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Nehemiah 9
Lexham English Bible
Nehemiah 9
Lexham English Bible
The Nation Confesses
9 On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites[a] gathered in fasting, in sackcloths, and with soil on them. 2 Those of the seed of Israel separated themselves from all of the foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.[b] 3 They stood up in their place and read from the book of the law[c] of Yahweh their God for a fourth part of the day, and for a fourth they were confessing and worshiping Yahweh their God. 4 Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani stood on the platform of the Levites and cried out with a loud voice to Yahweh their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, “Stand up, bless Yahweh your God from everlasting until everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name that is being exalted above all blessing and praise!
6 “You alone are Yahweh. You alone have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all of their army, the earth and all that is in it, the waters and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens worship you. 7 You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham. 8 You found his heart faithful before you and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite—to give it to his seed. And you have kept your word because you are righteous.
9 “You saw the misery of our ancestors[d] in Egypt, and you heard their shout at the Red Sea. 10 You gave signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all of his servants, and all of the people of his land because you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. You made a name for yourself, as it is this day. 11 And you divided the sea before them, and they passed through the sea on dry ground, but their pursuers you threw into the depths like a stone into mighty waters. 12 You led them by day with a column of cloud and with a column of fire by night, to give them light on the way that they were to go. 13 Then you came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right judgments and true teachings, good regulations and commandments. 14 You made known your holy Sabbath to them and gave them commandments, regulations, and law[e] by the hand of your servant Moses. 15 You gave them bread from heaven for their starvation, and you caused water to go out from a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in order to take into possession the land that you have sworn by your hand to give to them.
16 “But they and our ancestors[f] acted arrogantly and stiffened their neck and did not listen to your commandments. 17 They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders that you did among them. They stiffened their neck and in their rebellion determined[g] to return to their slavery. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger,[h] abundant in loyal love, so you did not abandon them. 18 Even when they made for themselves a molten idol of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you out from Egypt,’ and committed great blasphemies. 19 But you in your many mercies did not abandon them in the desert. The column of cloud that was over them in the day did not cease to leave them on the way, and the column of fire by night that gave light to them on the way that they went. 20 And you gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 21 Forty years you sustained them in the desert—they were not in need. Their clothing did not wear out and their feet did not swell. 22 And you gave them kingdoms and nations and allotted them a portion. They took into possession the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan. 23 You made their children[i] numerous like the stars of the heavens and brought them to the land that you told their ancestors[j] to enter in order to take possession. 24 So the children[k] went in and took possession of the land. You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites; you gave them into their hand, and their kings and the nations of the land to do with them according to their pleasure. 25 And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land and took possession of houses filled with every good thing: hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, and many fruit trees. They ate and became full, and they became fat and took delight in your great goodness.
26 “But they rebelled and were rebellious against you and cast your law[l] behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them to turn back to you, and they did great blasphemies. 27 Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemy, and they brought trouble to them. Then in the time of their trouble they cried out to you, and you heard from the heavens, and according to your great compassions, you gave them saviors, and you saved them from the hand of their enemies. 28 But when they had rest they returned to doing evil before you, and you abandoned them in the hand of their enemies, and they ruled over them. Then they returned and cried out to you, and from the heavens you heard and many times rescued them according to your compassions. 29 You warned them so that they would return to your law.[m] Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to your commandments but sinned against your judgments that a person must do so that they may live. They turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not listen. 30 You were patient toward them for many years, and you have warned them by your spirit through the hand of your prophets, but they did not listen. So you gave them into the hand of the nations of the lands. 31 But in your great compassions you did not put an end to them, and you did not abandon them. For you are a gracious and compassionate God.
32 “And now our God, the great, mighty, and awesome God who keeps his covenant and loyal love, do not belittle in your presence all of the hardship that is found in us, our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors,[n] and all of our people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day. 33 You are righteous in everything that has come on us, for you dealt faithfully, and we have acted wickedly. 34 Our kings, our officials, our priests, and our ancestors[o] did not keep your law[p] and did not listen to your commandments and statutes that you declared to them. 35 And in their kingdom and in the greatness you gave to them, and in the wide and fertile land that you gave before them, they did not serve you and did not turn from their evil deeds. 36 Behold, we are slaves to this day, and the land that you have given to our ancestors[q] to eat its fruits and enjoy its goodness—behold, we are slaves in it! 37 Its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have given over us because of our sins, and they are ruling over our dead bodies and our livestock at their pleasure. We are in great trouble.
38 [r] “Now because of all of this we make a binding written agreement and are writing on the sealed documents the names of our commanders, our Levites, and our priests.”
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 9:1 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Nehemiah 9:2 Or “fathers”
- Nehemiah 9:3 Hebrew torah
- Nehemiah 9:9 Or “fathers”
- Nehemiah 9:14 Hebrew torah
- Nehemiah 9:16 Or “fathers”
- Nehemiah 9:17 Literally “they gave head to”
- Nehemiah 9:17 Literally “long of nose”
- Nehemiah 9:23 Or “sons”
- Nehemiah 9:23 Or “fathers”
- Nehemiah 9:24 Or “sons”
- Nehemiah 9:26 Hebrew torah
- Nehemiah 9:29 Hebrew torah
- Nehemiah 9:32 Or “fathers”
- Nehemiah 9:34 Or “fathers”
- Nehemiah 9:34 Hebrew torah
- Nehemiah 9:36 Or “fathers”
- Nehemiah 9:38 Nehemiah 9:38–10:39 in the English Bible is 10:1–40 in the Hebrew Bible
Nehemiah 9
English Standard Version
Nehemiah 9
English Standard Version
The People of Israel Confess Their Sin
9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of (A)this month the people of Israel were assembled (B)with fasting (C)and in sackcloth, (D)and with earth on their heads. 2 (E)And the Israelites[a] separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 (F)And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God. 4 On the stairs of the Levites stood (G)Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. (H)Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 [b] (I)“You are the Lord, you alone. (J)You have made heaven, (K)the heaven of heavens, (L)with all their host, (M)the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; (N)and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. 7 You are the Lord, the God (O)who chose Abram and brought him out of (P)Ur of the Chaldeans (Q)and gave him the name Abraham. 8 (R)You found his heart faithful before you, (S)and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring (T)the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. (U)And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
9 (V)“And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard (W)their cry at the Red Sea, 10 (X)and performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that (Y)they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And (Z)you made a name for yourself, as it is to this day. 11 (AA)And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land, and you cast their pursuers into the depths, (AB)as a stone into mighty waters. 12 By (AC)a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go. 13 (AD)You came down on Mount Sinai (AE)and spoke with them from heaven and gave them (AF)right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 (AG)and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant. 15 (AH)You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and (AI)brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you (AJ)told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.
16 “But they and our fathers (AK)acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey (AL)and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[c] But you are a God ready to forgive, (AM)gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them. 18 Even (AN)when they had made for themselves a golden[d] calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ (AO)and had committed great blasphemies, 19 you (AP)in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. (AQ)The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, (AR)nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go. 20 (AS)You gave your good Spirit to instruct them (AT)and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 21 (AU)Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
22 “And you gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. (AV)So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon (AW)and the land of Og king of Bashan. 23 You multiplied their children (AX)as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess. 24 (AY)So the descendants went in and possessed the land, (AZ)and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. 25 And they captured (BA)fortified cities and (BB)a rich land, and took possession of (BC)houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled (BD)and became fat and delighted themselves in (BE)your great goodness.
26 (BF)“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you (BG)and cast your law behind their back (BH)and killed your prophets, who (BI)had warned them in order to turn them back to you, (BJ)and they committed great blasphemies. 27 (BK)Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. (BL)And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them (BM)saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies. 28 (BN)But after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, (BO)and many times you delivered them according to your mercies. 29 (BP)And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet (BQ)they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, (BR)which if a person does them, he shall live by them, (BS)and they turned a stubborn shoulder (BT)and stiffened their neck and would not obey. 30 Many years (BU)you bore with them (BV)and warned them (BW)by your Spirit through your prophets. (BX)Yet they would not give ear. (BY)Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. 31 Nevertheless, (BZ)in your great mercies (CA)you did not make an end of them or forsake them, (CB)for you are a gracious and merciful God.
32 “Now, therefore, our God, (CC)the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, (CD)since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day. 33 (CE)Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully (CF)and we have acted wickedly. 34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them. 35 Even in their own kingdom, (CG)and amid your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and (CH)rich land that you set before them, (CI)they did not serve you or turn from their wicked works. 36 Behold, (CJ)we are slaves this day; in the land that you gave to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves. 37 (CK)And its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.
38 [e] “Because of all this (CL)we make a firm covenant in writing; on (CM)the sealed document are the names of[f] our princes, our Levites, and our priests.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 9:2 Hebrew the offspring of Israel
- Nehemiah 9:6 Septuagint adds And Ezra said
- Nehemiah 9:17 Some Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their slavery
- Nehemiah 9:18 Hebrew metal
- Nehemiah 9:38 Ch 10:1 in Hebrew
- Nehemiah 9:38 Hebrew lacks the names of
Nehemiah 9
New International Version
Nehemiah 9
New International Version
The Israelites Confess Their Sins
9 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.(A) 2 Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners.(B) They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.(C) 3 They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the Lord their God. 4 Standing on the stairs of the Levites(D) were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices to the Lord their God. 5 And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah—said: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God,(E) who is from everlasting to everlasting.[a]”
“Blessed be your glorious name,(F) and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 You alone are the Lord.(G) You made the heavens,(H) even the highest heavens, and all their starry host,(I) the earth(J) and all that is on it, the seas(K) and all that is in them.(L) You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven(M) worship you.
7 “You are the Lord God, who chose Abram(N) and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans(O) and named him Abraham.(P) 8 You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.(Q) You have kept your promise(R) because you are righteous.(S)
9 “You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt;(T) you heard their cry at the Red Sea.[b](U) 10 You sent signs(V) and wonders(W) against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name(X) for yourself,(Y) which remains to this day. 11 You divided the sea before them,(Z) so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths,(AA) like a stone into mighty waters.(AB) 12 By day(AC) you led(AD) them with a pillar of cloud,(AE) and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.
13 “You came down on Mount Sinai;(AF) you spoke(AG) to them from heaven.(AH) You gave them regulations and laws that are just(AI) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.(AJ) 14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath(AK) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. 15 In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven(AL) and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock;(AM) you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand(AN) to give them.(AO)
16 “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,(AP) and they did not obey your commands.(AQ) 17 They refused to listen and failed to remember(AR) the miracles(AS) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked(AT) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.(AU) But you are a forgiving God,(AV) gracious and compassionate,(AW) slow to anger(AX) and abounding in love.(AY) Therefore you did not desert them,(AZ) 18 even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf(BA) and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.(BB)
19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon(BC) them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud(BD) did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. 20 You gave your good Spirit(BE) to instruct(BF) them. You did not withhold your manna(BG) from their mouths, and you gave them water(BH) for their thirst. 21 For forty years(BI) you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,(BJ) their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.(BK)
22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon[c](BL) king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.(BM) 23 You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky,(BN) and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess. 24 Their children went in and took possession of the land.(BO) You subdued(BP) before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased. 25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land;(BQ) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,(BR) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;(BS) they reveled in your great goodness.(BT)
26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(BU) They killed(BV) your prophets,(BW) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(BX) 27 So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,(BY) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion(BZ) you gave them deliverers,(CA) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.
28 “But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight.(CB) Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion(CC) you delivered them(CD) time after time.
29 “You warned(CE) them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant(CF) and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’(CG) Stubbornly they turned their backs(CH) on you, became stiff-necked(CI) and refused to listen.(CJ) 30 For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets.(CK) Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.(CL) 31 But in your great mercy you did not put an end(CM) to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful(CN) God.
32 “Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty(CO) and awesome,(CP) who keeps his covenant of love,(CQ) do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship(CR) that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today. 33 In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous;(CS) you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.(CT) 34 Our kings,(CU) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors(CV) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep. 35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness(CW) to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you(CX) or turn from their evil ways.
36 “But see, we are slaves(CY) today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces. 37 Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.(CZ)
The Agreement of the People
38 “In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement,(DA) putting it in writing,(DB) and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.”[d]
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 9:5 Or God for ever and ever
- Nehemiah 9:9 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Nehemiah 9:22 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Sihon, that is, the country of the
- Nehemiah 9:38 In Hebrew texts this verse (9:38) is numbered 10:1.
Nehemja 9
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Nehemja 9
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Folket bekänner sina synder
9 På tjugofjärde dagen[a] i samma månad samlades Israels barn till fasta, klädda i sorgdräkt och med jord på sina huvuden[b]. 2 De som var av Israels släkt avskilde sig från alla främlingar och kom fram och bekände sina synder och sina fäders missgärningar. 3 (A) De reste sig från sin plats, och man läste ur Herren deras Guds lagbok under en fjärdedel av dagen. Nästa fjärdedel bekände de sina synder och tillbad Herren sin Gud.
4 Jeshua och Bani, Kadmiel, Shebanja, Bunni, Sherebja, Bani och Kenani steg upp på leviternas plattform och ropade med hög röst till Herren sin Gud.
5 Leviterna Jeshua och Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneja, Sherebja, Hodia, Shebanja och Petaja sade:
”Res er och prisa Herren er Gud,
från evighet till evighet!
Lovat vare ditt härliga namn,
som är upphöjt
över allt lov och pris.
6 (B) Du ensam är Herren.
Du gjorde himlarna
och himlarnas himmel
och hela deras härskara,
jorden och allt som är på den,
haven och allt som är i dem,
och du håller dem alla vid liv.
Himlens härskara tillber dig.
7 (C) Du är Herren Gud
som utvalde Abram
och förde honom ut
från det kaldeiska Ur
och gav honom namnet Abraham.
8 (D) Du fann hans hjärta trofast inför dig,
och du slöt förbund
med honom:
att ge åt hans efterkommande
kananeernas, hetiternas,
amoreernas, perisseernas,
jebusiternas och girgasheernas
land.
Du lät dina ord gå i uppfyllelse,
för du är rättfärdig.
9 (E) Du såg våra fäders nöd i Egypten
och hörde deras rop
vid Röda havet.
10 (F) Du gjorde tecken och under
mot farao,
mot alla hans tjänare
och mot allt folket i hans land,
för du visste hur arrogant
egyptierna behandlade dem.
Du gjorde dig ett namn,
som är detsamma än i dag.
11 (G) Du delade havet framför dem,
och de gick genom havet
på torr mark.
Men deras förföljare
sänkte du i djupet,
som en sten i väldiga vatten.
12 (H) Du ledde dem
med en molnpelare om dagen
och en eldpelare om natten,
för att lysa dem på vägen
de skulle gå.
13 (I) På Sinai berg steg du ner
och talade till dem från himlen,
du gav dem rättfärdiga föreskrifter
och sanna lagar,
goda stadgar och bud.
14 Du gav dem kunskap
om din heliga sabbat
och gav dem bud,
stadgar och lagar
genom din tjänare Mose.
15 (J) Du gav dem bröd från himlen
när de hungrade
och lät vatten komma ur klippan
när de törstade.
Du befallde dem att gå
och ta i besittning det land
som du med upplyft hand
hade lovat ge dem.
16 Men våra fäder blev övermodiga
och hårdnackade
och lyssnade inte
till dina befallningar.
17 (K) De vägrade lyssna
och tänkte inte på undren
du gjort bland dem.
De var hårdnackade och valde
i sin upproriskhet en ledare
för att vända tillbaka
till sitt slaveri.
Men du är en Gud som förlåter,
nådig och barmhärtig,
sen till vrede och stor i nåd.
Du övergav dem inte,
18 (L) fastän de gjorde sig en gjuten kalv
och sade:
”Här är din gud
som har fört dig upp ur Egypten.”
Och de gjorde sig skyldiga
till stora hädelser.
19 (M) Men i din stora barmhärtighet
övergav du dem ändå inte
i öknen.
Molnpelaren vek inte
från dem om dagen
utan ledde dem på vägen,
och eldpelaren lyste i natten
på vägen de skulle gå.
20 (N) Din gode Ande gav du
för att undervisa dem.
Ditt manna nekade du inte
deras mun,
och vatten gav du dem
när de törstade.
21 (O) I fyrtio år försörjde du dem
i öknen,
och de saknade ingenting.
Deras kläder blev inte utslitna,
och deras fötter svullnade inte.
22 (P) Du gav dem riken och folk
och fördelade olika områden
åt dem.
De intog Sichons land,
kungen av Heshbons land,
och kung Og av Bashans land.
23 (Q) Deras barn gjorde du talrika
som stjärnorna på himlen.
Du förde dem in i det land
som du lovat deras fäder
att få komma till och ta i besittning.
24 (R) Och deras barn kom
och tog landet i besittning.
Du kuvade landets invånare
kananeerna för dem
och gav dem i deras hand,
både kungarna och landets folk,
och de gjorde som de ville
med dem.
25 (S) De intog befästa städer
och bördig jord
och tog över hus
fyllda med allt gott,
uthuggna brunnar,
vingårdar, olivlundar
och fruktträd i mängd.
De åt och blev mätta och feta
och njöt av din stora godhet.
26 (T) Men de gjorde uppror
och trotsade dig,
de kastade din lag
bakom sin rygg.
De dödade dina profeter
som varnade dem
och ville få dem att vända om
till dig.
De gjorde sig skyldiga
till grova hädelser.
27 (U) Då gav du dem
i deras fienders hand
som förtryckte dem.
Men i sin nöd ropade de till dig,
och du hörde dem från himlen.
I din stora barmhärtighet
gav du dem befriare
som frälste dem
ur deras fienders hand.
28 Men när de kom till ro,
gjorde de på nytt
det som var ont inför dig.
Då lämnade du dem
i deras fienders hand,
som fick råda över dem.
Men de ropade på nytt till dig,
och du hörde det
från himlen,
du räddade dem många gånger
i din barmhärtighet.
29 (V) Du förmanade dem
för att återföra dem
till din undervisning.
Men de var övermodiga
och lyssnade inte på dina bud
utan syndade
mot dina föreskrifter,
trots att den människa
som håller dem
ska leva genom dem.
De var envisa och hårdnackade
och vägrade lyssna.
30 (W) Du hade tålamod med dem
i många år
och förmanade dem
med din Ande
genom dina profeter,
men de lyssnade inte.
Då gav du dem
i de främmande folkens hand.
31 (X) Men du som är rik
på barmhärtighet
gjorde inte slut på dem
och övergav dem inte,
för du är en nådig
och barmhärtig Gud.
32 Och nu, vår Gud, du store,
väldige och fruktade Gud,
du som håller förbundet
och nåden:
Låt den inte vara liten i dina ögon,
den plåga som har drabbat oss,
våra kungar, våra furstar,
våra präster, våra profeter,
våra fäder och hela ditt folk –
från de assyriska kungarnas dagar[c]
ända till i dag.
33 (Y) Du är rättfärdig
i allt det som har drabbat oss,
för du har visat dig trofast
medan vi har varit ogudaktiga.
34 (Z) Våra kungar, våra furstar,
våra präster och våra fäder
höll inte din lag
och lyssnade inte till dina bud
och de varningar du gav dem.
35 Trots att de levde i sitt eget rike
med allt det goda
som du gav dem
i det rymliga och bördiga land
som du skänkte dem,
har de ändå inte tjänat dig
eller vänt om
från sina onda gärningar.
36 I dag är vi slavar
i det land som du gav våra fäder
att äta dess frukt och dess goda,
där är vi slavar.
37 Dess rika skörd går till de kungar
du satt över oss
för våra synders skull.
De råder över våra kroppar
och vår boskap som de vill,
och vi är i stor nöd.”
Förbundets förnyelse
38 På grund av allt detta slöt vi ett fast förbund och satte upp det skriftligt. På skrivelsen, som försågs med sigill, stod våra furstars, våra leviters och våra prästers namn.
Footnotes
- 9:1 tjugofjärde dagen Två dagar efter lövhyddohögtidens fastställda datum.
- 9:1 jord på sina huvuden För att visa sorg, ånger och omvändelse (jfr 1 Sam 4:12, Klag 2:10).
- 9:32 de assyriska kungarnas dagar Från 740-talet f Kr, då Assyrien började underkuva nordriket Israel (2 Kung 15:19) tills det gick under 722 f Kr (2 Kung 17). Senare härjades även Juda år 701 f Kr (2 Kung 18:13f).
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