< Nehemiah 9 >

1 and in/on/with day twenty and four to/for month [the] this to gather son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with fast and in/on/with sackcloth and land: soil upon them
Now on the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel were assembled and they were fasting, and they were wearing sackcloth, and they put dust on their heads.
2 and to separate seed: children Israel from all son: type of foreign and to stand: stand and to give thanks upon sin their and iniquity: crime father their
The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all the foreigners. They stood and confessed their own sins and the evil actions of their ancestors.
3 and to arise: establish upon post their and to call: read out in/on/with scroll: book instruction LORD God their fourth [the] day and fourth to give thanks and to bow to/for LORD God their
They stood up in their places, and for one-fourth of the day they read from the book of the law of Yahweh their God. For another fourth of the day they were confessing and bowing down before Yahweh their God.
4 and to arise: establish upon ascent [the] Levi Jeshua and Bani Kadmiel Shebaniah Bunni Sherebiah Bani Chenani and to cry out in/on/with voice great: large to(wards) LORD God their
The Levites, Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani, stood on the stairs and they called out with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
5 and to say [the] Levi Jeshua and Kadmiel Bani Hashabneiah Sherebiah Hodiah Shebaniah Pethahiah to arise: establish to bless [obj] LORD God your from [the] forever: enduring till [the] forever: enduring and to bless name glory your and to exalt upon all blessing and praise
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, “Stand up and give praise to Yahweh your God forever and ever.” “May they bless your glorious name, and may it be exalted above every blessing and praise.
6 you(m. s.) he/she/it LORD to/for alone you (you(m. s.) *Q(K)*) to make [obj] [the] heaven heaven [the] heaven and all army their [the] land: country/planet and all which upon her [the] sea and all which in/on/with them and you(m. s.) to live [obj] all their and army [the] heaven to/for you to bow
You are Yahweh. You alone. You have made heaven, the highest heavens, with all their host, and the earth and everything on it, and the seas and all that is in them. You give life to them all, and the host of heaven worship you.
7 you(m. s.) he/she/it LORD [the] God which to choose in/on/with Abram and to come out: send him from Ur Chaldea and to set: name name his Abraham
You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name Abraham.
8 and to find [obj] heart his be faithful to/for face: before your and to cut: make(covenant) with him [the] covenant to/for to give: give [obj] land: country/planet [the] Canaanite [the] Hittite [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Jebusite and [the] Girgashite to/for to give: give to/for seed: children his and to arise: establish [obj] word: promised your for righteous you(m. s.)
You found his heart was faithful before you, and you made with him the covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous.
9 and to see: see [obj] affliction father our in/on/with Egypt and [obj] outcry their to hear: hear upon sea Red (Sea)
You saw the affliction of our forefathers in Egypt and you heard their cry by the Sea of Reeds.
10 and to give: make sign: miraculous and wonder in/on/with Pharaoh and in/on/with all servant/slave his and in/on/with all people land: country/planet his for to know for to boil upon them and to make to/for you name like/as [the] day [the] this
You gave signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians acted with arrogance against them. But you made a name for yourself which stands to this day.
11 and [the] sea to break up/open to/for face: before their and to pass in/on/with midst [the] sea in/on/with dry land and [obj] to pursue them to throw in/on/with depth like stone in/on/with water strong
Then you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and threw those who pursued them into the depths, as a stone into deep waters.
12 and in/on/with pillar cloud to lead them by day and in/on/with pillar fire night to/for to light to/for them [obj] [the] way: road which to go: went in/on/with her
You led them by a pillar of cloud during by day, and by a pillar of fire during the night to light the way for them to go.
13 and upon mountain: mount Sinai to go down and to speak: speak with them from heaven and to give: give to/for them justice: judgement upright and instruction truth: certain statute: decree and commandment pleasant
On Mount Sinai you came down and you spoke with them from heaven and gave to them righteous decrees and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
14 and [obj] Sabbath holiness your to know to/for them and commandment and statute: decree and instruction to command to/for them in/on/with hand: by Moses servant/slave your
You made your holy Sabbath known to them, and you gave them commandments and statutes and a law through Moses your servant.
15 and food: bread from heaven to give: give to/for them to/for famine their and water from crag to come out: issue to/for them to/for thirst their and to say to/for them to/for to come (in): come to/for to possess: take [obj] [the] land: country/planet which to lift: vow [obj] hand: vow your to/for to give: give to/for them
You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and water from a rock for their thirst, and you said to them to go in to possess the land you swore on oath to give them.
16 and they(masc.) and father our to boil and to harden [obj] neck their and not to hear: obey to(wards) commandment your
But they and our ancestors acted disrespectfully, and they were stubborn, and did not listen to your commandments.
17 and to refuse to/for to hear: obey and not to remember to wonder your which to make: do with them and to harden [obj] neck their and to give: put head: leader to/for to return: return to/for slavery their in/on/with rebellion their and you(m. s.) god forgiveness gracious and compassionate slow face: anger and many (kindness *Q(K)*) and not to leave: forsake them
They refused to listen, and they did not think about the wonders that you had done among them, but became stubborn, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their slavery. But you are a God who is full of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. You did not abandon them.
18 also for to make to/for them calf liquid and to say this God your which to ascend: establish you from Egypt and to make: do contempt great: large
Even when they had cast a calf out of molten metal and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and had committed great blasphemies,
19 and you(m. s.) in/on/with compassion your [the] many not to leave: forsake them in/on/with wilderness [obj] pillar [the] cloud not to turn aside: depart from upon them in/on/with day their to/for to lead them in/on/with [the] way: road and [obj] pillar [the] fire in/on/with night to/for to light to/for them and [obj] [the] way: road which to go: went in/on/with her
you, in your compassion, did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them on the way did not leave them during day, neither did the pillar of fire by night to light the way for them to go.
20 and spirit your [the] pleasant to give: give to/for be prudent them and manna your not to withhold from lip their and water to give: give to/for them to/for thirst their
Your good Spirit you gave them to instruct them, and your manna you did not withhold from their mouths, and water you gave them for their thirst.
21 and forty year to sustain them in/on/with wilderness not to lack garment their not to become old and foot their not to swell
For forty years you provided for them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
22 and to give: give to/for them kingdom and people and to divide them to/for side and to possess: take [obj] land: country/planet Sihon and [obj] land: country/planet king Heshbon and [obj] land: country/planet Og king [the] Bashan
You gave them kingdoms and peoples, assigning to them every corner of the land. Then they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 and son: child their to multiply like/as star [the] heaven and to come (in): bring them to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to say to/for father their to/for to come (in): come to/for to possess: take
You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you told their ancestors to go in and possess.
24 and to come (in): come [the] son: descendant/people and to possess: take [obj] [the] land: country/planet and be humble to/for face: before their [obj] to dwell [the] land: country/planet [the] Canaanite and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power their and [obj] king their and [obj] people [the] land: country/planet to/for to make: do in/on/with them like/as acceptance their
So the people went in and possessed the land and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites. You gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that Israel might do with them as they pleased.
25 and to capture city to gather/restrain/fortify and land: soil rich and to possess: take house: home full all goodness pit to hew vineyard and olive and tree food to/for abundance and to eat and to satisfy and to grow fat and to luxuriate in/on/with goodness your [the] great: large
They captured the fortified cities and a productive land, and they captured houses full of all good things, cisterns already cut out, vineyards and olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were satisfied and grew fat and enjoyed themselves in your great goodness.
26 and to rebel and to rebel in/on/with you and to throw [obj] instruction your after the back their and [obj] prophet your to kill which to testify in/on/with them to/for to return: repent them to(wards) you and to make contempt great: large
Then they became disobedient and they rebelled against you. They threw your law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who had warned them to turn back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.
27 and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power enemy their and be distressed to/for them and in/on/with time distress their to cry to(wards) you and you(m. s.) from heaven to hear: hear and like/as compassion your [the] many to give: give to/for them to save and to save them from hand: power enemy their
So you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. In the time of their suffering, they cried out to you, and you heard them from heaven, and because of your great mercies you sent them rescuers who rescued them out of the hand of their enemies.
28 and like/as to rest to/for them to return: again to/for to make: do bad: evil to/for face: before your and to leave: forsake them in/on/with hand: power enemy their and to rule in/on/with them and to return: repent and to cry out you and you(m. s.) from heaven to hear: hear and to rescue them like/as compassion your many time
But after they had rest, they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so their enemies ruled over them. Yet when they returned and cried out to you, you heard from heaven, and many times because of your compassion you rescued them.
29 and to testify in/on/with them to/for to return: repent them to(wards) instruction your and they(masc.) to boil and not to hear: obey to/for commandment your and in/on/with justice: judgement your to sin in/on/with them which to make: do man and to live in/on/with them and to give: put shoulder to rebel and neck their to harden and not to hear: obey
You warned them so they might turn back to your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to your commands. They sinned against your decrees which give life to anyone who obeys them. They gave the stubborn shoulder-blade and stiffened their neck and refused to listen.
30 and to draw upon them year many and to testify in/on/with them in/on/with spirit your in/on/with hand: by prophet your and not to listen and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power people [the] land: country/planet
For many years you put up with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they did not listen. So you gave them into the hand of the neighboring peoples.
31 and in/on/with compassion your [the] many not to make them consumption and not to leave: forsake them for God gracious and compassionate you(m. s.)
But in your great mercies you did not make a complete end of them, or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
32 and now God our [the] God [the] great: large [the] mighty man and [the] to fear: revere to keep: obey [the] covenant and [the] kindness not to diminish to/for face of your [obj] all [the] hardship which to find us to/for king our to/for ruler our and to/for priest our and to/for prophet our and to/for father our and to/for all people your from day king Assyria till [the] day [the] this
Now therefore, our God—you great, mighty, and awesome God who keep your covenant and steadfast love—do not let all this hardship seem little to you that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our ancestors, and on all your people from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
33 and you(m. s.) righteous upon all [the] to come (in): come upon us for truth: faithful to make: do and we be wicked
You are just in everything that has come on us, for you have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
34 and [obj] king our ruler our priest our and father our not to make: do instruction your and not to listen to(wards) commandment your and to/for testimony your which to testify in/on/with them
Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law, nor paid attention to your commandments or your covenant decrees by which you warned them.
35 and they(masc.) in/on/with royalty their and in/on/with goodness your [the] many which to give: give to/for them and in/on/with land: country/planet [the] broad: wide and [the] rich which to give: put to/for face: before their not to serve: minister you and not to return: repent from deed their [the] bad: evil
Even in their own kingdom, while they enjoyed your great goodness to them, in the large and productive land you set before them, they did not serve you or turn away from their evil ways.
36 behold we [the] day: today servant/slave and [the] land: country/planet which to give: give to/for father our to/for to eat [obj] fruit her and [obj] goodness her behold we servant/slave upon her
Now we are slaves in the land you gave our ancestors to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, and behold, we are slaves in it!
37 and produce her to multiply to/for king which to give: put upon us in/on/with sin our and upon body our to rule and in/on/with animal our like/as acceptance their and in/on/with distress great: large we
The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
38 and in/on/with all this we to cut: make(covenant) sure and to write and upon [the] to seal ruler our Levi our priest our
Because of all this, we make a firm covenant in writing. On the sealed document are the names of our princes, Levites, and priests.”

< Nehemiah 9 >