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1 THEN there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. |
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2 For there were those who said, Our sons and our daughters and our brothers are many; therefore let us purchase grain that we may eat and live. |
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3 There were also those who said, We are going to sell our fields, our houses, and our vineyards that we may purchase grain during the famine, that we may live. |
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4 There were those who said, Let us borrow money from the king's tribute, and work our fields and our vineyards, that we may live. |
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5 And there were also those who said, Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children; and, 1o, we are compelling our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already compelled to become maidservants; and yet they do not raise their hands in protest before God; and our fields, our vineyards, and our goods are given for other men. |
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6 And I was exceedingly sorrowful when I heard their cry and these words, and my heart was broken within me, |
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7 But I was patient, and I consulted with the elders and with the rulers, and said to them, |
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8 We are redeeming our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations, both they and their children, and will you even take a man in pledge for his brother? Therefore I shouted at them, and said to them, Will you also sell your brethren? Then they were silent, and did not answer me. |
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9 Also I said to them, The thing that you are doing is not good; for now you are not walking in the reverence of our God, because you are behaving like the nations which are round about us. |
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10 I, likewise, and my sons and my brothers will take money, and will buy grain and will remit the debts of the poor who are among us. |
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11 Restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses; also pardon the debts of money and of grain, wine, and oil to the rest of the people. |
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12 Then they said to me, We will do as you say. Then I called the priests, and said to them, This is the right thing to do, and I took an oath of them to do according to this promise. I did this also to the children of the common people. |
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13 And we said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this promise, even thus shall he be shaken out and emptied. And all the people said, Amen. Then all the people rose up and praised the LORD. And all the people did according to this promise. |
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14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artakhshisht the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers were leaders over them, but I never took by force even a donkey of one of them nor did I bother any one of them. |
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15 But the former governors who had been before me had enslaved the people and taken from them wine and bread, besides forty shekels of silver; also their servants bore rule over the people, and they were subject to them and were tormented by them; but I did not do so, because of the fear of God. |
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16 Also I was greatly occupied with the work of this wall, and I bought no fields; and all the Jewish servants were gathered there, supervising the work. |
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17 Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty nobles and rulers, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were about us. |
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18 Now the man who prepared food brought to the servants who did the cooking, daily one ox and six fat sheep; also yearling goats were prepared for us, and once in ten days wine in abundance; yet for all this I did not ask for the provisions which were due the governorship, because the work was heavy upon this people. |
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19 O my God, remember me for good, because of all that I have done for this people. |
Книга НеемииГлава 5 |
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2 Одни говорили: «Много нас вместе с сыновьями и дочерьми — без зерна на пропитание нам не выжить!» |
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3 Другие сетовали: «Нам приходится отдавать в залог свои поля, виноградники и дома, чтобы достать зерна во время голода». |
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4 Третьи роптали: «Мы вынуждены занимать деньги под залог своих полей и виноградников, чтобы уплатить царскую подать. |
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5 Мы из такой же плоти и крови, что и наши собратья, и дети у нас такие же, как у них, но нам приходится отдавать сыновей и дочерей в рабство — некоторые из наших дочерей уже стали рабынями, а у нас нет средств для выкупа. Поля и виноградники достались другим!» |
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7 Всё тщательно обдумав, я призвал к ответу знать и начальников, высказав им, что они наживаются на своих собратьях. Я созвал по этому поводу большое собрание |
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8 и сказал им: «Мы делали всё возможное, чтобы выкупить своих собратьев иудеев, проданных другим народам. А теперь вы сами продаете своих братьев — что же, нам и их выкупать?!» Они молчали, не находя ответа. |
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9 Тогда я сказал: «Нехорошо это! Неужели вы живете, не боясь ни Бога нашего, ни позора пред враждебными нам народами? |
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10 Сам я, и братья мои, и слуги давали взаймы и серебро, и зерно — но давайте откажемся от такой наживы! |
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11 Сегодня же верните собратьям своим поля и виноградники, оливы и дома, и проценты с серебра, зерна, вина и масла, которые вы с них брали». |
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12 «Всё вернем и взамен ничего не потребуем, — ответили они. — Сделаем всё, как ты говоришь!» Призвав священников, я взял с собравшихся клятву, что именно так они и поступят. |
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13 А еще я сказал, отряхнув полы своей одежды: «Всякого, кто не исполнит клятвы, пусть так же вытряхнет Бог из дома его и нажитого имущества, вытряхнет прочь, не оставив ему ничего!» И всё собрание ответило: «Аминь!» Народ прославил ГОСПОДА и поступил, как было решено. |
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15 Прежние наместники, что были до меня, дорого обходились народу: требовали с него хлеба и вина вдобавок к сорока шекелям серебра, даже слуги их — и те притесняли народ. А я так не поступал, потому что благоговел перед Богом. |
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16 Я участвовал и в восстановлении городской стены: на эту работу выходили все мои слуги, а полей мы себе не приобретали. |
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17 За столом у меня собиралось по сто пятьдесят начальников и простых иудеев, не считая наших гостей из окрестных народов. |
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18 На каждый день готовили одного быка, шесть отборных овец и птицу, а раз в десять дней доставлялось в изобилии всякое вино. А положенного наместнику я не требовал, ведь народ и без того тяжко трудился. |
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19 Помяни меня, Боже мой, за всё то добро, что я сделал для этого народа! |
NehemiahChapter 5 |
Книга НеемииГлава 5 |
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1 THEN there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. |
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2 For there were those who said, Our sons and our daughters and our brothers are many; therefore let us purchase grain that we may eat and live. |
2 Одни говорили: «Много нас вместе с сыновьями и дочерьми — без зерна на пропитание нам не выжить!» |
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3 There were also those who said, We are going to sell our fields, our houses, and our vineyards that we may purchase grain during the famine, that we may live. |
3 Другие сетовали: «Нам приходится отдавать в залог свои поля, виноградники и дома, чтобы достать зерна во время голода». |
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4 There were those who said, Let us borrow money from the king's tribute, and work our fields and our vineyards, that we may live. |
4 Третьи роптали: «Мы вынуждены занимать деньги под залог своих полей и виноградников, чтобы уплатить царскую подать. |
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5 And there were also those who said, Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children; and, 1o, we are compelling our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already compelled to become maidservants; and yet they do not raise their hands in protest before God; and our fields, our vineyards, and our goods are given for other men. |
5 Мы из такой же плоти и крови, что и наши собратья, и дети у нас такие же, как у них, но нам приходится отдавать сыновей и дочерей в рабство — некоторые из наших дочерей уже стали рабынями, а у нас нет средств для выкупа. Поля и виноградники достались другим!» |
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6 And I was exceedingly sorrowful when I heard their cry and these words, and my heart was broken within me, |
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7 But I was patient, and I consulted with the elders and with the rulers, and said to them, |
7 Всё тщательно обдумав, я призвал к ответу знать и начальников, высказав им, что они наживаются на своих собратьях. Я созвал по этому поводу большое собрание |
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8 We are redeeming our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations, both they and their children, and will you even take a man in pledge for his brother? Therefore I shouted at them, and said to them, Will you also sell your brethren? Then they were silent, and did not answer me. |
8 и сказал им: «Мы делали всё возможное, чтобы выкупить своих собратьев иудеев, проданных другим народам. А теперь вы сами продаете своих братьев — что же, нам и их выкупать?!» Они молчали, не находя ответа. |
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9 Also I said to them, The thing that you are doing is not good; for now you are not walking in the reverence of our God, because you are behaving like the nations which are round about us. |
9 Тогда я сказал: «Нехорошо это! Неужели вы живете, не боясь ни Бога нашего, ни позора пред враждебными нам народами? |
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10 I, likewise, and my sons and my brothers will take money, and will buy grain and will remit the debts of the poor who are among us. |
10 Сам я, и братья мои, и слуги давали взаймы и серебро, и зерно — но давайте откажемся от такой наживы! |
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11 Restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses; also pardon the debts of money and of grain, wine, and oil to the rest of the people. |
11 Сегодня же верните собратьям своим поля и виноградники, оливы и дома, и проценты с серебра, зерна, вина и масла, которые вы с них брали». |
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12 Then they said to me, We will do as you say. Then I called the priests, and said to them, This is the right thing to do, and I took an oath of them to do according to this promise. I did this also to the children of the common people. |
12 «Всё вернем и взамен ничего не потребуем, — ответили они. — Сделаем всё, как ты говоришь!» Призвав священников, я взял с собравшихся клятву, что именно так они и поступят. |
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13 And we said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this promise, even thus shall he be shaken out and emptied. And all the people said, Amen. Then all the people rose up and praised the LORD. And all the people did according to this promise. |
13 А еще я сказал, отряхнув полы своей одежды: «Всякого, кто не исполнит клятвы, пусть так же вытряхнет Бог из дома его и нажитого имущества, вытряхнет прочь, не оставив ему ничего!» И всё собрание ответило: «Аминь!» Народ прославил ГОСПОДА и поступил, как было решено. |
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14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artakhshisht the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers were leaders over them, but I never took by force even a donkey of one of them nor did I bother any one of them. |
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15 But the former governors who had been before me had enslaved the people and taken from them wine and bread, besides forty shekels of silver; also their servants bore rule over the people, and they were subject to them and were tormented by them; but I did not do so, because of the fear of God. |
15 Прежние наместники, что были до меня, дорого обходились народу: требовали с него хлеба и вина вдобавок к сорока шекелям серебра, даже слуги их — и те притесняли народ. А я так не поступал, потому что благоговел перед Богом. |
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16 Also I was greatly occupied with the work of this wall, and I bought no fields; and all the Jewish servants were gathered there, supervising the work. |
16 Я участвовал и в восстановлении городской стены: на эту работу выходили все мои слуги, а полей мы себе не приобретали. |
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17 Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty nobles and rulers, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were about us. |
17 За столом у меня собиралось по сто пятьдесят начальников и простых иудеев, не считая наших гостей из окрестных народов. |
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18 Now the man who prepared food brought to the servants who did the cooking, daily one ox and six fat sheep; also yearling goats were prepared for us, and once in ten days wine in abundance; yet for all this I did not ask for the provisions which were due the governorship, because the work was heavy upon this people. |
18 На каждый день готовили одного быка, шесть отборных овец и птицу, а раз в десять дней доставлялось в изобилии всякое вино. А положенного наместнику я не требовал, ведь народ и без того тяжко трудился. |
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19 O my God, remember me for good, because of all that I have done for this people. |
19 Помяни меня, Боже мой, за всё то добро, что я сделал для этого народа! |