H9025–נוּ–mu

And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [ergänzt: and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּלְטַפֵּ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”רְכוּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.

מֵאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.

אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Urijah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites:

אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

עֲוֹנֹתֵ֤ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וְאַשְׁמָתֵ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

Since the days of our fathers, we have been in great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, our priests, have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּבַעֲוֹנֹתֵ֡ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”מְלָכֵ֨ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”כֹהֲנֵ֜ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And now for a little space there hath been favour from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”בְּעַבְדֻתֵֽנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

And now, what shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities [ergänzt: deserve], and hast given us such deliverance as this,

בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”וּבְאַשְׁמָתֵ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”מֵֽעֲוֹנֵ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

Jehovah, God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are a remnant that is escaped, as [ergänzt: it is] this day. Behold, we are before thee in our trespasses; for there is no standing before thee because of this.

בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

בֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of [ergänzt: my] lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

לֵ֠אלֹהֵינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce anger of our God be turned from us.

שָׂ֠רֵינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”בֶּעָרֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!

אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.

צָרֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.

אוֹיְבֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”

in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.

אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.

בְּגָדֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”