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Ang mga Pagbag-o nga Ginhimo ni Nehemias

13 Sang ginbasa ang Libro ni Moises sa mga tawo sa sina nga adlaw, natukiban nila nga ginadilian ang mga Ammonhon kag mga Moabnon sa pag-impon sa katilingban sang Dios. Kay wala nila paghatagi sang pagkaon kag ilimnon ang mga Israelinhon sang pagguwa nila sa Egipto. Sa baylo, ginsuhulan nila si Balaam nga pakamalauton ang mga Israelinhon. Pero ang pagpakamalaot kuntani nga ato ginhimo sang Dios nga pagpakamaayo. Sang mabatian sang mga tawo ato nga kasuguan, wala nila ginpaimpon sa ila ang indi matuod nga mga Israelinhon.

Antes ato natabo, si Eliashib nga pari, nga manugdumala sang mga bodega sa templo sang amon Dios kag paryente ni Tobia, nagtugot kay Tobia nga gamiton niya ang dako nga kuwarto sa templo. Ini nga kuwarto ginagamit sadto nga bodega para sa mga halad nga regalo, insenso, mga kagamitan sa templo, mga halad sa mga pari, mga ikanapulo sang mga uyas, duga sang ubas, kag lana, nga suno sa Kasuguan para sa mga Levita, sa mga manugkanta, kag sa mga guwardya sang mga puwertahan sang templo. Wala ako sa Jerusalem sang natabo ato, tungod kay sang ika-32 nga tuig sang paghari ni Artaserkses sa Babilonia, nagkadto ako sa iya. Sang ulihi ginsugtan niya ako nga magbalik sa Jerusalem. Kag pag-abot ko, nahibaluan ko ang malaot nga ginhimo ni Eliashib nga amo ang pagpaestar kay Tobia sa kuwarto nga ara sa lagwerta sang templo sang Dios. Sa akon puwerte nga kaakig, ginpanghaboy ko ang tanan nga kagamitan ni Tobia paguwa sa kuwarto. Dayon nagmando ako nga tinluan ang kuwarto, kag pagkatapos ginpabalik ko didto ang mga kagamitan sang templo pati ang mga halad nga regalo kag ang insenso.

10 Nahibaluan ko man nga ang mga Levita wala na mahatagi sang parte nga para sa ila, gani sila kag ang mga manugkanta nga gintugyanan sa mga buluhaton sa templo nagpalauli na sa pagpanguma. 11 Gani ginsabdong ko ang mga opisyal kag ginsilingan, “Ngaa ginpabay-an ninyo ang templo sang Dios?” Ginpatawag ko dayon ang mga Levita kag ang mga manugkanta kag ginpabalik sa ila mga buluhaton sa templo. 12 Kag sa liwat ang tanan nga katawhan sang Juda nagdala sang ikanapulo sang ila mga uyas, duga sang ubas, kag lana didto sa mga bodega. 13 Ang ginpadumala ko sa mga bodega amo sila ni Shelemia nga pari, si Zadok nga manunudlo sang Kasuguan, kag si Pedaya nga Levita. Ginpabulig ko man sa ila si Hanan nga anak ni Zacur kag apo ni Matania. Sila ang akon ginpili tungod kay masaligan sila. Gintugyan ko man sa ila ang pagpanghatag sang mga parte sang ila kapareho nga mga manugpangabudlay sa templo.

14 Dayon nagpangamuyo ako, “O Dios ko, dumduma ako kag indi gid pagkalimti ang mga maayo nga ginhimo ko para sa imo templo kag sa mga buluhaton sini.”

15 Sadto nga tion, may nakita ako nga mga taga-Juda nga nagapuga sang ubas sa Adlaw nga Inugpahuway. Ang iban sa ila nagakarga sa mga asno sang mga uyas, bino, ubas, higos,[a] kag iban pa nga mga butang agod dal-on sa Jerusalem kag ibaligya. Gani ginpaandaman ko sila nga indi sila magbaligya sang ila mga produkto sa Adlaw nga Inugpahuway. 16 May ara man nga mga taga-Tyre nga nagaestar sa Jerusalem nga nagdala sang mga isda kag sang iban pa nga mga inugbaligya. Kag ginbaligya nila ini sa mga taga-Juda nga ara sa Jerusalem sa sina nga Adlaw nga Inugpahuway. 17 Gani ginsabdong ko ang mga pangulo sang Juda kag ginsilingan, “Ano bala ini nga kalautan nga inyo ginahimo? Wala ninyo ginapakabalaan ang Adlaw nga Inugpahuway! 18 Indi bala nga amo man ini ang ginhimo sang inyo mga katigulangan, gani kita kag ang ini nga siyudad ginsilutan sang aton Dios? Karon, ginapaakig pa gid ninyo tapat ang Dios sa inyo ginahimo, kay wala ninyo ginapakabalaan ang Adlaw nga Inugpahuway.”

19 Gani nagmando ako nga siradhan ang puwertahan sang siyudad kada Biyernes[b] sang hapon,[c] kag indi ini pagbuksan hasta indi matapos ang Adlaw nga Inugpahuway. Ginpabantayan ko sa akon mga tinawo ang mga puwertahan agod wala sing bisan ano nga inugbaligya nga makasulod sa siyudad sa Adlaw nga Inugpahuway. 20 Kon kaisa, ang mga negosyante nagatulog sa guwa sang Jerusalem kon Biyernes sang gab-i. 21 Pero ginpaandaman ko sila. Siling ko, “Ngaa diri kamo nagatulog sa pader sang siyudad? Kon liwaton pa ninyo ini makatilaw gid kamo sa akon.” Gani halin sadto wala na sila magbalik sa Adlaw nga Inugpahuway. 22 Dayon ginmanduan ko ang mga Levita nga magpakatinlo sila[d] kag magbantay sa mga puwertahan agod kabigon sang mga tawo nga pinasahi nga adlaw ang Adlaw nga Inugpahuway.

Dayon nagpangamuyo ako, “O Dios ko, dumduma man ining ginhimo ko, kag kaluoyi ako suno sa imo dako nga gugma.”

23 Sadto man nga mga inadlaw, nakita ko nga may mga taga-Juda nga nagpangasawa sang mga babayi nga taga-Ashdod, taga-Ammon, kag taga-Moab. 24 Katunga sang ila mga anak nagahambal sa lingguahe sang Ashdod ukon sa lingguahe sang iban nga mga lugar, kag indi sila makahambal sa lingguahe sang Juda. 25 Gani ginsabdong ko kag ginpakamalaot ini nga mga taga-Juda. Ginhanot ko ang iban sa ila kag gin-gan-it ang ila mga buhok. Ginpasumpa ko sila sa ngalan sang Dios nga sila kag ang ila mga anak indi na gid magpangasawa ukon magpamana sang mga indi Israelinhon. 26 Dayon nagsiling ako sa ila, “Indi bala nga amo ini ang kabangdanan sang pagpakasala ni Haring Solomon sang Israel? Wala sing hari sa bisan diin nga nasyon nga pareho sa iya. Palangga siya sang iya Dios, kag ginhimo siya sang Dios nga hari sa bug-os nga Israel. Pero sa pihak sini nagpakasala siya tungod nga gin-ganyat siya sang iya mga asawa nga indi Israelinhon. 27 Ti, pasugtan lang bala namon ining kalautan nga ginahimo ninyo nga amo ang pagluib sa aton Dios paagi sa pagpangasawa sang indi Israelinhon?”

28 Si Joyada nga anak sang pangulo nga pari nga si Eliashib may anak nga nakapangasawa sa anak ni Sanbalat nga taga-Horon, gani ginpahalin ko siya.

29 Dayon nagpangamuyo ako, “O Dios ko, indi pagkalimti nga silutan sila tungod nga ginbaliwala nila ang ila pagkapari kag ang ila panaad bilang mga pari kag mga Levita.”

30 Gani ginsiguro ko nga ang katawhan sang Israel hilway na sa bisan ano nga impluwensya sang mga indi Israelinhon. Kag ginhatagan ko sang obra ang mga pari kag ang mga Levita suno sa tagsa nila ka buluhaton. 31 Ginsiguro ko man nga ang mga gatong nga gamiton sa paghalad madala sa husto nga tion, pati ang mga nahauna nga patubas.

Dayon nagpangamuyo ako, “O Dios ko, dumduma ako kag pakamaayuha.”

Footnotes

  1. 13:15 higos: ang bunga sang kahoy nga higera (ukon, fig tree).
  2. 13:19 Biyernes: sa Hebreo, antes sang Adlaw nga Inugpahuway.
  3. 13:19 hapon sang nagasalop na ang adlaw.
  4. 13:22 magpakatinlo sila: buot silingon, tumanon nila ang seremonya sang pagpakatinlo.

Nehemiah’s Final Reforms

13 On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into the assembly of God,(A) because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam(B) to call a curse down on them.(C) (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)(D) When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.(E)

Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms(F) of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah,(G) and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes(H) of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests.

But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes(I) king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib(J) had done in providing Tobiah(K) a room in the courts of the house of God. I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.(L) I gave orders to purify the rooms,(M) and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense.(N)

10 I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them,(O) and that all the Levites and musicians responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.(P) 11 So I rebuked the officials and asked them, “Why is the house of God neglected?”(Q) Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.

12 All Judah brought the tithes(R) of grain, new wine and olive oil into the storerooms.(S) 13 I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a Levite named Pedaiah in charge of the storerooms and made Hanan son of Zakkur, the son of Mattaniah, their assistant, because they were considered trustworthy. They were made responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.(T)

14 Remember(U) me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services.

15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, together with wine, grapes, figs and all other kinds of loads. And they were bringing all this into Jerusalem on the Sabbath.(V) Therefore I warned them against selling food on that day. 16 People from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them in Jerusalem on the Sabbath(W) to the people of Judah. 17 I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this wicked thing you are doing—desecrating the Sabbath day? 18 Didn’t your ancestors do the same things, so that our God brought all this calamity on us and on this city?(X) Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath.”(Y)

19 When evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath,(Z) I ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my own men at the gates so that no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. 21 But I warned them and said, “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you.” From that time on they no longer came on the Sabbath. 22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

Remember(AA) me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

23 Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married(AB) women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.(AC) 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language(AD) of Judah. 25 I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath(AE) in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.(AF) 26 Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him.(AG) He was loved by his God,(AH) and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.(AI) 27 Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying(AJ) foreign women?”

28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib(AK) the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat(AL) the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.

29 Remember(AM) them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.(AN)

30 So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign,(AO) and assigned them duties, each to his own task. 31 I also made provision for contributions of wood(AP) at designated times, and for the firstfruits.(AQ)

Remember(AR) me with favor, my God.

13 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:

And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:

And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.

10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.