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Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

לְהִתְעַנּ֖וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “for”וּלְטַפֵּ֖נוּ (לְ) le. “for”וּלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power a

לִשְׁא֤וֹל (לִ) li “to”לְעָזְרֵ֥נוּ (לְ) le. “to”לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְטוֹבָ֔ה (לְ) le. “for”

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “by”

So I put on one side twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

לְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

לְכִכָּרִ֑ים (לְ) le. “of”

And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.

לַאֲדַרְכֹנִ֖ים (לַ) la. “of”

And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

לִפְנֵי֩ (לִ) li “<to>”לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (לְ) le. “of”

So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

לְהָבִ֥יא (לְ) le. “to”לִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (לִ) li. “to”לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”לָלֶ֖כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

All was handed over by number and by weight: and the weight was put on record at that time.

לַכֹּ֑ל (לַ) la. “for <the>”

And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offerin

לֵאלֹהֵ֣י (לֵ) le. “to”לַיהוָֽה׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.

לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי֙ (לַ) la. “to”

Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittite

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַכְּנַעֲנִ֨י (לַ) la. “to the”

For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם (לִ) li “for”

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

לְמִנְחַ֥ת (לְ) le. “<to>”

I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.

לְהָרִ֧ים (לְ) le. “to”לְמַ֣עְלָה (לְ) le. “<to>”לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (לַ) la. “<to> the”

And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.

לְהַשְׁאִ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “to”וְלָתֶת־ (לָ) la. “to”לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “to”לְהָאִ֤יר (לְ) le. “to”וּלְתִתֵּ֛נוּ (לְ) le. “to”

For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give u

לִפְנֵי֩ (לִ) li “<to>”לָֽתֶת־ (לָֽ) la. “by”לָ֣נוּ (לָ֣) La. “to”לְרוֹמֵ֞ם (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהַעֲמִ֣יד (לְ) le. “to”וְלָֽתֶת־ (לָֽ) la. “by”לָ֣נוּ (לָ֣) La. “to”

Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ (לְ) le. “to”

So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for

לִבְנֵיהֶ֗ם (לִ) li “to”לִבְנֵיכֶ֔ם (לִ) li “for”לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם (לִ) li “<to>”

And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;

לְמַ֙טָּה֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָּ֛נוּ (לָּ֛) La. “to”

Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?

לְהָפֵ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”וּ֨לְהִתְחַתֵּ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”לְאֵ֥ין (לְ) le. “to”

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ (לְ) le. “[are] <to>”לַעֲמ֛וֹד (לַ) la. “to”לְפָנֶ֖יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”