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Nanalangin si Nehemias para sa Jerusalem

Ito ang kasaysayan ng mga nagawa ni Nehemias na anak ni Hacalias. Noon ay ikasiyam na buwan, ng ikadalawampung taon ng paghahari ni Artaxerxes. Akong si Nehemias ay nasa Lunsod ng Susa, ang kabiserang lunsod, nang dumating ang kapatid kong si Hanani, kasama ang isang pangkat ng mga lalaki mula sa Juda. Kinumusta ko sila tungkol sa Jerusalem at sa mga Judiong nagbalik sa Juda mula sa pagkabihag sa Babilonia.[a] Sumagot sila, “Kawawa naman sila roon. Hinahamak at nilalait ng mga dayuhang nakatira malapit doon.” Sinabi nila na wasak pa ang mga pader ng Jerusalem at ang mga pintuan ng lunsod ay hindi pa nagagawa mula nang sunugin iyon.

Nang marinig ko ito, naupo ako at napaiyak. Ilang araw akong nagdalamhati at nag-ayuno. Nanalangin ako ng ganito sa Diyos ng kalangitan: “O Yahweh, Diyos ng kalangitan, kayo ay dakila at nanginginig kami sa takot sa inyong presensya. Matapat ninyong tinutupad ang inyong tipan at wagas na pag-ibig sa mga nagmamahal sa inyo at tumutupad ng inyong mga utos. Pagmasdan ninyo ako at pakinggan ang aking panalangin. Nananalangin ako sa inyo araw at gabi para sa bayang Israel na inyong lingkod. Inaamin ko pong nagkasala kami sa inyo, ako at ang aking mga ninuno. Napakabigat ng aming kasalanan sa inyo! Hindi namin sinunod ang inyong Kautusan. Nilabag namin ang mga tuntuning ibinigay ninyo sa amin sa pamamagitan ng inyong lingkod na si Moises. Sinabi(A) ninyo kay Moises, ‘Kung kayong mga Israelita ay tatalikod sa akin, ikakalat ko kayo sa iba't ibang mga bansa. Subalit(B) kung manunumbalik kayo at tutupad sa aking mga utos, mapadpad man kayo sa pinakamalalayong lugar, titipunin ko kayong muli sa lupaing aking pinili upang sambahin ako roon.’ 10 Sila ang inyong mga lingkod at ang inyong bayan na tinubos sa pamamagitan ng inyong dakilang kapangyarihan at lakas. 11 O Panginoon, pakinggan ninyo ang panalangin ko, at ng iba pang lingkod ninyo na nagnanais magparangal sa inyo. Pagtagumpayin po ninyo ako ngayon at loobin po ninyong kahabagan ako ng hari.”

Pumunta si Nehemias sa Jerusalem

Nang panahong iyon, ako ang namamahala sa mga inumin ng hari.

Footnotes

  1. Nehemias 1:2 nagbalik…mula sa pagkabihag sa Babilonia: o kaya'y hindi dinalang-bihag .

Nehemiah’s Prayer

The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:

In the month of Kislev(A) in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,(B) Hanani,(C) one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant(D) that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(E)

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(F) For some days I mourned and fasted(G) and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said:

Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God,(H) who keeps his covenant of love(I) with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear(J) the prayer(K) your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess(L) the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly(M) toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

“Remember(N) the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter(O) you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather(P) them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’(Q)

10 “They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand.(R) 11 Lord, let your ear be attentive(S) to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor(T) in the presence of this man.”

I was cupbearer(U) to the king.

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.