, aole hoi i loaa ia lakou kekahi mea e ekemu mai ai.
9So 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?
9A i aku la au, Aole pono keia mea a oukou e hana nei: aole anei e hele oukou ma ka makau o ko kakou Akua no ka hoowahawaha ana mai o ko na aina e, ko kakou poe enemi?
10I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
10E hiki no hoi ia'u, a me ko'u poe hoahanau, a me ka'u poe kanwa ke auhau ia lakou ma ke kala a me ka ai: aka, e haalele kakou i keia alunu ana, ea.
11Please 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.”
11Ke noi aku nei au ia oukou, e hoihoi aku oukou io lakou la i keia la i na aina o lakou, a me ka lakou mau mala waina a me ka lakou mau mala oliva, a me ko lakou mau hale, a me ka hapahaneri o ke kala a me ka ai, a me ka waina, a me ka aila a oukou e auhau ai ia lakou.
12“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.
12A i mai la lakou, E hoihoi no makou, aole hoi e auhau ia lakou; e like me ka mea au i olelo mai ai, pela no makou e hana'i. Alaila kahea aku la au i na kahuna, a na'u no lakou i kena'ku e hoohiki e nana e like me keia olelo ana.
13I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession 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.
13A lulu iho la au i ke kapa ma ko'u alo, a i aku la au, Pela no e lulu aku ai ke Akua i kela kanaka i keia kanaka, ke nana ole ia e like me keia olelo ana, mai kona hale aku a mai kana oihana aku no hoi, a pela no ia e luluia'i a nele. A i mai la ka ahakanaka a pau, Amene, a hoonani aku la ia Iehova. A hana iho la ka poe kanaka e like me keia olelo ana.
14Furthermore, 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.
14A mai ka la mai o'u i hooliloia'i i kiaaina ma ka aina o Iuda, mai ka makahiki iwakalua mai a hiki i ka makahiki kanakolukumamalua o Aretasaseta, o ke alii, he umikumamalua makahiki, aole no au, aole hoi ko'u poe hoahanau i ai i ka ai na ke kiaaina.
15The 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.
15Aka, o na kiaaina mamua o'u, ua hookaumaha lakou i na kanaka, a ua lawe na lakou mai i ka ai, a me ka waina, a me na sekela kala he kanaha; a ua hana no hoi ka lakou mau kauwa me he poe alii la maluna o na kanaka: aka, aole au i hana pela no ka makau i ke Akua.
16Instead, 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.
16A hooikaika no hoi au ma ka hana ana i keia pa, aole hoi makou i kuai i aina; aka, malaila no ma ka hana i akoakoa'i ka'u poe kauwa a pau.
17There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
17A o ka poe o Iuda, a me na luna ma kau papaaina hookahi haneri a me kanalima kanaka, a me ka poe no hoi i hele mai la io makou nei no ko na aina e mai a puni makou.
18Each 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.
18A o ka mea i hoomakaukauia no ka la hookahi, hookahi bipi, a me na hipa eono i waeia; a ua noomakaukauia no hoi na manu na'u, a i ka umi o na la, keia waina keia waina, he nui; a ma keia mau mea, aole no au i lawe i ka ai na ke kiaaina, no ka mea, ua kaumaha ka hookauwa ana maluna o keia poe kanaka.
19Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
19E hoomanao mai oe ia'u, e ko'u Akua, i mea e pono ai, e like me na mea a pau a'u i hana'i no keia poe kanaka.
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