Nehemiah · Bible in Basic English
Nehemiah 5 Bible in Basic English
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1 Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
1 ENTONCES fué grande el clamor del pueblo y de sus mujeres contra los Judíos sus hermanos.
1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
2 For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.
2 Y había quien decía: Nosotros, nuestros hijos y nuestras hijas, somos muchos: hemos por tanto tomado grano para comer y vivir.
2 For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
3 And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.
3 Y había quienes decían: Hemos empeñado nuestras tierras, y nuestras viñas, y nuestras casas, para comprar grano en el hambre.
3 There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”
4 And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
4 Y había quienes decían: Hemos tomado prestado dinero para el tributo del rey, sobre nuestras tierras y viñas.
4 There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
5 But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
5 Ahora bien, nuestra carne es como la carne de nuestros hermanos, nuestros hijos como sus hijos: y he aquí que nosotros sujetamos nuestros hijos y nuestras hijas á servidumbre, y hay algunas de nuestras hijas sujetas: mas no hay facultad en nuestras manos para rescatarlas, porque nuestras tierras y nuestras viñas son de otros.
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. It is also not in our power to help it, because other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
6 And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.
6 Y enojéme en gran manera cuando oí su clamor y estas palabras.
6 I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7 And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
7 Medité[lo] entonces para conmigo, y reprendí á los principales y á los magistrados, y díjeles: ¿Tomáis cada uno usura de vuestros hermanos? Y convoqué contra ellos una grande junta.
7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.
8 And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.
8 Y díjeles: Nosotros rescatamos á nuestros hermanos Judíos que habían sido vendidos á las gentes, conforme á la facultad que [había] en nosotros: ¿y vosotros aun vendéis á vuestros hermanos, y serán vendidos á nosotros? Y callaron, que no tuvieron qué responder.
8 I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?” Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.
9 And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
9 Y dije: No es bien lo que hacéis, ¿no andaréis en temor de nuestro Dios, por [no ser] el oprobio de las gentes enemigas nuestras?
9 Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
10 Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.
10 También yo, y mis hermanos, y mis criados, les hemos prestado dinero y grano: relevémosles ahora de este gravamen.
10 I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
11 Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.
11 Ruégoos que les devolváis hoy sus tierras, sus viñas, sus olivares, y sus casas, y la centésima parte del dinero y grano, del vino y del aceite que demandáis de ellos.
11 Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them.”
12 Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.
12 Y dijeron: Devolveremos, y nada les demandaremos; haremos así como tú dices. Entonces convoqué los sacerdotes, y juramentélos que harían conforme á esto.
12 Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you say.” Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
13 And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
13 Además sacudí mi vestido, y dije: Así sacuda Dios de su casa y de su trabajo á todo hombre que no cumpliere esto, y así sea sacudido y vacío. Y respondió toda la congregación: ¡Amén! Y alabaron á Jehová. Y el pueblo hizo conforme á esto.
13 Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even may he be shaken out and emptied like this.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.
14 Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.
14 También desde el día que me mandó [el rey] que fuese gobernador de ellos en la tierra de Judá, desde el año veinte del rey Artajerjes hasta el año treinta y dos, doce años, ni yo ni mis hermanos comimos el pan del gobernador.
14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15 But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
15 Mas los primeros gobernadores que fueron antes de mí, cargaron al pueblo, y tomaron de ellos por el pan y por el vino sobre cuarenta siclos de plata: á más de esto, sus criados se enseñoreaban sobre el pueblo; pero yo no hice así, á causa del temor de Dios.
15 But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
16 And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.
16 También en la obra de este muro instauré [mi parte], y no compramos heredad: y todos mis criados juntos estaban allí á la obra.
16 Yes, I also continued in the work of this wall. We didn’t buy any land. All my servants were gathered there to the work.
17 And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.
17 Además ciento y cincuenta hombres de los Judíos y magistrados, y los que venían á nosotros de las gentes que están en nuestros contornos, estaban á mi mesa.
17 Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, in addition to those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.
18 Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.
18 Y lo que se aderezaba para cada día era un buey, seis ovejas escogidas, y aves también se aparejaban para mí, y cada diez días vino en toda abundancia: y con todo esto nunca requerí el pan del gobernador, porque la servidumbre de este pueblo era grave.
18 Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
19 Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.
19 Acuérdate de mí para bien, Dios mío, y de todo lo que hice á este pueblo.
19 Remember me, my God, for all the good that I have done for this people.
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 5:7; Deuteronomy 15:7–11; Leviticus 25:35–37; Job 34:28; Job 31:38–39
- 2 Psalm 128:2–4; Malachi 2:2; Genesis 41:57; Psalm 127:3–5; Genesis 43:8
- 3 Leviticus 25:35–39; Malachi 3:8–11; Deuteronomy 15:7; Genesis 47:15–25
- 4 Ezra 4:13; Ezra 4:20; 1 Kings 9:21; Ezra 7:24; Nehemiah 9:37
- 5 2 Kings 4:1; Leviticus 25:39–43; Genesis 37:27; Isaiah 58:7; Exodus 21:1–11
- 6 Nehemiah 13:25; Exodus 11:8; Ephesians 4:26; Numbers 16:15; Nehemiah 13:8
- 7 Leviticus 25:36; Deuteronomy 23:19–20; Exodus 22:25; Ezekiel 22:12; 2 Chronicles 19:6–7
- 8 Leviticus 25:47–49; Deuteronomy 24:7; Matthew 25:15; 2 Corinthians 8:12; 1 Corinthians 8:11
- 9 Leviticus 25:36; Proverbs 18:5; Romans 2:24; 1 Peter 2:12; 2 Samuel 12:14
- 10 2 Corinthians 6:1; Exodus 22:25–27; Ezekiel 18:13; 1 Corinthians 9:12–18; Micah 2:1
- 11 Isaiah 58:6; Leviticus 6:4–5; Luke 3:8; 1 Samuel 12:3; Nehemiah 5:3–4
- 12 Ezra 10:5; Jeremiah 34:8–10; Nehemiah 10:29; Ezra 10:12; 2 Chronicles 6:22–23
- 13 Acts 18:6; 1 Chronicles 16:36; Matthew 10:14; Zechariah 5:3–4; Deuteronomy 27:14–26
- 14 Nehemiah 13:6; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9; 1 Corinthians 9:4–15; Ezra 4:13–14
- 15 Nehemiah 5:9; Isaiah 50:10; Proverbs 16:6; 2 Corinthians 11:9; Job 31:23
- 16 Galatians 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:5–6; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Acts 20:33–35; Philippians 2:20–21
- 17 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Peter 4:9–10; 2 Samuel 9:7; Romans 12:13; Isaiah 32:8
- 18 1 Kings 4:22–23; Psalm 37:21; Psalm 37:26; Nehemiah 5:14–15
- 19 Nehemiah 13:31; Psalm 106:4; Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; Jeremiah 29:11
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