| Nehemiah 1 - Versions
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| Nehemiah 1 Text (WEB)
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- The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
- They said to me, "The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."
- It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
- and said, "I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
- Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned.
- We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
- "Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, 'If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;
- but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.'
- "Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
- Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cup bearer to the king.
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| Nehemiah 1 Text (Hebrew)
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- דברי נחמיה בן־חכליה ויהי בחדש־ שנת עשרים ואני הייתי בשושן הבירה׃
- ויבא חנני אחד מאחי הוא ואנשים מיהודה ואשאלם על־היהודים הפליטה אשר־נשארו מן־השבי ועל־ירושלם׃
- ויאמרו לי הנשארים אשר־נשארו מן־השבי שם במדינה ברעה גדלה ובחרפה וחומת ירושלם מפרצת ושעריה נצתו באש׃
- ויהי כשמעי את־הדברים האלה ישבתי ואבכה ואתאבלה ימים ואהי צם ומתפלל לפני אלהי השמים׃
- ואמר אנא יהוה אלהי השמים האל הגדול והנורא שמר הברית וחסד לאהביו ולשמרי מצותיו׃
- תהי נא אזנך־קשבת ועיניך פתוחות לשמע אל־תפלת עבדך אשר אנכי מתפלל לפניך היום יוםם ולילה על־בני ישראל עבדיך ומתודה על־חטאות בני־ישראל אשר חטאנו לך ואני ובית־אבי חטאנו׃
- חבל חבלנו לך ולא־שמרנו את־המצות ואת־החקים ואת־המשפטים אשר צוית את־משה עבדך׃
- זכר־נא את־הדבר אשר צוית את־משה עבדך לאמר אתם תמעלו אני אפיץ אתכם בעמים׃
- ושבתם אלי ושמרתם מצותי ועשיתם אתם אם־יהיה נדחכם בקצה השמים משם אקבצם אל־המקום אשר בחרתי לשכן את־שמי שם׃
- והם עבדיך ועמך אשר פדית בכחך הגדול ובידך החזקה׃
- אנא אדני תהי נא אזנך־קשבת אל־תפלת עבדך ואל־תפלת עבדיך החפצים ליראה את־שמך והצליחה־נא לעבדך היום ותנהו לרחמים לפני האיש הזה ואני הייתי משקה למלך׃ ף
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| Nehemiah 1 Text (Latin)
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- Verba Nehemiæ filii Helchiæ. Et factum est in mense Casleu, anno vigesimo, et ego eram in Susis castro.
- Et venit Hanani unus de fratribus meis, ipse et viri ex Juda : et interrogavi eos de Judæis, qui remanserant, et supererant de captivitate, et Jerusalem.
- Et dixerunt mihi : Qui remanserunt, et relicti sunt de captivitate ibi in provincia, in afflictione magna sunt, et in opprobrio : et murus Jerusalem dissipatus est, et portæ ejus combustæ sunt igni.
- Cumque audissem verba hujuscemodi, sedi, et flevi, et luxi diebus multis : jejunabam, et orabam ante faciem Dei cæli :
- et dixi : Quæso, Domine Deus cæli fortis, magne atque terribilis, qui custodis pactum et misericordiam cum his qui te diligunt, et custodiunt mandata tua :
- fiant aures tuæ auscultantes, et oculi tui aperti, ut audias orationem servi tui, quam ego oro coram te hodie nocte et die pro filiis Israël servis tuis : et confiteor pro peccatis filiorum Israël, quibus peccaverunt tibi : ego et domus patris mei peccavimus,
- vanitate seducti sumus, et non custodivimus mandatum tuum, et cæremonias, et judicia quæ præcepisti Moysi famulo tuo.
- Memento verbi, quod mandasti Moysi servo tuo, dicens : Cum transgressi fueritis, ego dispergam vos in populos :
- et si revertamini ad me, et custodiatis præcepta mea, et faciatis ea : etiamsi abducti fueritis ad extrema cæli, inde congregabo vos, et reducam in locum, quem elegi ut habitaret nomen meum ibi.
- Et ipsi servi tui, et populus tuus : quos redemisti in fortitudine tua magna, et in manu tua valida.
- Obsecro, Domine, sit auris tua attendens ad orationem servi tui, et ad orationem servorum tuorum, qui volunt timere nomen tuum : et dirige servum tuum hodie, et da ei misericordiam ante virum hunc : ego enim eram pincerna regis.
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| Nehemiah 1 Text (KJV)
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- The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
- And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
- And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
- And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
- Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
- We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
- Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
- But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
- Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
- O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
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