H9001–/וַ–v

And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,

וָאֶקְרָ֨א (וָ) va. “and”

And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.

וַנָּצ֛וּמָה (וַ) va. “and”וַנְּבַקְשָׁ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”וַיֵּעָתֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And I separate from the heads of the priests, twelve, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them of their brethren ten,

וָאַבְדִּ֛ילָה (וָ) va. “and”

and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our God, that the king, and his counsellors, and his heads, and all Israel -- those present -- lifted up;

וָאֶשְׁקֳלָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”

and I weigh to their hand, of silver, talents six hundred and fifty, and of vessels of silver a hundred talents, of gold a hundred talents,

וָאֶשְׁקֲלָ֨ה (וָ) va. “and”

And I say unto them, `Ye `are' holy to Jehovah, and the vessels `are' holy, and the silver and the gold `are' a willing-offering to Jehovah, God of your fathers;

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”

And the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and of the gold, and of the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

וְקִבְּלוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth us from the hand of the enemy and the lier in wait by the way;

וַֽנִּסְעָ֞ה (וַֽ) va. “and”וַיַּ֨צִּילֵ֔נוּ (וַ) va “and”

and we come in to Jerusalem, and dwell there three days.

וַנָּב֖וֹא (וַ) va. “and”וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va. “and”

by number, by weight of every one, and all the weight is written at that time.

וַיִּכָּתֵ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

and they give the laws of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river, and they have lifted up the people and the house of God.

וַֽיִּתְּנ֣וּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”וְנִשְּׂא֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.'

וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,

וָאֶמְרְטָ֞ה (וָ) va. “and”וָאֵשְׁבָ֖ה (וָ) va. “and”

And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God,

וָֽאֶכְרְעָה֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאֶפְרְשָׂ֥ה (וָ) va. “and”

and say, `O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (וָ) va. “and”

for servants we `are', and in our servitude our God hath not forsaken us, and stretcheth out unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give to us a quickening to lift up the house of our God, and to cause its wastes to cease, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

וַֽיַּט־ (וַֽ) va “and”

and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good -- unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age.

וַאֲכַלְתֶּם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

`And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),

וְנָתַ֥תָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answereth and saith to Ezra, `We -- we have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land; and now there is hope for Israel concerning this,

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַנֹּ֛שֶׁב (וַ) va. “and”

And Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word -- and they swear.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the removal, to be gathered to Jerusalem,

וַיַּעֲבִ֨ירוּ (וַ) va “and”

And gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it `is' the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Ezra the priest riseth, and saith unto them, `Ye -- ye have trespassed, and ye settle strange women, to add to the guilt of Israel;

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּשִׁ֖יבוּ (וַ) va. “and”

And all the assembly answer and say `with' a great voice, `Right; according to thy word -- on us to do;

וַיַּֽעְנ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”