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World English Bible Classic
[1] The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace, [2] Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. [3] They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” [4] When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God§ of heaven, [5] and said, “I beg you, Yahweh,§ the God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, [6] let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned. [7] We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses. [8] “Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples; [9] but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’ [10] “Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. [11] Lord,§ I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”Now I was cup bearer to the king.

Footnotes

  1. § 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
  2. § 1:5 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
  3. § 1:11 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
King James Version
[1] The words H1697 of Nehemiah H5166 the son H1121 of Hachaliah. H2446 And it came to pass in the month H2320 Chisleu, H3691 in the twentieth H6242 year, H8141 as I was in Shushan H7800 the palace, H1002 [2] that Hanani, H2607 one H259 of my brethren, H251 came, H935 he and certain men H582 of Judah; H3063 and I asked H7592 them concerning the Jews H3064 that had escaped, H6413 which H834 were left H7604 of the captivity, H7628 and concerning Jerusalem. H3389 [3] And they said H559 unto me, The remnant H7604 that are left H7604 of the captivity H7628 there H8033 in the province H4082 are in great H1419 affliction H7451 and reproach: H2781 the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 also is broken down, H6555 and the gates H8179 thereof are burned H3341 with fire. H784 [4] And it came to pass, when I heard H8085 H853 these H428 words, H1697 that I sat down H3427 and wept, H1058 and mourned H56 certain days, H3117 and fasted, H6684 and prayed H6419 before H6440 the God H430 of heaven, H8064 [5] and said, H559 I beseech H577 thee, O Lord H3068 God H430 of heaven, H8064 the great H1419 and terrible H3372 God, H410 that keepeth H8104 covenant H1285 and mercy H2617 for them that love H157 him and observe H8104 his commandments: H4687 [6] let thine ear H241 now be attentive, H7183 and thine eyes H5869 open, H6605 that thou mayest hear H8085 the prayer H8605 of thy servant, H5650 which H834 I pray H6419 before H6440 thee now, H3117 day H3119 and night, H3915 for the children H1121 of Israel H3478 thy servants, H5650 and confess H3034 the sins H2403 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 which H834 we have sinned H2398 against H5921 thee: both I and my father’s H1 house H1004 have sinned. H2398 [7] We have dealt very H2254 corruptly H2254 against thee, and have not kept H8104 H853 the commandments, H4687 nor the statutes, H2706 nor the judgments, H4941 which H834 thou commandedst H6680 thy servant H5650 H853 Moses. H4872 [8] Remember, H2142 H853 I beseech thee, the word H1697 that thou commandedst H6680 thy servant H5650 H853 Moses, H4872 saying, H559 If ye transgress, H4603 I will scatter you abroad H6327 among the nations: H5971 [9] but if ye turn H7725 unto H413 me, and keep H8104 my commandments, H4687 and do H6213 them; though there were of you cast out H5080 unto H413 the uttermost part H7097 of the heaven, H8064 yet will I gather H6908 them from thence, and will bring H935 them unto the place H4725 that I have chosen H977 to set H7931 H853 my name H8034 there. [10] Now these are thy servants H5650 and thy people, H5971 whom H834 thou hast redeemed H6299 by thy great H1419 power, H3581 and by thy strong H2389 hand. H3027 [11] O Lord, H136 I beseech H577 thee, let now thine ear H241 be attentive H7183 to the prayer H8605 of thy servant, H5650 and to the prayer H8605 of thy servants, H5650 who desire H2655 to fear H3372 H853 thy name: H8034 and prosper, H6743 I pray thee, thy servant H5650 this H2088 day, H3117 and grant H5414 him mercy H7356 in the sight H6440 of this man. H376 For I was the king’s H4428 cupbearer. H8248
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Λόγοι G3056 Νεεμια υἱοῦ G5207 Αχαλια. Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἐν G1722 μηνὶ G3376 Χασεηλου ἔτους G2094 εἰκοστοῦ καὶ G2532 ἐγὼ G1473 ἤμην G2252 ἐν G1722 Σουσαν αβιρα, [2] ‡καὶ G2532 ἦλθεν G2064 Ανανι εἷς G1520 ἀπὸ G575 ἀδελφῶν G80 μου, G3450 αὐτὸς G846 καὶ G2532 ἄνδρες G435 Ιουδα, καὶ G2532 ἠρώτησα G2065 αὐτοὺς G846 περὶ G4012 τῶν G3588 σωθέντων, G4982 οἳ G3739 κατελείφθησαν G2641 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 αἰχμαλωσίας G161 καὶ G2532 περὶ G4012 Ιερουσαλημ. G2419 [3] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἴποσαν G2036 πρός G4314 με G3165 Οἱ G3588 καταλειπόμενοι G2641 οἱ G3588 καταλειφθέντες G2641 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 αἰχμαλωσίας G161 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 χώρᾳ G5561 ἐν G1722 πονηρίᾳ G4189 μεγάλῃ G3173 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ὀνειδισμῷ, G3680 καὶ G2532 τείχη G5038 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 καθῃρημένα, G2507 καὶ G2532 αἱ G3588 πύλαι G4439 αὐτῆς G846 ἐνεπρήσθησαν G1714 ἐν G1722 πυρί. G4442 [4] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἀκοῦσαί G191 με G3165 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 τούτους G5128 ἐκάθισα G2523 καὶ G2532 ἔκλαυσα G2799 καὶ G2532 ἐπένθησα G3996 ἡμέρας G2250 καὶ G2532 ἤμην G2252 νηστεύων G3522 καὶ G2532 προσευχόμενος G4336 ἐνώπιον G1799 θεοῦ G2316 τοῦ G3588 οὐρανοῦ G3772 [5] ‡καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 Μὴ G3361 δή, G1211 κύριε G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τοῦ G3588 οὐρανοῦ G3772 ὁ G3588 ἰσχυρὸς G2478 ὁ G3588 μέγας G3173 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 φοβερός, G5398 φυλάσσων G5442 τὴν G3588 διαθήκην G1242 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ἔλεος G1656 τοῖς G3588 ἀγαπῶσιν G25 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 τοῖς G3588 φυλάσσουσιν G5442 τὰς G3588 ἐντολὰς G1785 αὐτοῦ· G846 [6] ‡ἔστω G2077 δὴ G1211 τὸ G3588 οὖς G3775 σου G4675 προσέχον G4337 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοί G3788 σου G4675 ἀνεῳγμένοι G455 τοῦ G3588 ἀκοῦσαι G191 προσευχὴν G4335 δούλου G1401 σου, G4675 ἣν G3739 ἐγὼ G1473 προσεύχομαι G4336 ἐνώπιόν G1799 σου G4675 σήμερον G4594 ἡμέραν G2250 καὶ G2532 νύκτα G3571 περὶ G4012 υἱῶν G5207 Ισραηλ G2474 δούλων G1401 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐξαγορεύω ἐπὶ G1909 ἁμαρτίαις G266 υἱῶν G5207 Ισραηλ, G2474 ἃς G3739 ἡμάρτομέν G264 σοι. G4671 Καὶ G2532 ἐγὼ G1473 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 οἶκος G3624 πατρός G3962 μου G3450 ἡμάρτομεν· G264 [7] ‡διαλύσει διελύσαμεν G1262 πρὸς G4314 σὲ G4571 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐφυλάξαμεν G5442 τὰς G3588 ἐντολὰς G1785 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 προστάγματα καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 κρίματα, G2917 ἃ G3739 ἐνετείλω G1781 τῷ G3588 Μωυσῇ G3475 παιδί G3816 σου. G4675 [8] ‡Μνήσθητι G3415 δὴ G1211 τὸν G3588 λόγον, G3056 ὃν G3739 ἐνετείλω G1781 τῷ G3588 Μωυσῇ G3475 παιδί G3816 σου G4675 λέγων G3004 Ὑμεῖς G5210 ἐὰν G1437 ἀσυνθετήσητε, ἐγὼ G1473 διασκορπιῶ G1287 ὑμᾶς G5209 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 λαοῖς· G2992 [9] ‡καὶ G2532 ἐὰν G1437 ἐπιστρέψητε G1994 πρός G4314 με G3165 καὶ G2532 φυλάξητε G5442 τὰς G3588 ἐντολάς G1785 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 ποιήσητε G4160 αὐτάς, G846 ἐὰν G1437 ᾖ G5600 ἡ G3588 διασπορὰ G1290 ὑμῶν G5216 ἀπ’ G575 ἄκρου G206 τοῦ G3588 οὐρανοῦ, G3772 ἐκεῖθεν G1564 συνάξω G4863 αὐτοὺς G846 καὶ G2532 εἰσάξω G1521 αὐτοὺς G846 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 τόπον, G5117 ὃν G3739 ἐξελεξάμην G1586 κατασκηνῶσαι G2681 τὸ G3588 ὄνομά G3686 μου G3450 ἐκεῖ. G1563 [10] ‡Καὶ G2532 αὐτοὶ G846 παῖδές G3816 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 λαός G2992 σου, G4675 οὓς G3739 ἐλυτρώσω G3084 ἐν G1722 δυνάμει G1411 σου G4675 τῇ G3588 μεγάλῃ G3173 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 χειρί G5495 σου G4675 τῇ G3588 κραταιᾷ. G2900 [11] ‡Μὴ G3361 δή, G1211 κύριε, G2962 ἀλλ’ G235 ἔστω G2077 τὸ G3588 οὖς G3775 σου G4675 προσέχον G4337 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 προσευχὴν G4335 τοῦ G3588 δούλου G1401 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 προσευχὴν G4335 παίδων G3816 σου G4675 τῶν G3588 θελόντων G2309 φοβεῖσθαι G5399 τὸ G3588 ὄνομά G3686 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 εὐόδωσον G2137 δὴ G1211 τῷ G3588 παιδί G3816 σου G4675 σήμερον G4594 καὶ G2532 δὸς G1325 αὐτὸν G846 εἰς G1519 οἰκτιρμοὺς G3628 ἐνώπιον G1799 τοῦ G3588 ἀνδρὸς G435 τούτου. G5127 — καὶ G2532 ἐγὼ G1473 ἤμην G2252 οἰνοχόος τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ. G935
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 1:1 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:1.
  2. ‡ 1:2 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:2.
  3. ‡ 1:3 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:3.
  4. ‡ 1:4 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:4.
  5. ‡ 1:5 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:5.
  6. ‡ 1:6 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:6.
  7. ‡ 1:7 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:7.
  8. ‡ 1:8 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:8.
  9. ‡ 1:9 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:9.
  10. ‡ 1:10 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:10.
  11. ‡ 1:11 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 11:11.