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And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my G

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

אֱלֹהַי֙ (י֙) i “my”לִבִּ֔י (י) i “my”

Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

אֱלֹהַ֗י (י) i “my”

And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

נְעָרַי֮ (י֮) i “my”

So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.

וְאַחַ֣י (י) i “my”וּנְעָרַ֗י (י) i “my”

And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.

לִבִּ֜י (י) i “my”

Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.

אַחַ֣י (י) i “my”וּנְעָרַ֔י (י) i “my”

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise t

חָצְנִ֣י (י) i “my”

Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.

וְאַחַ֔י (י) i “my”

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of

לְפָנַ֜י (י) i “me”

And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.

נְעָרַ֔י (י) i “my”

And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.

שֻׁלְחָנִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

יָדָֽי׃ (י) i “my”

Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.

אֱלֹהַ֛י (י) i “my”

And they said much before me of the good he had done, and gave him accounts of my words. And Tobiah sent letters with the purpose of causing me fear.

לְפָנַ֔י (י) i “me”וּדְבָרַ֕י (י) i “my”

I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.

אָחִ֗י (י) i “my”

And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:

אֱלֹהַי֙ (י֙) i “my”לִבִּ֔י (י) i “my”

Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”חֲסָדַ֗י (י) i “my”אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath

וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י (י) i “my”

And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.

אֱלֹהַ֔י (י) i “my”

Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.

אֱלֹהָ֑י (י) i “my”

And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to

וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖י (י) i “my”

Then Esther said in answer, My prayer and my request is this:

שְׁאֵלָתִ֖י (י) i “my”וּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃ (י) i “my”