Nehemiæ 13

1 In die autem illo lectum est in volumine Moysi audiente populo: et inventum est scriptum in eo, quod non debeant introire Ammonites et Moabites in ecclesiam Dei usque in aeternum:

On that day there was read in the scroll of Moses, in the ears of the people, and it has been found written in it that an Ammonite and Moabite does not come into the assembly of God for all time,

2 eo quod non occurrerint filiis Israel cum pane et aqua: et conduxerint adversum eos Balaam, ad maledicendum eis: et convertit Deus noster maledictionem in benedictionem.

because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turns the reviling into a blessing.

3 Factum est autem, cum audissent legem, separaverunt omnem alienigenam ab Israel.

And it comes to pass, at their hearing the Law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel.

4 Et super hoc erat Eliasib sacerdos, qui fuerat praepositus in gazophylacio domus Dei nostri, et proximus Tobiae.

And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, [is] a relation of Tobiah,

5 Fecit ergo sibi gazophylacium grande, et ibi erant ante eum reponentes munera, et thus, et vasa, et decimam frumenti, vini, et olei, partes Levitarum, et cantorum, et ianitorum, et primitias sacerdotales.

and he makes for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil—the commanded thing of the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers—and the raised-offering of the priests.

6 In omnibus autem his non fui in Ierusalem, quia anno trigesimo secundo Artaxerxis regis Babylonis veni ad regem, et in fine dierum rogavi regem.

And during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king, and at the end of days I have asked of the king,

7 Et veni in Ierusalem, et intellexi malum, quod fecerat Eliasib Tobiae ut faceret ei thesaurum in vestibulis domus Dei.

and I come to Jerusalem, and understand concerning the evil that Eliashib has done for Tobiah, to make to him a chamber in the courts of the house of God,

8 Et malum mihi visum est valde. Et proieci vasa domus Tobiae foras de gazophylacio:

and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside, out of the chamber,

9 praecepique et emundaverunt gazophylacium: et retuli ibi vasa domus Dei, sacrificium, et thus.

and I command, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back there the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.

10 Et cognovi quod partes Levitarum non fuissent datae: et fugisset unusquisque in regionem suam de Levitis, et cantoribus, et de his, qui ministrabant:

And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field—the Levites and the singers, doing the work.

11 et egi causam adversus magistratus, et dixi: Quare dereliquimus domum Dei? Et congregavi eos, et feci stare in stationibus suis.

And I strive with the prefects, and say, “Why has the house of God been forsaken?” And I gather them, and set them on their station;

12 Et omnis Iuda apportabat decimam frumenti, vini, et olei in horrea.

and all Judah has brought in the tithe of the grain, and of the new wine, and of the oil, to the treasuries.

13 Et constituimus super horrea Selemiam Sacerdotem, et Sadoc scribam, et Phadaiam de Levitis, et iuxta eos Hanan filium Zachur, filium Mathaniae: quoniam fideles comprobati sunt, et ipsis creditae sunt partes fratrum suorum.

And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and by their hand [is] Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for they have been reckoned steadfast, and on them [it is] to give a portion to their brothers.

14 Memento mei Deus meus pro hoc, et ne deleas miserationes meas, quas feci in domo Dei mei, et in ceremoniis eius.

Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges.

15 In diebus illis vidi in Iuda calcantes torcularia in sabbato, portantes acervos, et onerantes super asinos vinum, et uvas, et ficus, et omne onus, et inferentes in Ierusalem die sabbati. Et contestatus sum ut in die qua vendere liceret, venderent.

In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on Sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and loading on the donkeys, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, indeed, they are bringing into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision.

16 Et Tyrii habitaverunt in ea inferentes pisces, et omnia venalia: et vendebant in sabbatis filiis Iuda in Ierusalem:

And the Tyrians have dwelt in it, bringing in fish, and every ware, and selling on Sabbath to the sons of Judah and in Jerusalem.

17 et obiurgavi optimates Iuda, et dixi eis: Quae est haec res mala, quam vos facitis et profanatis diem Sabbati?

And I strive with the nobles of Judah, and say to them, “What [is] this evil thing that you are doing, and defiling the Sabbath day?

18 Numquid non haec fecerunt patres nostri, et adduxit Deus noster super nos omne malum hoc, et super civitatem hanc? Et vos additis iracundiam super Israel violando Sabbatum.

Thus did not your fathers do? And our God brings in on us all this evil, and on this city, and you are adding fierceness on Israel, to defile the Sabbath.”

19 Factum est autem, cum quievissent portae Ierusalem in die Sabbati, dixi: et clauserunt ianuas, et praecepi ut non aperirent eas usque post Sabbatum: et de pueris meis constitui super portas, ut nullus inferret onus in die Sabbati.

And it comes to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the Sabbath, that I command, and the doors are shut, and I command that they do not open them until after the Sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there does not come in a burden on the Sabbath day.

20 Et manserunt negotiatores, et vendentes universa venalia foris Ierusalem semel et bis.

And they lodge—the merchants and sellers of all ware—at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice,

21 Et contestatus sum eos, et dixi eis: Quare manetis ex adverso muri? si secundo hoc feceritis, manum mittam in vos. Itaque ex tempore illo non venerunt in Sabbato.

and I testify against them, and say to them, “Why are you lodging in front of the wall? If you repeat [it], I put forth a hand on you”; from that time they have not come in on the Sabbath.

22 Dixi quoque Levitis ut mundarentur, et venirent ad custodiendas portas, et sanctificandam diem Sabbati: et pro hoc ergo memento mei Deus meus, et parce mihi secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum.

And I command to the Levites that they be cleansed, and coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Your kindness.

23 Sed et in diebus illis vidi Iudaeos ducentes uxores Azotidas, Ammonitidas, et Moabitidas.

Also, in those days, I have seen the Jews [who] have settled women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab.

24 Et filii eorum ex media parte loquebantur Azotice, et nesciebant loqui Iudaice, et loquebantur iuxta linguam populi, et populi.

And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish—and are not knowing to speak Jewish—and according to the language of people and people.

25 Et obiurgavi eos, et maledixi. Et cecidi ex eis viros, et decalvavi eos, et adiuravi in Deo, ut non darent filias suas filiis eorum, et non acciperent de filiabus eorum filiis suis, et sibimetipsis, dicens:

And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and strike certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, “You do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do you take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.

26 Numquid non in huiuscemodi re peccavit Salomon rex Israel? et certe in gentibus multis non erat rex similis ei, et dilectus Deo suo erat, et posuit eum Deus regem super omnem Israel: et ipsum ergo duxerunt ad peccatum mulieres alienigenae.

By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? And among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God makes him king over all Israel—even him [whom] the strange women caused to sin.

27 Numquid et nos inobedientes faciemus omne malum grande hoc ut praevaricemur in Deo nostro, et ducamus uxores peregrinas?

And do we listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?”

28 De filiis autem Ioiada filii Eliasib sacerdotis magni, gener erat Sanaballat Horonites, quem fugavi a me.

And [one] of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest, [is] son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, and I cause him to flee from off me.

29 Recordare Domine Deus meus adversum eos, qui polluunt sacerdotium, iusque Sacerdotale et Leviticum.

Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

30 Igitur mundavi eos ab omnibus alienigenis, et constitui ordines Sacerdotum et Levitarum, unumquemque in ministerio suo:

And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,

31 et in oblatione lignorum in temporibus constitutis, et in primitivis: memento mei Deus meus in bonum. Amen.

and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.