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Nehemiae 7-9
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
Nehemiae 7-9
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
7 Postquam autem aedificatus est murus, et posui valvas, et recensui janitores, et cantores, et Levitas,
2 praecepi Hanani fratri meo, et Hananiae principi domus de Jerusalem (ipse enim quasi vir verax et timens Deum plus ceteris videbatur),
3 et dixi eis: Non aperiantur portae Jerusalem usque ad calorem solis. Cumque adhuc assisterent, clausae portae sunt, et oppilatae: et posui custodes de habitatoribus Jerusalem, singulos per vices suas, et unumquemque contra domum suam.
4 Civitas autem erat lata nimis et grandis, et populus parvus in medio ejus, et non erant domus aedificatae.
5 Deus autem dedit in corde meo, et congregavi optimates, et magistratus, et vulgus, ut recenserem eos: et inveni librum census eorum qui ascenderant primum, et inventum est scriptum in eo.
6 Isti filii provinciae, qui ascenderunt de captivitate migrantium, quos transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et reversi sunt in Jerusalem et in Judaeam, unusquisque in civitatem suam.
7 Qui venerunt cum Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemias, Azarias, Raamias, Nahamani, Mardochaeus, Belsam, Mespharath, Begoai, Nahum, Baana. Numerus virorum populi Israel:
8 filii Pharos, duo millia centum septuaginta duo:
9 filii Saphatia, trecenti septuaginta duo:
10 filii Area, sexcenti quinquaginta duo:
11 filii Phahathmoab filiorum Josue et Joab, duo millia octingenti decem et octo:
12 filii AElam, mille ducenti quinquaginta quatuor:
13 filii Zethua, octingenti quadraginta quinque:
14 filii Zachai, septingenti sexaginta:
15 filii Bannui, sexcenti quadraginta octo:
16 filii Bebai, sexcenti viginti octo:
17 filii Azgad, duo millia trecenti viginti duo:
18 filii Adonicam, sexcenti sexaginta septem:
19 filii Beguai, duo millia sexaginta septem:
20 filii Adin, sexcenti quinquaginta quinque:
21 filii Ater, filii Hezeciae, nonaginta octo:
22 filii Hasem, trecenti viginti octo:
23 filii Besai, trecenti viginti quatuor:
24 filii Hareph, centum duodecim:
25 filii Gabaon, nonaginta quinque:
26 filii Bethlehem et Netupha, centum octoginta octo.
27 Viri Anathoth, centum viginti octo.
28 Viri Bethazmoth, quadraginta duo.
29 Viri Cariathiarim, Cephira, et Beroth, septingenti quadraginta tres.
30 Viri Rama et Geba, sexcenti viginti unus.
31 Viri Machmas, centum viginti duo.
32 Viri Bethel et Hai, centum viginti tres.
33 Viri Nebo alterius, quinquaginta duo.
34 Viri AElam alterius, mille ducenti quinquaginta quatuor.
35 Filii Harem, trecenti viginti.
36 Filii Jericho, trecenti quadraginta quinque.
37 Filii Lod Hadid et Ono, septingenti viginti unus.
38 Filii Senaa, tria millia nongenti triginta.
39 Sacerdotes: filii Idaia in domo Josue, nongenti septuaginta tres.
40 Filii Emmer, mille quinquaginta duo.
41 Filii Phashur, mille ducenti quadraginta septem.
42 Filii Arem, mille decem et septem. Levitae:
43 filii Josue et Cedmihel filiorum
44 Oduiae, septuaginta quatuor. Cantores:
45 filii Asaph, centum quadraginta octo.
46 Janitores: filii Sellum, filii Ater, filii Telmon, filii Accub, filii Hatita, filii Sobai: centum triginta octo.
47 Nathinaei: filii Soha, filii Hasupha, filii Tebbaoth,
48 filii Ceros, filii Siaa, filii Phadon, filii Lebana, filii Hagaba, filii Selmai,
49 filii Hanan, filii Geddel, filii Gaher,
50 filii Raaia, filii Rasin, filii Necoda,
51 filii Gezem, filii Aza, filii Phasea,
52 filii Besai, filii Munim, filii Nephussim,
53 filii Bacbuc, filii Hacupha, filii Harhur,
54 filii Besloth, filii Mahida, filii Harsa,
55 filii Bercos, filii Sisara, filii Thema,
56 filii Nasia, filii Hatipha,
57 filii servorum Salomonis, filii Sothai, filii Sophereth, filii Pharida,
58 filii Jahala, filii Darcon, filii Jeddel,
59 filii Saphatia, filii Hatil, filii Phochereth, qui erat ortus ex Sabaim filio Amon.
60 Omnes Nathinaei, et filii servorum Salomonis, trecenti nonaginta duo.
61 Hi sunt autem qui ascenderunt de Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, et Emmer: et non potuerunt indicare domum patrum suorum, et semen suum, utrum ex Israel essent,
62 filii Dalaia, filii Tobia, filii Necoda, sexcenti quadraginta duo.
63 Et de sacerdotibus, filii Habia, filii Accos, filii Berzellai, qui accepit de filiabus Berzellai Galaaditis uxorem, et vocatus est nomine eorum.
64 Hi quaesierunt scripturam suam in censu, et non invenerunt: et ejecti sunt de sacerdotio.
65 Dixitque Athersatha eis ut non manducarent de Sanctis sanctorum, donec staret sacerdos doctus et eruditus.
66 Omnis multitudo quasi vir unus quadraginta duo millia trecenti sexaginta,
67 absque servis et ancillis eorum, qui erant septem millia trecenti triginta septem, et inter eos cantores et cantatrices, ducenti quadraginta quinque.
68 Equi eorum, septingenti triginta sex: muli eorum, ducenti quadraginta quinque:
69 cameli eorum, quadringenti triginta quinque: asini, sex millia septingenti viginti.
70 Nonnulli autem de principibus familiarum dederunt in opus. Athersatha dedit in thesaurum auri drachmas mille, phialas quinquaginta, tunicas sacerdotales quingentas triginta.
71 Et de principibus familiarum dederunt in thesaurum operis, auri drachmas viginti millia, et argenti mnas duo millia ducentas.
72 Et quod dedit reliquus populus, auri drachmas viginti millia, et argenti mnas duo millia, et tunicas sacerdotales sexaginta septem.
73 Habitaverunt autem sacerdotes, et Levitae, et janitores, et cantores, et reliquum vulgus, et Nathinaei, et omnis Israel, in civitatibus suis.
8 Et venerat mensis septimus: filii autem Israel erant in civitatibus suis. Congregatusque est omnis populus quasi vir unus ad plateam quae est ante portam aquarum: et dixerunt Esdrae scribae ut afferret librum legis Moysi, quam praeceperat Dominus Israeli.
2 Attulit ergo Esdras sacerdos legem coram multitudine virorum et mulierum, cunctisque qui poterant intelligere, in die prima mensis septimi.
3 Et legit in eo aperte in platea quae erat ante portam aquarum, de mane usque ad mediam diem, in conspectu virorum et mulierum, et sapientium: et aures omnis populi erant erectae ad librum.
4 Stetit autem Esdras scriba super gradum ligneum, quem fecerat ad loquendum: et steterunt juxta eum Mathathias, et Semeia, et Ania, et Uria, et Helcia, et Maasia, ad dexteram ejus: et ad sinistram, Phadaia, Misael, et Melchia, et Hasum, et Hasbadana, Zacharia, et Mosollam.
5 Et aperuit Esdras librum coram omni populo: super universum quippe populum eminebat: et cum aperuisset eum, stetit omnis populus.
6 Et benedixit Esdras Domino Deo magno: et respondit omnis populus: Amen, amen, elevans manus suas: et incurvati sunt, et adoraverunt Deum proni in terram.
7 Porro Josue, et Bani, et Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Septhai, Odia, Maasia, Celita, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, Levitae, silentium faciebant in populo ad audiendam legem: populus autem stabat in gradu suo.
8 Et legerunt in libro legis Dei distincte, et aperte ad intelligendum: et intellexerunt cum legeretur.
9 Dixit autem Nehemias (ipse est Athersatha) et Esdras sacerdos et scriba, et Levitae interpretantes universo populo: Dies sanctificatus est Domino Deo nostro: nolite lugere, et nolite flere. Flebat enim omnis populus cum audiret verba legis.
10 Et dixit eis: Ite, comedite pinguia, et bibite mulsum, et mittite partes his qui non praeparaverunt sibi, quia sanctus dies Domini est: et nolite contristari: gaudium etenim Domini est fortitudo nostra.
11 Levitae autem silentium faciebant in omni populo, dicentes: Tacete, quia dies sanctus est, et nolite dolere.
12 Abiit itaque omnis populus ut comederet, et biberet, et mitteret partes, et faceret laetitiam magnam: quia intellexerant verba quae docuerat eos.
13 Et in die secundo congregati sunt principes familiarum universi populi, sacerdotes et Levitae, ad Esdram scribam, ut interpretaretur eis verba legis.
14 Et invenerunt scriptum in lege praecepisse Dominum in manu Moysi ut habitent filii Israel in tabernaculis in die solemni, mense septimo:
15 et ut praedicent, et divulgent vocem in universis urbibus suis, et in Jerusalem, dicentes: Egredimini in montem, et afferte frondes olivae, et frondes ligni pulcherrimi, frondes myrti, et ramos palmarum, et frondes ligni nemorosi, ut fiant tabernacula, sicut scriptum est.
16 Et egressus est populus, et attulerunt. Feceruntque sibi tabernacula unusquisque in domate suo: et in atriis suis, et in atriis domus Dei, et in platea portae aquarum, et in platea portae Ephraim.
17 Fecit ergo universa ecclesia eorum qui redierant de captivitate, tabernacula, et habitaverunt in tabernaculis: non enim fecerant a diebus Josue filii Nun taliter filii Israel usque ad diem illum. Et fuit laetitia magna nimis.
18 Legit autem in libro legis Dei per dies singulos, a die primo usque ad diem novissimum. Et fecerunt solemnitatem septem diebus, et in die octavo collectam juxta ritum.
9 In die autem vigesimo quarto mensis hujus, convenerunt filii Israel in jejunio et in saccis, et humus super eos.
2 Et separatum est semen filiorum Israel ab omni filio alienigena: et steterunt, et confitebantur peccata sua, et iniquitates patrum suorum.
3 Et consurrexerunt ad standum: et legerunt in volumine legis Domini Dei sui, quater in die, et quater confitebantur, et adorabant Dominum Deum suum.
4 Surrexerunt autem super gradum Levitarum Josue, et Bani, et Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, et Chanani: et clamaverunt voce magna ad Dominum Deum suum.
5 Et dixerunt Levitae Josue, et Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, Phathathia: Surgite, benedicite Domino Deo vestro ab aeterno usque in aeternum: et benedicant nomini gloriae tuae excelso in omni benedictione et laude.
6 Tu ipse, Domine, solus, tu fecisti caelum, et caelum caelorum, et omnem exercitum eorum: terram, et universa quae in ea sunt: maria, et omnia quae in eis sunt: et tu vivificas omnia haec, et exercitus caeli te adorat.
7 Tu ipse, Domine Deus, qui elegisti Abram, et eduxisti eum de igne Chaldaeorum, et posuisti nomen ejus Abraham:
8 et invenisti cor ejus fidele coram te, et percussisti cum eo foedus ut dares ei terram Chananaei, Hethaei, et Amorrhaei, et Pherezaei, et Jebusaei, et Gergesaei, ut dares semini ejus: et implesti verba tua, quoniam justus es.
9 Et vidisti afflictionem patrum nostrorum in AEgypto, clamoremque eorum audisti super mare Rubrum.
10 Et dedisti signa atque portenta in Pharaone, et in universis servis ejus, et in omni populo terrae illius: cognovisti enim quia superbe egerant contra eos: et fecisti tibi nomen, sicut et in hac die.
11 Et mare divisisti ante eos, et transierunt per medium maris in sicco: persecutores autem eorum projecisti in profundum, quasi lapidem in aquas validas.
12 Et in columna nubis ductor eorum fuisti per diem, et in columna ignis per noctem, ut appareret eis via per quam ingrediebantur.
13 Ad montem quoque Sinai descendisti, et locutus es cum eis de caelo, et dedisti eis judicia recta, et legem veritatis, caeremonias, et praecepta bona:
14 et sabbatum sanctificatum tuum ostendisti eis: et mandata, et caeremonias, et legem praecepisti eis in manu Moysi servi tui.
15 Panem quoque de caelo dedisti eis in fame eorum, et aquam de petra eduxisti eis sitientibus, et dixisti eis ut ingrederentur et possiderent terram, super quam levasti manum tuam ut traderes eis.
16 Ipsi vero et patres nostri superbe egerunt, et induraverunt cervices suas, et non audierunt mandata tua.
17 Et noluerunt audire, et non sunt recordati mirabilium tuorum quae feceras eis. Et induraverunt cervices suas, et dederunt caput ut converterentur ad servitutem suam, quasi per contentionem. Tu autem, Deus propitius, clemens, et misericors, longanimis, et multae miserationis, non dereliquisti eos,
18 et quidem cum fecissent sibi vitulum conflatilem, et dixissent: Iste est deus tuus, qui eduxit te de AEgypto: feceruntque blasphemias magnas:
19 tu autem in misericordiis tuis multis non dimisisti eos in deserto: columna nubis non recessit ab eis per diem ut duceret eos in viam, et columna ignis per noctem ut ostenderet eis iter per quod ingrederentur.
20 Et spiritum tuum bonum dedisti, qui doceret eos: et manna tuum non prohibuisti ab ore eorum, et aquam dedisti eis in siti.
21 Quadraginta annis pavisti eos in deserto, nihilque eis defuit: vestimenta eorum non inveteraverunt, et pedes eorum non sunt attriti.
22 Et dedisti eis regna, et populos, et partitus es eis sortes: et possederunt terram Sehon, et terram regis Hesebon, et terram Og regis Basan.
23 Et multiplicasti filios eorum sicut stellas caeli, et adduxisti eos ad terram de qua dixeras patribus eorum ut ingrederentur et possiderent.
24 Et venerunt filii, et possederunt terram, et humiliasti coram eis habitatores terrae Chananaeos, et dedisti eos in manu eorum, et reges eorum, et populos terrae, ut facerent eis sicut placebant illis.
25 Ceperunt itaque urbes munitas et humum pinguem, et possederunt domos plenas cunctis bonis: cisternas ab aliis fabricatas, vineas, et oliveta, et ligna pomifera multa: et comederunt, et saturati sunt, et impinguati sunt, et abundaverunt deliciis in bonitate tua magna.
26 Provocaverunt autem te ad iracundiam, et recesserunt a te, et projecerunt legem tuam post terga sua: et prophetas tuos occiderunt, qui contestabantur eos ut reverterentur ad te: feceruntque blasphemias grandes.
27 Et dedisti eos in manu hostium suorum, et afflixerunt eos. Et in tempore tribulationis suae clamaverunt ad te, et tu de caelo audisti, et secundum miserationes tuas multas dedisti eis salvatores, qui salvarent eos de manu hostium suorum.
28 Cumque requievissent, reversi sunt ut facerent malum in conspectu tuo, et dereliquisti eos in manu inimicorum suorum, et possederunt eos. Conversique sunt, et clamaverunt ad te: tu autem de caelo exaudisti, et liberasti eos in misericordiis tuis, multis temporibus.
29 Et contestatus es eos ut reverterentur ad legem tuam. Ipsi vero superbe egerunt, et non audierunt mandata tua, et in judiciis tuis peccaverunt, quae faciet homo, et vivet in eis: et dederunt humerum recedentem, et cervicem suam induraverunt, nec audierunt.
30 Et protraxisti super eos annos multos, et contestatus es eos in spiritu tuo per manum prophetarum tuorum: et non audierunt, et tradidisti eos in manu populorum terrarum.
31 In misericordiis autem tuis plurimis non fecisti eos in consumptionem, nec dereliquisti eos: quoniam Deus miserationum et clemens es tu.
32 Nunc itaque Deus noster magne, fortis et terribilis, custodiens pactum et misericordiam, ne avertas a facie tua omnem laborem, qui invenit nos, reges nostros, et principes nostros, et sacerdotes nostros, et prophetas nostros, et patres nostros, et omnem populum tuum a diebus regis Assur usque in diem hanc.
33 Et tu justus es in omnibus quae venerunt super nos: quia veritatem fecisti, nos autem impie egimus.
34 Reges nostri, principes nostri, sacerdotes nostri et patres nostri non fecerunt legem tuam, et non attenderunt mandata tua, et testimonia tua quae testificatus es in eis.
35 Et ipsi in regnis suis, et in bonitate tua multa quam dederas eis, et in terra latissima et pingui quam tradideras in conspectu eorum, non servierunt tibi, nec reversi sunt a studiis suis pessimis.
36 Ecce nos ipsi hodie servi sumus: et terra quam dedisti patribus nostris ut comederent panem ejus, et quae bona sunt ejus, et nos ipsi servi sumus in ea.
37 Et fruges ejus multiplicantur regibus quos posuisti super nos propter peccata nostra: et corporibus nostris dominantur, et jumentis nostris secundum voluntatem suam: et in tribulatione magna sumus.
38 Super omnibus ergo his nos ipsi percutimus foedus, et scribimus: et signant principes nostri, Levitae nostri, et sacerdotes nostri.
Nehemiah 7-9
New International Version
Nehemiah 7-9
New International Version
7 After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers,(A) the musicians(B) and the Levites(C) were appointed. 2 I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani,(D) along with Hananiah(E) the commander of the citadel,(F) because he was a man of integrity and feared(G) God more than most people do. 3 I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses.”
The List of the Exiles Who Returned(H)
4 Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it,(I) and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. 5 So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:
6 These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles(J) whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, 7 in company with Zerubbabel,(K) Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah):
The list of the men of Israel:
| 8 the descendants of Parosh | 2,172 |
| 9 of Shephatiah | 372 |
| 10 of Arah | 652 |
| 11 of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) | 2,818 |
| 12 of Elam | 1,254 |
| 13 of Zattu | 845 |
| 14 of Zakkai | 760 |
| 15 of Binnui | 648 |
| 16 of Bebai | 628 |
| 17 of Azgad | 2,322 |
| 18 of Adonikam | 667 |
| 19 of Bigvai | 2,067 |
| 20 of Adin(L) | 655 |
| 21 of Ater (through Hezekiah) | 98 |
| 22 of Hashum | 328 |
| 23 of Bezai | 324 |
| 24 of Hariph | 112 |
| 25 of Gibeon | 95 |
| 26 the men of Bethlehem and Netophah(M) | 188 |
| 27 of Anathoth(N) | 128 |
| 28 of Beth Azmaveth | 42 |
| 29 of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah(O) and Beeroth(P) | 743 |
| 30 of Ramah and Geba | 621 |
| 31 of Mikmash | 122 |
| 32 of Bethel and Ai(Q) | 123 |
| 33 of the other Nebo | 52 |
| 34 of the other Elam | 1,254 |
| 35 of Harim | 320 |
| 36 of Jericho(R) | 345 |
| 37 of Lod, Hadid and Ono(S) | 721 |
| 38 of Senaah | 3,930 |
39 The priests:
| the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) | 973 |
| 40 of Immer | 1,052 |
| 41 of Pashhur | 1,247 |
| 42 of Harim | 1,017 |
43 The Levites:
| the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah) | 74 |
44 The musicians:(T)
| the descendants of Asaph | 148 |
45 The gatekeepers:(U)
| the descendants of | |
| Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai | 138 |
46 The temple servants:(V)
| the descendants of |
| Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, |
| 47 Keros, Sia, Padon, |
| 48 Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai, |
| 49 Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, |
| 50 Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, |
| 51 Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, |
| 52 Besai, Meunim, Nephusim, |
| 53 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, |
| 54 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, |
| 55 Barkos, Sisera, Temah, |
| 56 Neziah and Hatipha |
57 The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
| the descendants of |
| Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, |
| 58 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, |
| 59 Shephatiah, Hattil, |
| Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Amon |
| 60 The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon(W) | 392 |
61 The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:
| 62 the descendants of | |
| Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda | 642 |
63 And from among the priests:
| the descendants of |
| Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). |
64 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65 The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.(X)
66 The whole company numbered 42,360, 67 besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 245 male and female singers. 68 There were 736 horses, 245 mules,[a] 69 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
70 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics[b] of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests. 71 Some of the heads of the families(Y) gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics[c] of gold and 2,200 minas[d] of silver. 72 The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas[e] of silver and 67 garments for priests.(Z)
73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the temple servants,(AA) along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns.(AB)
Ezra Reads the Law
When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,(AC) 8 1 all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate.(AD) They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses,(AE) which the Lord had commanded for Israel.
2 So on the first day of the seventh month(AF) Ezra the priest brought the Law(AG) before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. 3 He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate(AH) in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
4 Ezra the teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform(AI) built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
5 Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing(AJ) above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up. 6 Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands(AK) and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
7 The Levites(AL)—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed(AM) the people in the Law while the people were standing there. 8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear[f] and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.
9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites(AN) who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”(AO) For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing(AP) prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy(AQ) of the Lord is your strength.”
11 The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”
12 Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy,(AR) because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.
13 On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the teacher to give attention to the words of the Law. 14 They found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in temporary shelters(AS) during the festival of the seventh month 15 and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters”—as it is written.[g]
16 So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate(AT) and the one by the Gate of Ephraim.(AU) 17 The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them.(AV) From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated(AW) it like this. And their joy was very great.
18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read(AX) from the Book of the Law(AY) of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation,(AZ) there was an assembly.(BA)
The Israelites Confess Their Sins
9 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.(BB) 2 Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners.(BC) They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.(BD) 3 They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the Lord their God. 4 Standing on the stairs of the Levites(BE) were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices to the Lord their God. 5 And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah—said: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God,(BF) who is from everlasting to everlasting.[h]”
“Blessed be your glorious name,(BG) and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 You alone are the Lord.(BH) You made the heavens,(BI) even the highest heavens, and all their starry host,(BJ) the earth(BK) and all that is on it, the seas(BL) and all that is in them.(BM) You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven(BN) worship you.
7 “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram(BO) and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans(BP) and named him Abraham.(BQ) 8 You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.(BR) You have kept your promise(BS) because you are righteous.(BT)
9 “You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt;(BU) you heard their cry at the Red Sea.[i](BV) 10 You sent signs(BW) and wonders(BX) against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name(BY) for yourself,(BZ) which remains to this day. 11 You divided the sea before them,(CA) so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths,(CB) like a stone into mighty waters.(CC) 12 By day(CD) you led(CE) them with a pillar of cloud,(CF) and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.
13 “You came down on Mount Sinai;(CG) you spoke(CH) to them from heaven.(CI) You gave them regulations and laws that are just(CJ) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.(CK) 14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath(CL) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. 15 In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven(CM) and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock;(CN) you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand(CO) to give them.(CP)
16 “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,(CQ) and they did not obey your commands.(CR) 17 They refused to listen and failed to remember(CS) the miracles(CT) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked(CU) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.(CV) But you are a forgiving God,(CW) gracious and compassionate,(CX) slow to anger(CY) and abounding in love.(CZ) Therefore you did not desert them,(DA) 18 even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf(DB) and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.(DC)
19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon(DD) them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud(DE) did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. 20 You gave your good Spirit(DF) to instruct(DG) them. You did not withhold your manna(DH) from their mouths, and you gave them water(DI) for their thirst. 21 For forty years(DJ) you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,(DK) their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.(DL)
22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon[j](DM) king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.(DN) 23 You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky,(DO) and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess. 24 Their children went in and took possession of the land.(DP) You subdued(DQ) before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased. 25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land;(DR) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,(DS) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;(DT) they reveled in your great goodness.(DU)
26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(DV) They killed(DW) your prophets,(DX) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(DY) 27 So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,(DZ) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion(EA) you gave them deliverers,(EB) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.
28 “But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight.(EC) Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion(ED) you delivered them(EE) time after time.
29 “You warned(EF) them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant(EG) and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’(EH) Stubbornly they turned their backs(EI) on you, became stiff-necked(EJ) and refused to listen.(EK) 30 For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets.(EL) Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.(EM) 31 But in your great mercy you did not put an end(EN) to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful(EO) God.
32 “Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty(EP) and awesome,(EQ) who keeps his covenant of love,(ER) do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship(ES) that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today. 33 In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous;(ET) you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.(EU) 34 Our kings,(EV) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors(EW) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep. 35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness(EX) to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you(EY) or turn from their evil ways.
36 “But see, we are slaves(EZ) today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces. 37 Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.(FA)
The Agreement of the People
38 “In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement,(FB) putting it in writing,(FC) and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.”[k]
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 7:68 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also Ezra 2:66); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this verse.
- Nehemiah 7:70 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms
- Nehemiah 7:71 That is, about 375 pounds or about 170 kilograms; also in verse 72
- Nehemiah 7:71 That is, about 1 1/3 tons or about 1.2 metric tons
- Nehemiah 7:72 That is, about 1 1/4 tons or about 1.1 metric tons
- Nehemiah 8:8 Or God, translating it
- Nehemiah 8:15 See Lev. 23:37-40.
- Nehemiah 9:5 Or God for ever and ever
- Nehemiah 9:9 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Nehemiah 9:22 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Sihon, that is, the country of the
- Nehemiah 9:38 In Hebrew texts this verse (9:38) is numbered 10:1.
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