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and I charge them for Iddo the head, in the place Casiphia, and put in their mouth words to speak unto Iddo, `and' his brethren the Nethinim, in the place Casiphia, to bring to us ministrants for the house of our God.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

And they bring to us, according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and Sherebiah, and his sons, and his brethren, eighteen;

אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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,

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

for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, `The hand of our God `is' upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath `is' upon all forsaking Him.'

אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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

מֵאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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;

אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

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;

אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

And on the fourth day hath been weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad son of Jeshua, and Noadiah son of Binnui, the Levites:

אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

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

`From the days of our fathers we `are' in great guilt unto this day, and in our iniquities we have been given -- we, our kings, our priests -- into the hand of the kings of the lands, with sword, with captivity, and with spoiling, and with shame of face, as `at' this day.

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

`And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God's enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;

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

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.

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

`And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,

אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

`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),

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

`O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous `art' Thou, for we have been left an escape, as `it is' this day; lo, we `are' before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.'

בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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,

בֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

and now, let us make a covenant with our God, to cause all the women to go out, and that which is born of them, by the counsel of the Lord, and of those trembling at the command of our God, and according to law it is done;

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

`Let, we pray thee, our heads of all the assembly stand, and all who `are' in our cities, who have settled strange wives, do come in at the times appointed, and with them the elders of city and city, and its judges, till the turning back of the fury of the wrath of our God from us, for this thing.'

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

Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'

צָרֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work;

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

in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'

אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

בְּגָדֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”