Now in the twenty
and fourth
day
of this month
the children
of Israel
were assembled
with fasting,
and with sackclothes,
and earth
upon them.
And the seed
of Israel
separated
themselves from all strangers,
and stood
and confessed
their sins,
and the iniquities
of their fathers.
tell out
ἐξηγόρευσαν
exēgoreusan
And they stood up
in their place,
and read
in the book
of the law
of the LORD
their God
one fourth part
of the day;
and another fourth part
they confessed,
and worshipped
the LORD
their God.
tell out
ἐξαγορεύοντες
exagoreuontes
Then stood up
upon the stairs,
of the Levites,
Jeshua,
and Bani,
Kadmiel,
Shebaniah,
Bunni,
Sherebiah,
Bani,
and Chenani,
and cried
with a loud
voice
unto the LORD
their God.
going up
ἀναβάσει
anabasei
Kadmiēl
Καδμιηλ
kadmiēl
Sachania
Σαχανια
sachania
Sarabia
Σαραβια
sarabia
Chanani
Χανανι
chanani
Then the Levites,
Jeshua,
and Kadmiel,
Bani,
Hashabniah,
Sherebiah,
Hodijah,
Shebaniah,
and Pethahiah,
said,
Stand up
and bless
the LORD
your God
for ever
and ever:
and blessed
be thy glorious
name,
which is exalted
above all blessing
and praise.
Kadmiēl
Καδμιηλ
kadmiēl
Thou, even thou, art LORD
alone; thou hast made
heaven,
the heaven
of heavens,
with all their host,
the earth,
and all things that are therein, the seas,
and all that is therein, and thou preservest
them all; and the host
of heaven
worshippeth
thee.
say
Esdras
Εσδρας
esdras
Thou art the LORD
the God,
who didst choose
Abram,
and broughtest him forth
out of Ur
of the Chaldees,
and gavest
him the name
of Abraham;
And foundest
his heart
faithful
before
thee, and madest
a covenant
with him to give
the land
of the Canaanites,
the Hittites,
the Amorites,
and the Perizzites,
and the Jebusites,
and the Girgashites,
to give
it, I say, to his seed,
and hast performed
thy words;
for thou art righteous:
Chettaios
Χετταίων
chettaiōn
Amorraios
Αμορραίων
amorraiōn
Pherezaios
Φερεζαίων
pherezaiōn
Iebousaios
Ιεβουσαίων
iebousaiōn
Gergesaios
Γεργεσαίων
gergesaiōn
And didst see
the affliction
of our fathers
in Egypt,
and heardest
their cry
by the Red
sea;
And shewedst
signs
and wonders
upon Pharaoh,
and on all his servants,
and on all the people
of his land:
for thou knewest
that they dealt proudly
against them. So didst thou get
thee a name,
as it is this day.
overweening
ὑπερηφάνησαν
hyperēphanēsan
And thou didst divide
the sea
before
them, so that they went through
the midst
of the sea
on the dry land;
and their persecutors
thou threwest
into the deeps,
as a stone
into the mighty
waters.
drought
ξηρασίᾳ
xērasia
vehement
σφοδρῷ
sphodrō
Moreover thou leddest
them in the day
by a cloudy
pillar;
and in the night
by a pillar
of fire,
to give them light
in the way
wherein they should go.
Thou camest down
also upon mount
Sinai,
and spakest
with them from heaven,
and gavest
them right
judgments,
and true
laws,
good
statutes
and commandments:
ordinance
προστάγματα
prostagmata
And madest known
unto them thy holy
sabbath,
and commandedst
them precepts,
statutes,
and laws,
by the hand
of Moses
thy servant:
ordinance
προστάγματα
prostagmata
And gavest
them bread
from heaven
for their hunger,
and broughtest forth
water
for them out of the rock
for their thirst,
and promisedst
them that they should go in
to possess
the land
which thou hadst sworn
to give
them.
want of corn
σιτοδείαν
sitodeian
thirst
δίψαν
dipsan
say
But they and our fathers
dealt proudly,
and hardened
their necks,
and hearkened
not to thy commandments,
And refused
to obey,
neither were mindful
of thy wonders
that thou didst
among them; but hardened
their necks,
and in their rebellion
appointed
a captain
to return
to their bondage:
but thou art a God
ready to pardon,
gracious
and merciful,
slow
to anger,
and of great
kindness,
and forsookest
them not.
throw the head back
ἀνένευσαν
aneneusan
patient
μακρόθυμος
makrothymos
very merciful
πολυέλεος
polyeleos
Yea, when they had made
them a molten
calf,
and said,
This is thy God
that brought thee up
out of Egypt,
and had wrought
great
provocations;
Yet thou in thy manifold
mercies
forsookest
them not in the wilderness:
the pillar
of the cloud
departed
not from them by day,
to lead
them in the way;
neither the pillar
of fire
by night,
to shew them light,
and the way
wherein they should go.
wheat
πυρὸς
pyros
Thou gavest
also thy good
spirit
to instruct
them, and withheldest
not thy manna
from their mouth,
and gavest
them water
for their thirst.
cause to understand
συνετίσαι
synetisai
withhold
ἀφυστέρησας
aphysterēsas
Yea, forty
years
didst thou sustain
them in the wilderness,
so that they lacked
nothing; their clothes
waxed not old,
and their feet
swelled
not.
Moreover thou gavest
them kingdoms
and nations,
and didst divide
them into corners:
so they possessed
the land
of Sihon,
and the land
of the king
of Heshbon,
and the land
of Og
king
of Bashan.
Sēōn
Σηων
sēōn
Esebōn
Εσεβων
esebōn
Ōg
Ωγ
ōg
Basan
Βασαν
basan
Their children
also multipliedst
thou as the stars
of heaven,
and broughtest
them into the land,
concerning which thou hadst promised
to their fathers,
that they should go in
to possess
it.
So the children
went in
and possessed
the land,
and thou subduedst
before
them the inhabitants
of the land,
the Canaanites,
and gavest
them into their hands,
with their kings,
and the people
of the land,
that they might do
with them as they would.
rub out
ἐξέτριψας
exetripsas
And they took
strong
cities,
and a fat
land,
and possessed
houses
full
of all goods,
wells
digged,
vineyards,
and oliveyards,
and fruit
trees
in abundance:
so they did eat,
and were filled,
and became fat,
and delighted
themselves in thy great
goodness.
pit
λάκκους
lakkous
oil
ἐλιπάνθησαν
elipanthēsan
delight oneself
ἐτρύφησαν
etryphēsan
Nevertheless they were disobedient,
and rebelled
against thee, and cast
thy law
behind
their backs,
and slew
thy prophets
which testified
against them to turn
them to thee, and they wrought
great
provocations.
Therefore thou deliveredst
them into the hand
of their enemies,
who vexed
them: and in the time
of their trouble,
when they cried
unto thee, thou heardest
them from heaven;
and according to thy manifold
mercies
thou gavest
them saviours,
who saved
them out of the hand
of their enemies.
But after they had rest,
they did
evil
again
before
thee: therefore leftest
thou them in the hand
of their enemies,
so that they had the dominion
over them: yet when they returned,
and cried
unto thee, thou heardest
them from heaven;
and many
times
didst thou deliver
them according to thy mercies;
rule over
κατῆρξαν
katērxan
And testifiedst
against them, that thou mightest bring them again
unto thy law:
yet they dealt proudly,
and hearkened
not unto thy commandments,
but sinned
against thy judgments,
(which if a man
do,
he shall live
in them;) and withdrew
the shoulder,
and hardened
their neck,
and would not hear.
Yet many
years
didst thou forbear
them, and testifiedst
against them by thy spirit
in
thy prophets:
yet would they not give ear:
therefore gavest
thou them into the hand
of the people
of the lands.
drag
εἵλκυσας
heilkysas
Nevertheless for thy great
mercies'
sake thou didst
not utterly consume
them, nor forsake
them; for thou art a gracious
and merciful
God.
Now therefore, our God,
the great,
the mighty,
and the terrible
God,
who keepest
covenant
and mercy,
let not all the trouble
seem little
before
thee, that hath come
upon us, on our kings,
on our princes,
and on our priests,
and on our prophets,
and on our fathers,
and on all thy people,
since the time
of the kings
of Assyria
unto this day.
diminish
ὀλιγωθήτω
oligōthētō
Assour
Ασσουρ
assour
Howbeit thou art just
in all that is brought
upon us; for thou hast done
right,
but we have done wickedly:
Neither have our kings,
our princes,
our priests,
nor our fathers,
kept
thy law,
nor hearkened
unto thy commandments
and thy testimonies,
wherewith thou didst testify
against them.
For they have not served
thee in their kingdom,
and in thy great
goodness
that thou gavest
them, and in the large
and fat
land
which thou gavest
before
them, neither turned
they from their wicked
works.
pursuit
ἐπιτηδευμάτων
epitēdeumatōn
Behold, we are servants
this day,
and for the land
that thou gavest
unto our fathers
to eat
the fruit
thereof and the good
thereof, behold, we are servants
in it:
And it yieldeth much
increase
unto the kings
whom thou hast set
over us because of our sins:
also they have dominion
over our bodies,
and over our cattle,
at their pleasure,
and we are in great
distress.
And because of all this we make
a sure
covenant, and write
it; and our princes,
Levites,
and priests,
seal
unto it.
