Nehémiás 1
Hungarian New Translation
Nehémiás szomorúsága és imádsága
1 Nehémiásnak, Hakaljá fiának a története. A huszadik esztendő Kiszlév havában történt, amikor Súsán várában voltam,
2 hogy megérkezett hozzám egyik atyámfia, Hanáni, és vele együtt néhány Júdából való férfi. Kérdezősködtem tőlük a megmenekült júdaiakról, akik a fogság után megmaradtak, meg Jeruzsálemről.
3 Elmondták nekem, hogy a megmaradtak, akik a fogság után maradtak meg, nagy bajban és gyalázatban vannak ott abban a tartományban. Jeruzsálem várfala csupa rés, és kapui tűzben égtek el.
4 Amikor meghallottam ezeket, napokon át ültem, sírtam és gyászoltam, böjtöltem és imádkoztam a menny Istene előtt,
5 és ezt mondtam: Ó Uram, mennynek Istene, te nagy és félelmes Isten! Te hűségesen megtartod a szövetséget azokkal, akik téged szeretnek, és parancsolataidat megtartják.
6 Legyen figyelmes a füled, legyen nyitva a szemed, és hallgasd meg szolgád imádságát, aki most éjjel-nappal imádkozik előtted szolgáidért, Izráel fiaiért. Vallást teszek Izráel fiainak a vétkeiről, amelyekkel vétkeztünk ellened. Vétkeztem én is és atyám házanépe is!
7 Nagy gonoszságot követtünk el ellened, mert nem tartottuk meg azokat a parancsolatokat, rendelkezéseket és törvényeket, amelyeket szolgádnak, Mózesnek adtál.
8 Emlékezz vissza arra az ígéretre, amelyet kijelentettél szolgádnak, Mózesnek: Ha ti hűtlenek lesztek, én elszélesztelek benneteket a népek közé.
9 De ha megtértek hozzám, megtartjátok parancsolataimat, és teljesítitek azokat: még ha az ég szélén lennének is azok, akiket eltaszítottam közületek, onnan is összegyűjtöm és elviszem őket arra a helyre, amelyet kiválasztottam, hogy ott legyen nevemnek lakóhelye.
10 Hiszen a te szolgáid ők, és a te néped, akiket megváltottál nagy erőddel és hatalmas kezeddel!
11 Ó, Uram, legyen figyelmes a füled szolgád imádságára és szolgáid imádságára, akik boldogok, hogy félhetik a te nevedet! Adj ma sikert szolgádnak, és add, hogy legyen hozzá irgalmas az az ember! Én ugyanis a király pohárnoka voltam.
Nehemiah 1
Names of God Bible
Distressing News
1 These are the words of Nehemiah, son of Hacaliah:
During the month of Chislev, in Artaxerxes’ twentieth year as king, while I was in the fortress at Susa, 2 one of my brothers, Hanani, arrived with some men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had survived captivity and about Jerusalem. 3 They told me, “Those who survived captivity are in the province. They are enduring serious troubles and being insulted. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”
Nehemiah’s Prayer
4 When I heard this, I sat down and cried. I mourned for days. I continued to fast and pray to the Elohim of heaven. 5 I said,
“Yahweh Elohim of heaven, great and awe-inspiring El, you faithfully keep your promise[a] and show mercy to those who love you and obey your commandments. 6 Open your eyes, and pay close attention with your ears to what I, your servant, am praying. I am praying to you day and night about your servants the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against you as well as the sins that my father’s family and I have committed. 7 We have done you a great wrong. We haven’t obeyed the commandments, laws, or regulations that you gave us through your servant Moses. 8 Please remember what you told us through your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations. 9 But if you return to me and continue to obey my commandments, though your people may be driven to the most distant point on the horizon, I will come and get you from there and bring you to the place where I chose to put my name.’ 10 These are your servants and your people whom you have saved by your great power and your strong hand. 11 Adonay, please pay attention to my prayer and to the prayers of all your other servants who want to worship your name. Please give me success today and make this man, King Artaxerxes, show me compassion.”
I was cupbearer[b] to the king at this time.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 1:5 Or “covenant.”
- Nehemiah 1:11 A cupbearer was a trusted official who ensured that the king’s drink was not poisoned.
Nehemiah 1
New King James Version
Nehemiah Prays for His People
1 The words of (A)Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.
It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the (B)twentieth year, as I was in (C)Shushan[a] the [b]citadel, 2 that (D)Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the (E)province are there in great distress and (F)reproach. (G)The wall of Jerusalem (H)is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
5 And I said: “I pray, (I)Lord God of heaven, O great and (J)awesome God, (K)You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love [c]You and observe [d]Your commandments, 6 please let Your ear be attentive and (L)Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and (M)confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned. 7 (N)We have acted very corruptly against You, and have (O)not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. 8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, (P)‘If you [e]are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations; 9 (Q)but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, (R)though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.’ 10 (S)Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand. 11 O Lord, I pray, please (T)let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who (U)desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
For I was the king’s (V)cupbearer.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 1:1 Or Susa
- Nehemiah 1:1 Or fortified palace, and so elsewhere in the book
- Nehemiah 1:5 Lit. Him
- Nehemiah 1:5 Lit. His
- Nehemiah 1:8 act treacherously
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