New American Standard Bible 1995

Nehemiah 5:1-8

1Nowthere was a greatגְּדוֹלָ֑הge.do.LahH1419outcryצַעֲקַ֥תtza.'a.KatH6818of the peopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971and of their wivesוּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖םu.ne.shei.HemH802againstאֶל־'el-H413theirJewishהַיְּהוּדִֽים׃hai.ye.hu.DimH3064brothersאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם'a.chei.HemH251.

2For thereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426were those whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “We, our sonsבָּנֵ֥ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121and our daughtersוּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּu.ve.no.Tei.nuH1323are manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227; therefore let usgetוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715that we may eatוְנֹאכְלָ֥הve.no.khe.LahH398and liveוְנִחְיֶֽה׃ve.nich.YehH2421.”

3Thereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426were others whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “We are mortgagingעֹרְבִ֑ים'o.re.VimH6148our fieldsשְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704,our vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754and our housesוּבָתֵּ֖ינוּu.va.Tei.nuH1004that we might getוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947grainדָגָ֖ןda.GanH1715because of the famineבָּרָעָֽב׃ba.ra.'AvH7458.”

4Also thereוְיֵשׁ֙ve.YeshH3426were those whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834saidאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559, “We have borrowedלָוִ֥ינוּla.Vi.nuH3867moneyכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701for the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428taxלְמִדַּ֣תle.mi.DatH4060onour fieldsשְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּse.do.Tei.nuH7704and our vineyardsוּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃u.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754.

5Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258our fleshכִּבְשַׂ֤רkiv.SarH1320is like the fleshבְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּbe.sa.Re.nuH1320of our brothersאַחֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Chei.nuH251,our childrenכִּבְנֵיהֶ֖םkiv.nei.HemH1121like their childrenבָּנֵ֑ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121.Yet beholdוְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.NehH2009,we are forcingH3533our sonsבָּנֵ֨ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121and our daughtersבְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323to be slavesלַעֲבָדִ֗יםla.'a.va.DimH5650,and someH4480of our daughtersמִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּmi.be.no.Tei.nuH1323are forcedH3533into bondageH3533already, andwe are helplessוְאֵ֣ין לְאֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔נוּve.'Ein le.'El ya.De.nuH369 H410 H3027because our fieldsוּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּu.se.do.Tei.nuH7704and vineyardsוּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּu.khe.ra.Mei.nuH3754belong to othersלַאֲחֵרִֽים׃la.'a.che.RimH312.”

6Then I was veryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966angryוַיִּ֥חַרvai.Yi.charH2734whenH3512I had heardשָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙sha.Ma'.tiH8085their outcryזַֽעֲקָתָ֔םza.'a.ka.TamH2201and theseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֥יםha.de.va.RimH1697.

7I consultedוַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְvai.yi.ma.LekhH4427with myself and contendedוָאָרִ֙יבָה֙va.'a.Ri.vahH7378with the noblesהַחֹרִ֣יםha.cho.RimH2715and the rulersהַסְּגָנִ֔יםha.se.ga.NimH5461and saidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559to them, “You are exactingH5377usuryמַשָּׁ֥אma.Sha'H4855,eachאִישׁ־'ish-H376from his brotherבְּאָחִ֖יוbe.'a.ChivH251!”Therefore, I heldוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414a greatגְדוֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419assemblyקְהִלָּ֥הke.hi.LahH6952againstH5921them.

8I saidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559to them, “We according to our abilityכְּדֵ֣יke.DeiH1767haveredeemedקָ֠נִינוּKa.ni.nuH7069our Jewishהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064brothersאַחֵ֨ינוּ'a.Chei.nuH251who were soldהַנִּמְכָּרִ֤יםha.nim.ka.RimH4376to the nationsלַגּוֹיִם֙la.go.YimH1471;now would you evenוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571sellתִּמְכְּר֥וּtim.ke.RuH4376your brothersאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם'a.chei.KhemH251that they may be soldוְנִמְכְּרוּ־ve.nim.ke.ru-H4376to us?” Then they were silentוַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּvai.ya.cha.Ri.shuH2790and could not findמָצְא֖וּma.tze.'UH4672a wordדָּבָֽר׃ סda.VarH1697to say.

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