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And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

וַֽנִּסְעָ֞ה (ה) h “!”

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

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

And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation; and with my mantle and my garment rent, I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Jehovah my God,

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

and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over [ergänzt: our] head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (ה) h “!”

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

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 the king's cupbearer.

וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־ (ה) h- “!”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [ergänzt: that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

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

וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה (ה) h “!”

And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.

וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.

וָאֵצְאָ֨ה (ה) h “!”

And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them.

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

And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (ה) h “!”

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house and from his earnings, that performeth not this promise: even thus be he shaken out and emptied! And all the congregation said, Amen! And they praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

וָֽאֹמְרָ֡ה (ה) h “!”

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

זָכְרָה־ (ה) h- “!”

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

לְכָ֞ה (ה) h “!”

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and 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 concerning thee at Jerusalem saying, There is a king in Judah! And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

לְכָ֔ה (ה) h “!”

And I sent to 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 as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (ה) h “!”

And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.

וָאַכִּ֕ירָה (ה) h “!”

My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.

זָכְרָ֧ה (ה) h “!”

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞ה (ה) h “!”

And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate.

וָאַעֲמִ֡ידָה (ה) h “!”

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

וָאָבִ֣ינָה (ה) h “!”