Nehemiah 5
Nehemia Awasaidia Maskini
1 aWakati huu wanaume na wake zao wakalia kilio kikuu dhidi ya ndugu zao Wayahudi. 2 bBaadhi yao walikuwa wakisema, “Sisi na wana wetu na binti zetu tuko wengi. Ili tuweze kula na kuishi, ni lazima tupate nafaka.”3 cWengine walikuwa wakisema, “Tunaweka rehani mashamba yetu, mashamba ya mizabibu, na nyumba zetu ili tupate nafaka wakati wa njaa.”
4 dBado kukawa na wengine waliokuwa wakisema, “Ilitubidi tukope fedha ili kulipa kodi ya mfalme kwa ajili ya mashamba yetu na mashamba yetu ya mizabibu. 5 eIngawa sisi ni mwili na damu moja sawa na watu wa nchi yetu, na ijapo wana wetu ni wazuri kama wana wao, bado inatupasa kuwatoa wana wetu na binti zetu kwenye utumwa. Baadhi ya binti zetu wameshakuwa watumwa tayari, lakini hatuna uwezo wa kuwakomboa, kwa sababu mashamba yetu na mashamba ya mizabibu yetu ni mali ya wengine.”
6 fNiliposikia kilio chao na malalamiko haya, nilikasirika sana. 7 gNikayatafakari katika akili yangu, nikiwalaumu wakuu na maafisa. Nikawaambia, “Mnawaonea ndugu zenu kwa kuwatoza riba!” Basi nikaitisha mkutano mkubwa ili kuwashughulikia 8 hna kusema: “Kulingana na uwezo wetu, tumewakomboa ndugu zetu Wayahudi waliokuwa wameuzwa kwa watu wasioamini. Sasa mnawauza ndugu zenu, ili wauzwe tena kwetu!” Walinyamaza kimya, kwa sababu hawakupata chochote cha kusema.
9 iBasi nikaendelea kusema, “Mnachokifanya si sawa. Je, haikuwapasa kutembea katika hofu ya Mungu wetu ili tuepukane na shutuma za adui zetu wasioamini? 10 jMimi na ndugu zangu na watu wangu tunawakopesha watu fedha na nafaka. Lakini jambo hili la kutoza riba likome! 11 kWarudishieni mara moja mashamba yao, mashamba yao ya mizabibu, mashamba yao ya mizeituni, na nyumba zao, pia riba yao mnayowatoza na sehemu ya fungu la mia la fedha, nafaka, divai mpya na mafuta.”
12 lWakasema, “Tutawarudishia na hatutataka kitu chochote zaidi kutoka kwao. Tutafanya kama ulivyosema.”
Kisha nikawaita makuhani na kuwafanya wakuu na maafisa kuapa kufanya kile walichoahidi. 13 mPia nikakungʼuta makunjo ya vazi langu na kusema, “Kila mtu ambaye hatatimiza ahadi hii, Mungu na amkungʼute hivi kutoka nyumba yake na katika mali zake. Basi mtu wa namna hiyo akungʼutiwe nje na aachwe bila kitu!”
Waliposikia hili, mkutano wote ukasema, “Amen,” na wakamtukuza Bwana. Nao watu wakafanya kama walivyokuwa wameahidi.
14 nZaidi ya hayo, kutoka mwaka wa ishirini wa Mfalme Artashasta, wakati nilipoteuliwa kuwa mtawala wao katika nchi ya Yuda, mpaka mwaka wake wa thelathini na mbili, yaani miaka kumi na miwili, mimi wala ndugu zangu hatukula chakula ambacho kwa kawaida hupewa watawala. 15 oLakini watawala wa mwanzoni, wale walionitangulia, waliwalemea watu na kuchukua kutoka kwao shekeli arobaini za fedha, ▼
▼Shekeli 40 za fedha ni sawa na gramu 456.
pamoja na chakula na mvinyo. Wasaidizi wao pia walijifanya wakuu juu ya watu. Lakini kwa kumheshimu Mungu sikufanya hivyo. 16 qBadala yake, nilijitoa kwa bidii katika kazi ya ukuta huu. Watu wangu wote walikutanika pale kwa ajili ya kazi. Hatukujipatia shamba lolote. 17Zaidi ya hayo, Wayahudi na maafisa 150 walikula mezani pangu, pamoja na wale waliotujia kutoka mataifa jirani. 18 rKila siku niliandaliwa maksai mmoja, kondoo sita wazuri, na kuku, na mvinyo wa kila aina kwa wingi kila baada ya siku kumi. Licha ya mambo haya yote, sikudai chakula kilichokuwa fungu la mtawala, kwa sababu madai yalikuwa mazito sana kwa watu hawa.
19 sUnikumbuke kwa fadhili, Ee Mungu wangu, kwa yote niliyofanya kwa ajili ya watu hawa.
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