¹Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

¹Saß eb li cutan aßan eb li cuînk joßqueb ajcuiß li ixk queßoc chixcuechßbal rixeb li rech tenamitil.

²For there were that said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

²Cuan queßyehoc re: —Lâo nabalo ut nabaleb ajcuiß li kalal kacßajol ut tzacânc teßraj. Tento takasicß bar takatau katrigo re tocuaßak ut incßaß tocâmk.—

³Some also there were that said, “We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”

³Ut cuan ajcuiß queßyehoc re: —Xban li cueßej xkaqßue chi prenda li kachßochß joß ajcuiß li kacuîmk ut li kochoch re târûk takalokß katrigo re tocuaßak.—

⁴There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

⁴Ut cuan cuißchic queßyehoc re: —Lâo xkapatzß katumin chi toß re târûk takatoj li tento xtojbal re li rey. Ut xkaqßue li kachßochß chi prenda joß ajcuiß li kacuîmk, chanqueb.

⁵Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. Neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

⁵—Lâo kacomon kib riqßuineb li biom. Ut li kalal kacßajol juntakßêteb ajcuiß riqßuineb li ralal xcßajol eb aßan. Moco jalaneb ta chic aßan chiku lâo. Abanan lâo tento nak takacßayiheb li kalal kacßajol chokß xmôseb aßan. Cuanqueb karabin ac xkacßayiheb chokß xmôseb aßan ut incßaß chic naru nakisiheb riqßuineb xban nak mâcßaß chic cuan ke. Li kachßochß ut li kacuîmk jalan chic aj e, chanqueb.

⁶I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

⁶Ut lâin, cßajoß nak quichal injoskßil nak quicuabi li cßaßru queßxye.

⁷Then 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.

⁷Quincßoxla chi us cßaßru tinbânu. Ut quinkßuseb li biomeb ut li nequeßtaklan saß xbêneb li tenamit ut quinye reheb: —¿Ma us nak nequepatzß ral li tumin li nequetoßoni reheb lê rech tenamitil?— Ut quinye ajcuiß reheb nak teßxchßutub ribeb re nak takacßûb ru cßaßru takabânu.

⁸I 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 never a word.

⁸Ut quinye reheb: —Xkisiheb rubel xcuanquil li jalan tenamit li kech tenamitil. Xkabânu li joß qßuial coru xbânunquil. Ut lâex chic yôquex chi rahobtesînc reheb li kech tenamitil. Ut anakcuan, ¿ma toj takisiheb cuißchic rubel êcuanquil lâex? chanquin reheb. Ut mâ jun reheb quichakßoc xban nak incßaß chic queßxtau cßaßru queßxye.

⁹Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

⁹Ut quinye ajcuiß reheb: —Li cßaßru yôquex chixbânunquil, aßan incßaß us. Lâex incßaß nequexucua ru li Dios. Yôquex ban chixbânunquil joß nequeßxbânu li jalan tenamit li xicß nequeßiloc ke, re nak incßaß texrahobtesîk xban eb aßan.

¹⁰I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.

¹⁰Lâin ut eb li cuechßalal joßqueb ajcuiß li nequeßcßanjelac chicuu yôco ajcuiß chixqßuebaleb xtrigo ut xtumineb chi toß. Abanan nintzßâma chêru nak incßaß chic takapatzß reheb lix cßaseb.

¹¹Please restore to them, even this day, 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.”

¹¹Ut nintzßâma ajcuiß chêru nak anakcuan ajcuiß têkßaxtesi cuißchic reheb lix chßochßeb, li racuîmkeb uvas ut olivos, joß ajcuiß li rochocheb. Ut têkßaxtesi ajcuiß reheb li ral li tumin li ac xecßul joß ajcuiß li trigo, li aceite ut li uvas li ac xecßul.—

¹²Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say.” Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

¹²Ut eb aßan queßchakßoc ut queßxye: —Takakßaxtesi reheb chixjunil li ac xkacßul ut incßaß chic takapatzß reheb. Takabânu joß xaye ke, chanqueb. Joßcan nak quinbokeb laj tij re nak chiruheb aßan teßxye riqßuin juramento nak teßxbânu li cßaßru ac xeßxye.

¹³Also 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 thus be he shaken out, and emptied.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.

¹³Ut quinchikß ru li cuakß chiruheb ut quinye reheb: —Joßcaßin taxak tixbânu li Kâcuaß Dios nak târisi saß rochoch ut saß lix cßanjel li ani incßaß tâbânûnk re li cßaßru xye. Chi-isîk ta chi mâcßaß chic cuan re, chanquin reheb. Ut chixjunileb li tenamit queßxye: —Joßcan taxak tâuxmânk, chanqueb. Ut chixjunileb li tenamit queßxbânu joß queßxye ut queßxlokßoni li Kâcuaß.

¹⁴Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

¹⁴Ac yô chic junmay chihab roquic laj Artajerjes chokß rey nak quinixxakab chi taklânc saß xbêneb laj Judá. Chalen saß li cutan aßan toj quicuulac li cablaju xcaßcßâl chihab roquic chokß rey, chi moco lâin, chi moco li cuechßalal kacßul li tzacaêmk li kacßulub raj xtzacanquil joß queßxtzaca li nequeßtaklan. Chiru li cablaju chihab nak cuanquin chi taklânc incßaß quinpuersi li tzacaêmk incßulub raj xcßulbal.

¹⁵But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

¹⁵Eb li queßcuan chi taklânc saß xbêneb li tenamit nak toj mâjiß nin-oc lâin, kßaxal cuißchic nabal li tumin queßxpatzß reheb li tenamit. Rajlal cutan numenak caßcßâl chi tumin plata queßxpatzß re xcuaheb ut xvino. Ut eb li nequeßcßanjelac chiruheb queßxrahobtesi li tenamit. Abanan lâin incßaß quinbânu chi joßcan xban nak ninxucua ru li Dios.

¹⁶Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.

¹⁶Ut lâin quinqßue inchßôl chi cßanjelac riqßuin xyîbanquil li tzßac li sutsu cuiß li tenamit. Ut eb li nequeßtrabajic chicuu queßxqßue ajcuiß xchßôleb chi oquênc saß li cßanjel. Ut incßaß kacßoxla xlokßbal kachßochß.

¹⁷Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.

¹⁷Jun ciento riqßuin mero ciento laj judío li nequeßcuaßac saß li cuochoch. Saß xyânkeb aßan cuanqueb li nequeßcßamoc be saß li tenamit. Ut mâcßaßeb saß ajl li nequeßchal chak saß eb li tenamit li cuanqueb chi nachß kiqßuin.

¹⁸Now 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 store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn’t demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

¹⁸Chixjunil li nasachman rajlal cutan re li katzacaêmk, aßan aßin xqßuial: jun cuacax, cuakib châbil carner xcomoneb li sicßbil ruheb, ut queßxyîb ajcuiß caxlan. Rajlal lajêb cutan nequeßxcßam chak chi nabal li vino. Usta nabal li nasachman, abanan mâ jun sut xinpatzß reheb li tenamit li cßaßru tento raj xincßul lâin, joß li queßxcßul li queßcuan chi taklânc saß li tenamit nak kßaxal nabal li îk cuan saß xbêneb li tenamit.Chinjulticokß taxak âcue, at inDios, riqßuin li joß qßuial li us li xinbânu reheb li tenamit aßin.

¹⁹Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

¹⁹Chinjulticokß taxak âcue, at inDios, riqßuin li joß qßuial li us li xinbânu reheb li tenamit aßin.