H9035–נוּ–nu

behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

עָלֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”הֽוֹרַשְׁתָּֽנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “us”

Our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are on you.

בָּ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”עָלֵ֑ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

and said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”לָ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

מִמֶּ֖נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “us”

Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:

עִמָּ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God to help us, and to fight our battles. The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

וְעִמָּ֜נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Does not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Yahweh our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

יַצִּילֵ֕נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.

בָ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], and said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.

אֹתָ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.

וָלָ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”צִוָּ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you are come to us to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.

עֲלֶ֥ינָא (נָא) na' “us”

Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not appropriate for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and informed the king;

לַ֖נָא (נָא) na' “us”

The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.

עֲלֶ֑ינָא (נָא) na' “us”

Thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

הֲתִיב֣וּנָא (נָא) na' “us”

Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

עֲלֶֽינָא׃ (נָא) na' “us”

I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, [ergänzt: and] his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

לָ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

לָ֜נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”

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

לָ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.

לְעָזְרֵ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

לָֽנוּ׃ (נוּ) nu “us”

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [ergänzt: day] of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.

עָלֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”וַיַּ֨צִּילֵ֔נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh 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.

לָ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”לָ֥נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”וּלְתִתֵּ֛נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins of it, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

עֲזָבָ֖נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”עָלֵ֣ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לָ֣נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לָ֣נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

After all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,

עָלֵ֔ינוּ (נוּ) nu “us”לָּ֛נוּ (נוּ) nu “us”

shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? would not you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

בָּ֙נוּ֙ (נוּ֙) nu “us”