H9025–נוּ–mu

And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.

בָּנֵ֥ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.

שְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּבָתֵּ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

שְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [ergänzt: already]; neither is it in the power of our hand [ergänzt: to redeem them], for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

אַחֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”בְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”בָּנֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”בָּנֵ֨ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”בְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”מִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”יָדֵ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

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.

אַחֵ֨ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?

אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

אֹֽיְבֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard [ergänzt: of it], all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.

א֣וֹיְבֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

לַאֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;

אֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

וַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the days of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

אֱ֠לֹהֵינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”לִמְלָכֵ֨ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”לְשָׂרֵ֧ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּלְכֹהֲנֵ֛ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וְלִנְבִיאֵ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וְלַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

מְלָכֵ֤ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”שָׂרֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”כֹּהֲנֵ֣ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וַאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.

לַאֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

בְּחַטֹּאותֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”גְּ֠וִיֹּתֵינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [ergänzt: and] our priests are at the sealing.

שָׂרֵ֥ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”לְוִיֵּ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”כֹּהֲנֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

אֲדֹנֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”לְבָנֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

And we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

for the bread to be set in rows, and for the continual oblation, and for the continual burnt-offering, [ergänzt: for that] of the sabbaths [ergänzt: and] of the new moons, for the set feasts and for the holy [ergänzt: things], and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [ergänzt: for] all the work of the house of our God.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring [ergänzt: it] into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law;

אֱלֹהֵ֧ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֲבֹתֵ֛ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year to the house of Jehovah,

אַדְמָתֵ֗נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”

and the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law; and to bring the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests that minister in the house of our God;

בָּנֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “our”וּבְהֶמְתֵּ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”בְקָרֵ֜ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וְצֹאנֵ֗ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

עֲרִיסֹתֵ֣ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”וּ֠תְרוּמֹתֵינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “our”עֲבֹדָתֵֽנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “our”

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, into the chambers of the treasure-house.

אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “our”