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Nehemiah 5 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:1 - And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:2 - yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3 - And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:4 - And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 - and now, as the flesh of our brethren is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards are to others.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:6 - And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - and say to them, 'We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that is in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - And I say, 'Not good is the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:12 - And they say, 'We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, 'Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, 'Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.

Nehemiah's Example

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king -- twelve years -- I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - the former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:16 - And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:17 - and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that are round about us, are at my table;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - and that which hath been prepared for one day is one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:19 - Remember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
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