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Nehemias (Second of Esdras)
chapter 1
1
The
words of Nehemias the son of Helchias. And it came to pass in the month of
Casleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in the castle of Susa,
2 That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and some men
of Juda; and I asked them concerning the Jews, that remained and were left of
the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said to me: They that have remained, and are
left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction, and
reproach: and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof are
burnt with fire.
4 And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and
wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of
the God of heaven.
5 And I said: WI beseech thee, 0 Lord God of heaven,
strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that
love thee, and keep thy commandments :
6 Let thy ears be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear
the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, night and day, for the
children of Israel thy servants: and I confess the sins of the children of
Israel, by which they have sinned against thee: I and my father's house have
sinned.
7 We have been seduced by vanity, and have not kept thy
commandments, and ceremonies and judgments, which thou hast commanded thy
servant Moses.
8 Remember the word that thou commandedst to Moses thy
servant, saying: If you shall transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the
nations:
9 But if you return to me, and keep my commandments,
and do them, though you should be led away to the uttermost parts of the world,
I will gather you from thence, and bring you back to the place which I have
chosen for my name to dwell there.
10 And these are thy servants, and thy people : whom
thou hast redeemed by thy great strength, and by thy mighty hand.
11 I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to
the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear
thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man.
For I was the king's cupbearer.
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