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Neemi 9-11
Haitian Creole Version
Neemi 9-11
Haitian Creole Version
9 ¶ Sou vennkatriyèm jou nan menm mwa a, tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo reyini pou fè jèn pou mande Bondye padon pou peche yo. Tout moun te la, yon rad sak kòlèt sou yo, pousyè tè kouvri tout tèt yo pou fè wè jan yo te nan lapenn.
2 Tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo mete kò yo ansanm. Yo pa kite ankenn moun lòt nasyon mele ak yo. Epi se konsa yo kanpe, yo konmanse di tou sa yo menm yo fè ki mal ansanm ak tout peche zansèt yo te fè.
3 Pandan twazè, yo tout rete kanpe kote yo te ye a, y'ap tande moun ap li nan liv lalwa Seyè a, Bondye yo a. Apre sa, pandan twazè ankò, yo t'ap di tout peche yo te fè, epi yo tonbe ajenou ap adore Seyè a, Bondye a.
4 ¶ Yo te moute yon lestrad pou moun Levi yo. Men moun ki te kanpe sou lestrad la: Se te Jozye, Bani, Kadmyèl, Chebanya, Bouni, Cherebya, Bani ak Kenani. Yo t'ap lapriyè byen fò nan pye Bondye.
5 Apre sa, moun Levi sa yo: Jozye, Kadmyèl, Bani, Achabnya, Cherebya, Odija, Chebanya ak Petaja pran lapawòl. Yo di: -Leve non, mezanmi! Fè lwanj Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou toutan toutan! Se pou nou tout fè lwanj non li ki gen pouvwa, malgre moun p'ap janm ka rive fin di li mèsi ni fè lwanj li jan li merite l' la.
6 Seyè, se ou menm ki sèl mèt. Pa gen lòt. Se ou ki fè syèl la, sa ki anwo syèl la ansanm ak tout sa ki ladan l'. Se ou ki fè tè a ak tou sa ki sou li, lanmè a ak tou sa ki ladan l'. Se ou ki bay tout bagay sa yo lavi. Tout pouvwa nan syèl la bese tèt devan ou pou adore ou.
7 Seyè, se ou menm Bondye ki te chwazi Abram, ki te fè l' kite lavil Our nan peyi Kalde. Ou chanje non l', ou rele l' Abraram.
8 Lè ou wè li te soti pou l' kenbe pawòl li ak ou, ou pase yon kontra avè l'. Ou pwomèt w'ap ba li peyi moun Kanaran yo, peyi moun Et yo ak peyi moun Amori yo, peyi moun Ferezi yo, peyi moun Jebis yo ak peyi moun Gigach yo pou li ak pou pitit pitit li yo. Ou te kenbe pwomès ou yo paske ou pa janm nan bay manti.
9 Ou te wè jan zansèt nou yo t'ap soufri nan peyi Lejip. Ou te tande jan yo t'ap rele mande sekou bò lanmè Wouj la.
10 Ou te fè anpil mirak ak mèvèy pou pini farawon an, moun ki t'ap sèvi l' yo ansanm ak tout pèp peyi Lejip la paske ou te konnen jan moun sa yo t'ap maltrete pèp ou a. Depi lè sa a, y'ap nonmen nou ou jouk jòdi a.
11 Ou louvri yon chemen nan lanmè a pou pèp la pase san pye yo pa mouye. Moun ki t'ap pousib yo, ou neye yo nan fon lanmè. Yo fè fon tankou wòch nan gwo lanmè.
12 Lajounen se avèk yon gwo nwaj ou moutre yo chemen pou yo pran. Lannwit, avèk yon flanm dife, ou klere chemen kote pou yo pase.
13 Ou soti nan syèl la, ou desann sou mòn Sinayi a pou pale ak yo. Ou ba yo regleman ki pou fè yo mache dwat, lwa ki gen verite ladan l'. Ou ba yo bon prensip ak bon kòmandman.
14 Ou moutre yo pou yo mete jou repo a apa pou ou. Ou voye Moyiz, sèvitè ou la, pou li ba yo tout kòmandman, tout lòd ak lalwa ou mande pou yo swiv.
15 Lè yo te grangou, ou ba yo pen ki soti nan syèl la. Lè yo te swaf dlo, ou fè dlo pete soti nan wòch. Ou ba yo lòd pou y' al pran pou yo peyi ou te pwomèt ou t'ap ba yo a.
16 Men, zansèt nou yo kite lògèy vire lòlòj yo. Yo fè tèt di, yo derefize obeyi lòd ou te ba yo.
17 Yo refize obeyi ou, yo bliye tout bèl mèvèy ou te fè pou yo. Yo fè tèt di, yo chwazi yon chèf pou mennen yo tounen nan esklavaj peyi Lejip la. Men, ou se Bondye ki konn padonnen. Ou gen pitye, ou gen bon kè. Ou pa fè kòlè fasil, Ou pa t' janm sispann renmen yo. Ou pa t' lage yo.
18 Yo fonn metal, yo fè yon zidòl fòm yon ti towo bèf. Epi yo di se li menm ki bondye yo, bondye ki te fè yo moute soti kite peyi Lejip. Lè sa a, se pi gwo jouman yo ta ka fè ou!
19 Men, ou pa vire do ou kite yo nan dezè a, sitèlman ou te gen anpil pitye pou yo. Ou pa t' wete nwaj ki t'ap moutre yo chemen pou yo pran lajounen, ni gwo flanm dife ki t'ap klere chemen pou yo te pran lannwit.
20 Ou pran ti gout nan lespri ou, ou ba yo pou yo ka gen konprann. Ou toujou ba yo laman pou yo manje, ou toujou ba yo dlo lè yo te swaf dlo.
21 Pandan karantan, ou pran swen yo nan dezè a: yo pa janm manke anyen! Rad sou yo pa janm fini, pye yo pa janm anfle.
22 Ou lage nan men yo peyi anpil wa ak anpil pèp. Ou separe l' ba yo pou chak moun viv nan limit ou ba yo. Yo pran peyi Esbon, kote wa Siyon t'ap gouvènen an, ak peyi Bazan kote wa Og te chèf la.
23 Ou ba yo anpil pitit, menm kantite ak zetwal nan syèl la. Ou mennen yo nan peyi ou te pwomèt zansèt yo ou t'ap fè yo pran pou yo a.
24 Yo anvayi peyi Kanaran, yo pran l' pou yo. Ou fè moun peyi Kanaran an bese tèt devan yo. Ou lage tout wa yo ak tout pèp ki t'ap viv nan peyi a nan men pèp ou a, pou yo te fè ak yo sa yo te vle.
25 Pèp ou a mache pran tout lavil ki te gen gwo fò pou defann yo, ak tout bon venn tè moun yo. Yo pran tout kay yo ansanm ak tout byen ki te ladan yo. Yo jwenn sitèn tou fouye, jaden rezen, jaden oliv ak pyebwa k'ap donnen an kantite. Yo manje, yo plen vant yo, yo vin gra. Yo pran plezi jwi tout kantite bèl bagay ou te ba yo.
26 Men, yo rete konsa, yo vire do ba ou, yo fè wondonmon. Yo pran lalwa ou la, yo voye l' jete dèyè do yo. Yo touye pwofèt ou te voye ak mesaj pou ba yo avètisman pou yo te ka tounen vin jwenn ou. Se pa ti kras manke yo te manke ou dega!
27 Se konsa, ou lage yo nan men moun ki pa vle we yo, ki bat yo nan lagè, ki mete pye sou kou yo. Nan tray yo te ye a, yo rele mande ou sekou. Ou rete nan syèl la, ou reponn yo. Ou te gen pitye pou yo, ou voye chèf pou delivre yo anba men moun ki t'ap peze yo.
28 Men, kou ou ba yo yon ti souf, yo konmanse ap fè sa ki mal ankò devan ou. Ou lage yo nan men lènmi ki t'ap kraze yo. Lè sa a ankò, yo pran rele nan pye ou. Ou menm menm, ou rete nan syèl la, ou reponn yo. Ou sitèlman gen bon kè, se pa ni de ni twa fwa ou delivre yo.
29 Ou te avèti yo, ou te mande yo pou yo obeyi tout lòd ou yo. Men, lògèy vire lòlòj yo, yo refize swiv kòmandman ou yo. Yo fè bagay ki pa dakò ak lòd ou ba yo. Epi se lè yon moun swiv lòd ou yo, li jwenn lavi! Men, yo fè wòklò, yo fè tèt di, yo derefize obeyi ou.
30 Pandan lontan lontan, ou pran pasyans ak yo, ou voye lespri ou sou pwofèt ou yo pou avèti yo. Men, yo bouche zòrèy yo pou yo pa tande. Lè sa a, ou lage yo nan men moun lòt nasyon yo.
31 Men, ou sitèlman gen bon kè, ou pa fin detwi yo nèt, ou pa lage yo nèt ale. Paske ou se yon Bondye ki gen bon kè, yon Bondye ki gen pitye pou moun!
32 Koulye a, Bondye nou, ou se yon Bondye ki gen pouvwa, yon Bondye ki gen fòs kouraj, yon Bondye ki fè moun respekte l'. W'ap toujou kenbe kontra ou te pase a, ou p'ap janm sispann gen bon kè. Tanpri, chonje lafliksyon ki te tonbe sou nou tout, sou wa nou yo, sou chèf nou yo, sou prèt nou yo, sou pwofèt nou yo, sou zansèt nou yo ak sou tout pèp la, depi lè wa peyi Lasiri yo t'ap peze nou an rive jouk koulye a. Pa kite nou soufri tou sa pou gremesi.
33 Nan tou sa ki rive nou an, ou te gen rezon ou nan pla men ou. Paske, ou menm ou toujou kenbe pawòl ou. Se nou menm ki toujou ap fè sa ki mal.
34 Wi, wa nou yo, chèf nou yo, prèt nou yo ak zansèt nou yo pa t' fè sa ki nan lalwa ou la. Yo pa t' koute kòmandman ak avètisman ou te ba yo.
35 Lè yo t'ap viv nan peyi yo a avèk pwòp wa yo, avèk tout gwo benediksyon ou te ba yo, nan gwo peyi plen bon venn tè ou te mete nan men yo a, yo pa t' sèvi ou, yo pa t' sispann fè move bagay.
36 Jòdi a, nou tounen esklav nan pwòp peyi nou, nan peyi ou te bay zansèt nou yo, pou yo te ka pwofite rekòt tè a bay ak tout lòt riches ki ladan l'. Nou tounen esklav lakay nou!
37 Tout rekòt peyi a al nan pòch wa ou mete sou kou nou. Tou sa, paske nou te fè peche. Yo fè sa yo vle ak nou ansanm ak bèt nou yo. Aa! Gade nan ki mizè nou ye non!
38 Avèk tout bagay sa yo ki rive nou, jòdi a nou menm pèp Izrayèl la, n'ap pran yon angajman, n'ap kouche l' sou papye. Epi tout chèf nou yo, tout moun Levi nou yo ak tout prèt nou yo pral siyen dokiman an anvan nou mete so sou li.
10 ¶ Premye moun ki siyen dokiman sele a se te gouvènè Neemi, pitit gason Akalya a. Apre li, Sidkiya vin siyen.
2 Men non pret ki te siyen dokiman an: Seraja, Azarya, Jiremeja,
3 Pachou, Amarya, Malkija,
4 Atouch, Chebanya, Malouk,
5 Arim, Meremòt, Obadya,
6 Danyèl, Gineton, Bawouk,
7 Mechoulam, Abija, Mijamen,
8 Maazya, Bilgayi ak Chemaja.
9 Apre yo vin moun Levi yo: Jozye, pitit gason Azanya, Bennwi, moun fanmi Enadad la, Kadmyèl,
10 ak lòt moun Levi parèy yo: Chekanya, Odija, Kelita, Pelaja, Anan,
11 Miche, Reyòb, Achabya,
12 Zakou, Cherebya, Chebanya,
13 Odija, Bani ak Kenani.
14 Apre yo se te chèf pèp la: Pareòch, Pakat Moab, Elam, Zatou, Bani,
15 Bouni, Azgad, Bebayi,
16 Adonija, Bigvayi, Adin,
17 Atè, Ezekyas. Azou,
18 Odija, Achoum, Betsayi,
19 Arif, Anatòt, Nebayi,
20 Magpyach, Mechoulam, Ezi,
21 Michezabèl, Tsadòk, Yadwa,
22 Pelatya, Anan, Anaja,
23 Oze, Ananya, Achoub,
24 Alochèch, Pilba, Chobèk,
25 Reyoum, Achabna, Maseja,
26 Akija, Ranan, Anan,
27 Malouk, Arim ak Bana.
28 Nou menm, moun pèp Izrayèl la, prèt yo, ak moun Levi yo, gad pòtay tanp yo, mizisyen tanp yo, travayè tanp yo, ak tout lòt moun yo ki te wete kò yo nan mitan moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan peyi a pou nou ka fè sa lalwa Bondye a mande nou an, ansanm ak madanm nou yo, pitit gason ak pitit fi nou yo ki gen laj konprann,
29 nou mete tèt nou ansanm ak frè nou yo ki chèf nan mitan nou, nou fè sèman pou nenpòt bagay rive nou si nou pa kenbe pwomès n'ap fè la a. Nou pran angajman n'ap mache dapre lalwa Bondye te bay Moyiz, sèvitè l' la, pou nou. Nou pran angajman n'ap obeyi tou sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, kòmande nou pou nou swiv ansanm ak tout regleman ak tout lòd li ban nou yo.
30 Nou pran angajman espesyalman pou nou pa marye pitit fi nou ak lòt moun k'ap viv nan peyi a, epi pou nou pa chwazi pitit fi moun sa yo pou marye ak pitit gason nou yo.
31 Si moun sa yo pote machandiz osinon nenpòt pwovizyon vin vann nou jou repo a, nou p'ap achte anyen nan men yo jou sa a. Se menm bagay la tou si se yon jou fèt pou Seyè a. Chak sètan, n'a kite jaden nou yo poze, epi tout moun ki dwe nou, n'a kite dèt la pou yo.
32 ¶ Men lòt obligasyon nou bay tèt nou ankò: Chak lanne, chak moun ap bay yon demi ka ons ajan pou depans y'ap fè pou sèvis Bondye nou an nan tanp lan.
33 N'a bay tou pen pou yo mete apa pou Bondye yo, ofrann grenn pou chak jou yo, bèt pou yo boule chak jou pou Bondye yo, ofrann pou jou repo yo, pou fèt lalin nouvèl yo, ak pou lòt gwo fèt yo, manje pou yo mete apa pou Bondye yo, ofrann pou wete peche moun pèp Izrayèl yo, ak tout lòt bagay yo ka bezwen pou fè sèvis nan tanp Bondye nou an.
34 Nou menm, prèt yo, moun Levi yo ak rès pèp la, men ki jan pou nou regle keksyon livrezon bwa pou tanp lan: Chak lanne y'a tire osò pou konnen kilè chak fanmi, yonn apre lòt, va pote bwa y'a bezwen pou boule sou lotèl Seyè a, Bondye nou an, jan sa ekri nan lalwa Bondye a.
35 Nou deside tou chak lanne, n'a pote nan tanp lan pou n' ofri bay Seyè a premye grenn nou rekòlte nan jaden nou ak premye fwi ki mi sou tout pyebwa nou yo.
36 Jan sa ekri nan lalwa Bondye a, n'a pote bay prèt yo k'ap sèvi nan tanp Bondye nou an premye pitit gason nou yo lè yo fèt pou yo ka mete yo apa pou Bondye. Konsa tou, n'a pote ba yo premye ti towo manman bèf nou yo va fè ak premye ti belye manman mouton nou yo va fè ak premye ti bouk manman kabrit nou yo va fè paske se pou prèt yo yo ye.
37 Konsa tou, n'a pote bay prèt yo kote y'ap viv nan tanp lan pen n'a fè ak premye grenn n'a rekòlte chak lanne yo, ansanm ak lòt ofrann fwi pyebwa nou yo va donnen, diven ki fenk fèt ak lwil oliv fre. N'a pote ladim tout rekòt n'a fè nan jaden nou bay moun Levi yo. Se yo menm ki va mache nan tout ti bouk nou yo pou ranmase ladim kote yo fè jaden.
38 Yonn nan pret yo, ki soti nan branch fanmi Arawon an, va toujou ale avèk moun Levi yo lè yo pral ranmase ladim lan. Lèfini, moun Levi yo va pote mete nan depo pwovizyon tanp lan yon dizyèm nan tout ladim y'a ranmase a pou sèvis Tanp lan.
39 Se nan chanm depo tanp lan moun pèp Izrayèl yo ak moun Levi yo va pote tout grenn, tout diven ak tout lwil yo fèt pou bay la. Se la tou y'a mete tout veso ak tout lòt bagay ki pou sèvi nan tanp lan. Epitou, prèt desèvis yo, gad pòtay tanp yo ak mizisyen tanp yo va gen kote pou yo rete la tou. Se konsa nou pran angajman nou p'ap janm neglije kay Bondye nou an ankò!
11 ¶ Tout moun ki te chèf pèp la te rete lavil Jerizalèm. Men pou rès pèp la, yo tire osò pou yo chwazi yon fanmi sou chak dis fanmi pou al viv nan lavil Bondye a, Jerizalèm. Tout rès yo va rete nan lòt lavil yo.
2 Pèp la te fè lwanj tout moun ki te ofri tèt yo pou yo rete lavil Jerizalèm.
3 Men lis chèf ki t'ap dirije pwovens Jida a, epi ki te rete lavil Jerizalèm. Rès moun pèp Izrayèl la, prèt yo, moun Levi yo, travayè tanp yo ak pitit domestik wa Salomon yo t'ap viv nan lòt lavil peyi Jida a, chak moun nan lavil kote yo te moun lan, sou pòsyon tè ki te pou yo a.
4 Moun branch fanmi Jida yo ak moun branch fanmi Benjamen yo te rete lavil Jerizalèm. Nan moun Jida yo te gen Ataja, pitit gason Ouzija. Ouzija sa a te pitit Zekaraya, Zekaraya te pitit Amarya, Amarya te pitit Chefatya, Chefatya te pitit Maleyèl, Maleyèl te pitit Perès.
5 Te gen Maseya, pitit gason Bawouk. Bawouk sa a te pitit Kòloze, Kòloze te pitit Azaja, Azaja te pitit Adaja, Adaja te pitit Jojarib. Jojarib te pitit Zekarya, Zekarya te pitit Chela.
6 Antou te gen katsanswasanntwit (468) vanyan gason, moun fanmi Perès, ki te tabli lavil Jerizalèm.
7 Nan moun Benjamen yo te gen Salou, pitit gason Mechoulam. Mechoulam sa a te pitit Joèd, Joèd te pitit Pedaja, Pedaja te pitit Kolaja, Kolaja te pitit Maseja, Maseja te pitit Ityèl, Ityèl te pitit Jechaja.
8 Te gen Gabayi ak Salayi, fanmi Salou tou. Antou te gen nèfsanvenntwit (928) moun Benjamen ki t'ap viv lavil Jerizalèm.
9 Se Joèl, pitit Zikri, ki te chèf yo. Jeouda, pitit gason Asenwa a, te dezyèm chèf nan lavil Jerizalèm.
10 Men prèt ki t'ap viv nan lavil la: Pou konmanse, te gen Jedaja, pitit gason Jojarib lan ak Jaken.
11 Te gen Seraja, pitit Ilkija. Ilkija sa a te pitit Mechoulam, Mechoulam te pitit Zadòk, Zadòk te pitit Merajòt, Merajòt te pitit Akitoub. Se li menm Akitoub yo te chwazi pou sèvi granprèt nan tanp Bondye a.
12 Antou te gen wisanvennde (822) moun nan fanmi sa a ki t'ap travay nan tanp lan. Te gen Adaja, pitit gason Jeworam. Jeworam sa a te pitit Pelaja, Pelaja te pitit Amsi, Amsi te pitit Zekarya, Zekarya te pitit Pachou, Pachou te pitit Malkija.
13 Antou te gen desankarannde (242) moun nan branch fanmi sa a ki te chèf fanmi. Te gen Amasayi, pitit gason Azareyèl. Azareyèl sa a te pitit Aksayi, Aksayi te pitit Mechilemòt, Mechilemòt te pitit Imè.
14 Te gen antou sanvenntwit (128) vanyan gason nan branch fanmi sa a. Se Zabdyèl, pitit gason Agadòl, ki te chèf yo.
15 Nan moun Levi ki te rete nan lavil la, te gen Chemaja, pitit gason Achoub. Achoub sa a te pitit Azrikam, Azrikam te pitit Achabya, Achabya te pitit Bouni.
16 Te gen Chabtayi ak Jozabad tou, de nan chèf moun Levi yo ki te reskonsab pou regle tout zafè tanp lan avèk lòt moun deyò.
17 Te gen Matanya, pitit gason Mika. Mika sa a te pitit Zabadi, Zabadi te pitit Asaf. Se Matanya ki te konn voye chante yo, se li ki te konn konmanse kantik pou di Bondye mèsi lè yo t'ap lapriyè. Te gen Bakboukya, ki te asistan Matanya, ak Abda, pitit gason Chamwa. Chamwa sa a te pitit Galal, Galal te pitit Jedoutoun.
18 Antou te gen desankatrevennèf (289) moun Levi nan lavil Bondye a.
19 Nan moun k'ap fè pòs nan pòtay tanp yo te gen Akoub, Talmon ak lòt fanmi yo. Antou te gen sanswasanndouz (172) gad.
20 ¶ Rès pèp la ak lòt prèt yo ak moun Levi yo t'ap viv sou pòsyon tè fanmi yo nan lòt lavil peyi Jida a.
21 Travayè tanp yo t'ap viv nan katye lavil Jerizalèm yo rele Ofèl la. Se Zicha ak Gichpa ki te chèf travayè yo.
22 Chèf moun Levi lavil Jerizalèm yo te rele Ouzi, pitit gason Bani. Bani sa a te pitit Achabya, Achabya te pitit Matanya, Matanya te pitit Mika. Ouzi te fè pati branch fanmi Asaf. Se yo ki te reskonsab jwe mizik nan sèvis Tanp Bondye a.
23 Se wa a menm ki te bay lòd sa a. Te gen yon regleman tou ki te mande pou mizisyen sa yo te fè woulman nan travay yo yonn apre lòt, yon jou pou chak moun.
24 Se Petachya, pitit gason Mechezabeyèl, moun Zerak nan branch fanmi Jida a, yo te nonmen delege lakay wa a pou regle tout zafè pèp Izrayèl la.
25 Anpil moun t'ap viv nan ti bouk yo, nan mitan jaden yo. Moun branch fanmi Jida yo te rete nan lavil Kiriyat Aba ak nan bouk ki te sou kont li yo, nan lavil Dibon ak nan bouk ki te sou kont li yo, nan lavil Jekabzel ak nan bouk ki te sou kont li yo.
26 Yo te rete tou nan lavil Jechwa, lavil Molada, lavil Bèt-Pelèt,
27 lavil Azachwal, lavil Becheba ak nan ti bouk ki te sou kont li yo.
28 Yo te rete nan lavil Ziklag, nan lavil Mekona ak nan ti bouk ki te sou kont li yo,
29 nan lavil Anrimon, nan lavil Zorea, nan lavil Jamout,
30 nan lavil Zanoa, nan lavil Adoulam ak nan ti katye ki te sou kont yo. Yo te rete lavil Lakis ak nan jaden ki toupre lavil la, nan lavil Azèka ak nan ti bouk ki te sou kont li yo. Se konsa moun fanmi Jida yo te rete nan teritwa ki konmanse nan sid bò lavil Bècheba a pou rive nan nò jouk Fon Inon, bò lavil Jerizalèm.
31 Moun fanmi Benjamen yo te rete nan lavil Geba, lavil Mikmach, lavil Aja, lavil Betèl ak nan ti bouk ki te sou kont yo,
32 lavil Anatòt, lavil Nòb, lavil Ananya,
33 lavil Azò, lavil Rama, lavil Gitayim,
34 lavil Adid, lavil Zeboyim, lavil Nebalat,
35 lavil Lòd, lavil Ono ak nan Fon Atizan yo.
36 Te gen kèk moun Levi ki te rete nan teritwa moun Jida yo, yo voye yo al rete nan teritwa moun Benjamen yo.
Nehemiah 9-11
New International Version
Nehemiah 9-11
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]
10 [e]Those who sealed it were:
Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hakaliah.
Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah,(DC) Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashhur,(DD) Amariah, Malkijah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluk,
5 Harim,(DE) Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai and Shemaiah.
These were the priests.(DF)
9 The Levites:(DG)
Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
10 and their associates: Shebaniah,
Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 Mika, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Zakkur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Hodiah, Bani and Beninu.
14 The leaders of the people:
Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,(DH)
17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,(DI)
21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Hoshea, Hananiah,(DJ) Hasshub,
24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Malluk, Harim and Baanah.
28 “The rest of the people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, musicians, temple servants(DK) and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples(DL) for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand— 29 all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath(DM) to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.
30 “We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.(DN)
31 “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath,(DO) we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land(DP) and will cancel all debts.(DQ)
32 “We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel[f] each year for the service of the house of our God: 33 for the bread set out on the table;(DR) for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon(DS) feasts and at the appointed festivals; for the holy offerings; for sin offerings[g] to make atonement for Israel; and for all the duties of the house of our God.(DT)
34 “We—the priests, the Levites and the people—have cast lots(DU) to determine when each of our families is to bring to the house of our God at set times each year a contribution of wood(DV) to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.
35 “We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits(DW) of our crops and of every fruit tree.(DX)
36 “As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn(DY) of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.(DZ)
37 “Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil.(EA) And we will bring a tithe(EB) of our crops to the Levites,(EC) for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.(ED) 38 A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes(EE) up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. 39 The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept.
“We will not neglect the house of our God.”(EF)
The New Residents of Jerusalem(EG)
11 Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten of them to live in Jerusalem,(EH) the holy city,(EI) while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns.(EJ) 2 The people commended all who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
3 These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property in the various towns,(EK) 4 while other people from both Judah and Benjamin(EL) lived in Jerusalem):(EM)
From the descendants of Judah:
Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez; 5 and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Kol-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah. 6 The descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of standing.
7 From the descendants of Benjamin:
Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah, 8 and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai—928 men. 9 Joel son of Zikri was their chief officer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the New Quarter of the city.
10 From the priests:
Jedaiah; the son of Joiarib; Jakin; 11 Seraiah(EN) son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub,(EO) the official in charge of the house of God, 12 and their associates, who carried on work for the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah, 13 and his associates, who were heads of families—242 men; Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14 and his[h] associates, who were men of standing—128. Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
15 From the Levites:
Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16 Shabbethai(EP) and Jozabad,(EQ) two of the heads of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God; 17 Mattaniah(ER) son of Mika, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,(ES) the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.(ET) 18 The Levites in the holy city(EU) totaled 284.
19 The gatekeepers:
Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.
21 The temple servants(EV) lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.
22 The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah,(EW) the son of Mika. Uzzi was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the musicians responsible for the service of the house of God. 23 The musicians(EX) were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.
24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah(EY) son of Judah, was the king’s agent in all affairs relating to the people.
25 As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba(EZ) and its surrounding settlements, in Dibon(FA) and its settlements, in Jekabzeel and its villages, 26 in Jeshua, in Moladah,(FB) in Beth Pelet,(FC) 27 in Hazar Shual,(FD) in Beersheba(FE) and its settlements, 28 in Ziklag,(FF) in Mekonah and its settlements, 29 in En Rimmon, in Zorah,(FG) in Jarmuth,(FH) 30 Zanoah,(FI) Adullam(FJ) and their villages, in Lachish(FK) and its fields, and in Azekah(FL) and its settlements. So they were living all the way from Beersheba(FM) to the Valley of Hinnom.
31 The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba(FN) lived in Mikmash,(FO) Aija, Bethel(FP) and its settlements, 32 in Anathoth,(FQ) Nob(FR) and Ananiah, 33 in Hazor,(FS) Ramah(FT) and Gittaim,(FU) 34 in Hadid, Zeboim(FV) and Neballat, 35 in Lod and Ono,(FW) and in Ge Harashim.
36 Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
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.
- Nehemiah 10:1 In Hebrew texts 10:1-39 is numbered 10:2-40.
- Nehemiah 10:32 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams
- Nehemiah 10:33 Or purification offerings
- Nehemiah 11:14 Most Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew their
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