5:1 Now
there
arose
a
great
outcry
of
the
people
and
of
their
wives
against
their
Jewish
brothers.
5:2 For
there
were
those
who
said,
"With
our
sons
and
our
daughters,
we
are
many.
So
let
us
get
grain,
that
we
may
eat
and
keep
alive."
5:3 There
were
also
those
who
said,
"We
are
mortgaging
our
fields,
our
vineyards,
and
our
houses
to
get
grain
because
of
the
famine."
5:4 And
there
were
those
who
said,
"We
have
borrowed
money
for
the
king's
tax
on
our
fields
and
our
vineyards.
5:5 Now
our
flesh
is
as
the
flesh
of
our
brothers,
our
children
are
as
their
children.
Yet
we
are
forcing
our
sons
and
our
daughters
to
be
slaves,
and
some
of
our
daughters
have
already
been
enslaved,
but
it
is
not
in
our
power
to
help
it,
for
other
men
have
our
fields
and
our
vineyards."
5:6 I
was
very
angry
when
I
heard
their
outcry
and
these
words.
5:7 I
took
counsel
with
myself,
and
I
brought
charges
against
the
nobles
and
the
officials.
I
said
to
them,
"You
are
exacting
interest,
each
from
his
brother."
And
I
held
a
great
assembly
against
them
5:8 and
said
to
them,
"We,
as
far
as
we
are
able,
have
bought
back
our
Jewish
brothers
who
have
been
sold
to
the
nations,
but
you
even
sell
your
brothers
that
they
may
be
sold
to
us!"
They
were
silent
and
could
not
find
a
word
to
say.
5:9 So
I
said,
"The
thing
that
you
are
doing
is
not
good.
Ought
you
not
to
walk
in
the
fear
of
our
God
to
prevent
the
taunts
of
the
nations
our
enemies
5:10 Moreover,
I
and
my
brothers
and
my
servants
are
lending
them
money
and
grain.
Let
us
abandon
this
exacting
of
interest.
5:11 Return
to
them
this
very
day
their
fields,
their
vineyards,
their
olive
orchards,
and
their
houses,
and
the
percentage
of
money,
grain,
wine,
and
oil
that
you
have
been
exacting
from
them."
5:12 Then
they
said,
"We
will
restore
these
and
require
nothing
from
them.
We
will
do
as
you
say."
And
I
called
the
priests
and
made
them
swear
to
do
as
they
had
promised.
5:13 I
also
shook
out
the
fold
of
my
garment
and
said,
"So
may
God
shake
out
every
man
from
his
house
and
from
his
labor
who
does
not
keep
this
promise.
So
may
he
be
shaken
out
and
emptied."
And
all
the
assembly
said
"Amen"
and
praised
the
LORD.
And
the
people
did
as
they
had
promised.
5:14 Moreover,
from
the
time
that
I
was
appointed
to
be
their
governor
in
the
land
of
Judah,
from
the
twentieth
year
to
the
thirty-second
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
twelve
years,
neither
I
nor
my
brothers
ate
the
food
allowance
of
the
governor.
5:15 The
former
governors
who
were
before
me
laid
heavy
burdens
on
the
people
and
took
from
them
for
their
daily
ration
forty
shekels
of
silver.
Even
their
servants
lorded
it
over
the
people.
But
I
did
not
do
so,
because
of
the
fear
of
God.
5:16 I
also
persevered
in
the
work
on
this
wall,
and
we
acquired
no
land,
and
all
my
servants
were
gathered
there
for
the
work.
5:17 Moreover,
there
were
at
my
table
150
men,
Jews
and
officials,
besides
those
who
came
to
us
from
the
nations
that
were
around
us.
5:18 Now
what
was
prepared
at
my
expense
for
each
day
was
one
ox
and
six
choice
sheep
and
birds,
and
every
ten
days
all
kinds
of
wine
in
abundance.
Yet
for
all
this
I
did
not
demand
the
food
allowance
of
the
governor,
because
the
service
was
too
heavy
on
this
people.
5:19 Remember
for
my
good,
O
my
God,
all
that
I
have
done
for
this
people.