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and a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king hath, that he give to me trees for beams `for' the gates of the palace that the house hath, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter;' and the king giveth to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.

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

And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good upon me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, `Let us rise, and we have built;' and they strengthen their hands for good.

אֱלֹהַ֗י (י) i “my”

yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads `are' behind all the house of Judah.

נְעָרַי֮ (י֮) i “my”

and there are none -- I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who `are' after me -- there are none of us putting off our garments, each `hath' his vessel of water.

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

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

לִבִּ֜י (י) i “my”

And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.

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

also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, `Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, `Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.

חָצְנִ֣י (י) i “my”

Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king -- twelve years -- I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten:

וְאַחַ֔י (י) i “my”

the former governors who `are' before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.

לְפָנַ֜י (י) i “me”

And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work;

נְעָרַ֔י (י) i “my”

and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that `are' round about us, `are' at my table;

שֻׁלְחָנִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

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

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.

יָדָֽי׃ (י) i “my”

Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.

אֱלֹהַ֛י (י) i “my”

also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.

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

and I charge Hanani my brother, and Hananiah head of the palace, concerning Jerusalem -- for he `is' as a man of truth, and fearing God above many --

אָחִ֗י (י) i “my”

and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: --

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

Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges.

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

And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day.

וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י (י) i “my”

And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness.

אֱלֹהַ֔י (י) i “my”

Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

אֱלֹהָ֑י (י) i “my”

and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.

אֱלֹהַ֖י (י) i “my”

`Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that `is' not according to law, and when I have perished -- I have perished.'

וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖י (י) i “my”

And Esther answereth and saith, `My petition and my request `is':

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