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And I said unto them: 'Ye are holy unto the LORD, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto the LORD, the God of your fathers.

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and lier-in-wait by the way.

וַֽנִּסְעָ֞ה (ה) h “!”

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down appalled.

וָאֶמְרְטָ֞ה (ה) h “!”וָאֵשְׁבָ֖ה (ה) h “!”

And at the evening offering I arose up from my fasting, even with my garment and my mantle rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God;

וָֽאֶכְרְעָה֙ (ה֙) h “!”וָאֶפְרְשָׂ֥ה (ה) h “!”

and I said: 'O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to Thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (ה) h “!”

And it came to pass, 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,

וָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖ה (ה) h “!”

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 delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was

וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־ (ה) h- “!”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?' So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה (ה) h “!”

Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the dragon's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

וָאֵצְאָ֨ה (ה) h “!”

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them: 'Ye lend upon pledge, every one to his brother.' And I held a great assembly against them.

וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ (ה֙) h “!”וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

And I said unto them: 'We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that sold themselves unto the heathen; and would ye nevertheless sell your brethren, and should they sell themselves unto us?' Then held they their peace, and found never a

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

Also I shook out my lap, and said: 'So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.' And all the congregation said: 'Amen', and praised the LORD. And the people di

וָֽאֹמְרָ֡ה (ה) h “!”

Remember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

זָכְרָה־ (ה) h- “!”

that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying: 'Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.' But they thought to do me mischief.

לְכָ֞ה (ה) h “!”

And I sent messengers unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?'

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה (ה) h “!”

And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.'

לְכָ֔ה (ה) h “!”

Then I sent unto him, saying: 'There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.'

וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה (ה) h “!”

And I said: 'Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, could go into the temple and live? I will not go in.'

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (ה) h “!”

And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה (ה) h “!”

Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have me put in fear.

זָכְרָ֧ה (ה) h “!”

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:

וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞ה (ה) h “!”

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession: on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate;

וָאַעֲמִ֡ידָה (ה) h “!”

and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

וָאָבִ֣ינָה (ה) h “!”