ABP - Nehemiah - 5

5:1  And [7was 1the 2cry 3of the 4people 5and 6their wives] great against their brethren of the Jews.

5:2  And there were some saying, With our sons and with our daughters we are many; and we shall take grain, and shall eat and shall live.

5:3  And there are some saying, Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses we mortgaged, and we shall take grain and we shall eat.

5:4  And there are some saying, We borrowed money for tribute of the king of our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses.

5:5  And now [2is as 3the flesh 4of our brethren 1our flesh]; as their sons our sons; and behold, we are tyrannizing over our sons and our daughters selling them for servants, and there are some of our daughters being tyrannized already; and there is no power to redeem them by our hands, for our fields and our vineyards belong to the important ones.

5:6  And I fretted very much as I heard their cry and these words.

5:7  And [2took counsel 1my heart] with me, and I did combat against the important ones, and the rulers. And I said to them, Shall [2exact 1a man] from his brother what you do? And I put upon them [2assembly 1a great].

5:8  And I said to them, We have acquired our brethren of the Jews, of the ones having been sold to the nations, by our voluntary offerings; and do you sell your brethren? Or shall they be sold to us? And they were quiet, and they did not find a word.

5:9  And I said, [3is not good 1The 2matter] which you do. [2not 4thus 5in 6the fear 7of our God 1Should you 3go forth] because of the scorn of the nations of our enemies?

5:10  And also I, and my brethren, and my acquaintances, put up for them money and grain; we abandoned indeed this exaction.

5:11  Return indeed to them, even today, their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive groves, and their houses, and of the money for the grain, and [3the 4wine 5and 6the 7olive oil 1bring forth 2to them]!

5:12  And they said, We will give it back, and [3from 4them 1we will not 2seek], we shall do thus as you say. And I called the priests, and bound them by an oath to do as this saying.

5:13  And [2my wrap 1I shook off], and said, Thus shall [2shake off 1God] every man who does not stand by this word, of his house, and of his toil; and he will be thus shaken and empty. And [4said 1all 2the 3assembly], Amen. And they praised the lord. And [3did 1the 2people] this thing.

5:14  And also from the day which he gave charge to me to be as their ruler in the land of Judah, from [2year 1the twentieth], and until [4year 1the thirtieth 2and 3second] of Artaxerxes the king, [2years 1twelve], that even I and my brethren [3bread 4of my governing 1did not 2eat].

5:15  But the rulers, the ones before me, oppressed upon the people, and took from them in bread loaves and in wine; and last money [2shekels 1of forty]. And also their servants dominated over the people. But I did not do so because of the countenance of the fear of the lord.

5:16  And in the work of the wall [2these things 1I repaired]. [3fields of land 1I did not 2acquire], and my servants and all the ones gathering were there for work.

5:17  And the Jews, and the rulers were a hundred fifty men, and the ones coming to us from the nations round about us were at my table.

5:18  And there was coming in [2day 1one] -- [2calf 1one], and [3sheep 1six 2choice], and a winter yearling; there came to me also in the midst of ten days all wine in multitude. And with these [3bread 4of my governing 1I did not 2seek], for [3was heavy 1the 2slavery] upon this people.

5:19  Remember me, O God! for all good as much as I did to this people.