Nehemiah 1

1 Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year, and I have been in Shushan the palace,

word Nehemiah son: child Hacaliah and to be in/on/with month (Chislev *Q(k)*) year twenty and I to be in/on/with Susa [the] palace

2 and come in doth Hanani, one of my brethren, he and men of Judah, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem;

and to come (in): come Hanani one from brother: compatriot my he/she/it and human from Judah and to ask them upon [the] Jew [the] survivor which to remain from [the] captivity and upon Jerusalem

3 and they say to me, 'Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, [are] in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.'

and to say to/for me [the] to remain which to remain from [the] captivity there in/on/with province in/on/with distress: harm great: large and in/on/with reproach and wall Jerusalem to break through and gate her to kindle in/on/with fire

4 And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn [for] days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

and to be like/as to hear: hear I [obj] [the] word [the] these to dwell and to weep and to mourn [emph?] day and to be to fast and to pray to/for face: before God [the] heaven

5 And I say, 'I beseech thee, O Jehovah, God of the heavens, God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and kindness for those loving Him, and for those keeping His commands,

and to say Please! LORD God [the] heaven [the] God [the] great: large and [the] to fear: revere to keep: obey [the] covenant and kindness to/for to love: lover him and to/for to keep: obey commandment his

6 let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

to be please ear your attentive and eye your to open to/for to hear: hear to(wards) prayer servant/slave your which I to pray to/for face: before your [the] day by day and night upon son: descendant/people Israel servant/slave your and to give thanks upon sin son: descendant/people Israel which to sin to/for you and I and house: household father my to sin

7 we have acted very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commands, and the statutes, and the judgments, that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant.

to destroy to destroy to/for you and not to keep: obey [obj] [the] commandment and [obj] [the] statute: decree and [obj] [the] justice: judgement which to command [obj] Moses servant/slave your

8 'Remember, I pray Thee, the word that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant, saying, Ye — ye trespass — I scatter you among peoples;

to remember please [obj] [the] word which to command [obj] Moses servant/slave your to/for to say you(m. p.) be unfaithful I to scatter [obj] you in/on/with people

9 and ye have turned back unto Me, and kept My commands, and done them — if your outcast is in the end of the heavens, thence I gather them, and have brought them in unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to tabernacle there.

and to return: repent to(wards) me and to keep: obey commandment my and to make: do [obj] them if to be to banish you in/on/with end [the] heaven from there to gather them (and to come (in): bring them *Q(k)*) to(wards) [the] place which to choose to/for to dwell [obj] name my there

10 And they [are] Thy servants, and Thy people, whom Thou hast ransomed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand.

and they(masc.) servant/slave your and people your which to ransom in/on/with strength your [the] great: large and in/on/with hand: power your [the] strong

11 'I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;' and I have been butler to the king.

Please! Lord to be please ear your attentive to(wards) prayer servant/slave your and to(wards) prayer servant/slave your [the] delighting to/for to fear: revere [obj] name your and to prosper [emph?] please to/for servant/slave your [the] day and to give: give him to/for compassion to/for face: before [the] man [the] this and I to be cupbearer to/for king