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Nehemiah 13

1Onthatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117theyreadנִקְרָ֛אnik.Ra'H7121inthebookH5612ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872intheaudienceofthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971;andtherewasfoundH4672writtenH3789initthattheAmmoniteעַמֹּנִ֧י'a.mo.NiH5984andtheMoabiteוּמֹאָבִ֛יu.mo.'a.ViH4125shouldnotcomeיָב֨וֹאya.Vo'H935intothecongregationofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430foreverH5769;

2becausetheyhadnotmetH6923thechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478withbreadH3899andwithwaterוּבַמָּ֑יִםu.va.Ma.yimH4325,andhadhiredH7936Balaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109againstthem,tocurseהַקְּלָלָ֖הha.ke.la.LahH7045them;butourGodאֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430turnedוַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְvai.ya.ha.FokhH2015thecurseH7045intoblessingלִבְרָכָֽה׃liv.ra.KhahH1293.

3Anditcametopass,whentheyheardH8085thelawהַתּוֹרָ֑הha.to.RahH8451,thattheyseparatedH914fromIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478allthemixed multitude.

4Andbeforethis,Eliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,whohadtheoversightofthechambersofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,akinsmanofTobijah,

5hadpreparedforhimagreatH1419chamber,whereformerlytheylaidtheoblations,thefrankincenseהַלְּבוֹנָ֜הha.le.vo.NahH3828,andthevesselsH3627,andthetithesוּמַעְשַׂ֤רu.ma'.SarH4643ofthecorn,thenewהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492andtheoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֔רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323,whichwasH1961commandedH4687fortheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881andthesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891andthedoorkeepers,andtheheave-offeringsofthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ha.ko.ha.NimH3548.

6Andduringallthat[time]IwasH1961notatJerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389;forinthetwo-and-thirtiethyearבִּשְׁנַת֩bish.NatH8141ofArtaxerxesלְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּאle.'ar.tach.Shast'H783kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894IcameH935tothekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428;andaftersometimeIobtainedleaveofthekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

7AndIcameH935toJerusalemלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םli.ru.sha.LimH3389,andobservedH6213theevilבָרָעָ֗הva.ra.'AhH7451thatEliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475haddoneforTobijah,inpreparinghimachamberinthecourtsofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430.

8Anditgrievedmemuch,andIcastH7993forthallthehouseholdבֵית־veit-H1004stuffofTobijahoutofthechamber.

9AndIcommanded,andtheypurifiedH2891thechambers;andthitherbroughtH7725IagainthevesselsH3627ofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,theoblationandthefrankincenseוְהַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃ פve.ha.le.vo.NahH3828.

10AndIperceivedthattheportionsמְנָי֥וֹתme.na.YotH4521oftheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֖םhal.vi.YimH3881hadnotbeengivenH5414,andthattheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֥םhal.vi.YimH3881andthesingersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖יםve.ham.sho.re.RimH7891thatdidtheworkהַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ha.me.la.KhahH4399hadfledH1272everyoneאִישׁ־'ish-H376tohisfieldלְשָׂדֵ֛הוּle.sa.De.huH7704.

11ThenIcontendedוָאָרִ֙יבָה֙va.'a.Ri.vahH7378withtherulers,andsaidH559,Whyמַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'H4069isthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430forsaken?AndIgatheredH6908themtogetherH6908andsetH5975themintheirplaceעָמְדָֽם׃'a.me.DamH5977.

12AndallJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063broughtH935thetitheמַעְשַׂ֧רma'.SarH4643ofthecornandthenewוְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁve.ha.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492andtheoilוְהַיִּצְהָ֖רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323intothestorehousesH214.

13AndImade storekeepersoverthestorehousesH214:Shelemiahשֶׁלֶמְיָ֨הshe.lem.YahH8018thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548,andZadokוְצָד֣וֹקve.tza.DokH6659thescribeהַסּוֹפֵ֗רha.so.FerH5608,andoftheLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.YimH3881,Pedaiahוּפְדָיָה֙u.fe.da.YahH6305;andsubordinatetothem,Hananחָנָ֥ןcha.NanH2605thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZaccurזַכּ֖וּרza.KurH2139,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofMattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֑הma.tan.YahH4983;fortheywereesteemedH2803faithfulH539,andtheirofficewastodistributetotheirbrethren.

14Rememberזָכְרָה־za.khe.rah-H2142me,OmyGodאֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiH430,concerningthis,andwipeתֶּ֣מַחTe.machH4229notoutmygood deedswhichIhavedoneforthehouseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004ofmyGodאֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiH430,andforthecharges thereof!

15Inthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117IsawH7200inJudahבִֽיהוּדָ֣ה׀vi.hu.DahH3063sometreadingH1869winepressesH1660onthesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֡תba.sha.BatH7676,andbringingH935insheaves,andladingthemonasses;asalsoוְאַף־ve.'af-H637wineיַ֜יִןYa.yinH3196,grapesandfigsוּתְאֵנִים֙u.te.'e.NimH8384,andallmannerofburdens;andtheybroughtH935themintoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389onthesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117;andIprotestedinthedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117onwhichtheysoldH4376thevictuals.

16MenofTyrealsodweltיָ֣שְׁבוּYa.she.vuH3427therein,whobroughtH935fishדָּ֖אגdagH1709andallmannerofware,andsoldוּמֹכְרִ֧יםu.mo.khe.RimH4376itonthesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֛תba.sha.BatH7676tothechildrenofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063,andinJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃u.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17AndIcontendedוָאָרִ֕יבָהva.'a.Ri.vahH7378withthenoblesofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andsaidH559tothem,Whatevilהָרָ֤עha.Ra'H7451thingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697isthiswhichyedo,profaningH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117?

18DidnotyourfathersH1thusכֹ֤הkhohH3541,anddidnotourGodאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430bringH935allthisevilH7451uponusanduponthiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892?AndyewillbringH935morewrathagainstIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478byprofaningH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פha.sha.BatH7676.

19Anditcameיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935topass,thatwhenitbegantobeH1961darkinthegatesH8179ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389beforethesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676,IcommandedthatthegatesH8179shouldbeH1961shutH5462;andIcommandedthattheyshouldnotbeH1961openedיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605tillafterthesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676.AndIsetH5975[some]ofmyservantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288atthegatesH8179,sothatnoburdenH4853shouldbeH1961broughtH935inonthesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

20Andthedealersandsellersofallkindofware passedthenight withoutJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָ֖םli.ru.sha.LimH3389onceortwice.

21AndItestifiedH5749againstthem,andsaidH559tothem,Whyמַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'H4069doyepassthenightbeforethewallהַחוֹמָ֔הha.cho.MahH2346?ifyedosoagain,Iwilllayhandsיָ֖דyadH3027onyou.Fromthattimeהָעֵ֣תha.'EtH6256forthH7971theycameH935notonthesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃ סba.sha.BatH7676.

22AndIcommandedtheLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֗םlal.vi.YimH3881thattheyshouldpurifyמִֽטַּהֲרִים֙mi.ta.ha.RimH2891themselves,andthattheyshouldcomeH935andkeepH8104thegatesH8179,tohallowthesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676dayי֣וֹםYomH3117.Rememberזָכְרָה־za.khe.rah-H2142thisalsoגַּם־gam-H1571forme,myGodאֱלֹהַ֔י'e.lo.HaiH430,andsparemeaccordingtothygreatloving-kindness!

23Inthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117alsoגַּ֣ם׀gamH1571IsawH7200Jewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064thathadmarriedwivesH802ofAshdod,ofAmmon, [and]ofMoab.

24Andtheirchildrenspokeמְדַבֵּ֣רme.da.BerH1696halfחֲצִי֙cha.TziH2677inthelanguageוְכִלְשׁ֖וֹןve.khil.ShonH3956ofAshdod,andcouldnotspeakלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696intheJews'languageH3956,butaccordingtothelanguageH3956ofeachpeopleH5971.

25AndIcontendedוָאָרִ֤יבva.'a.RivH7378withthem,andcursedH7043them,andsmotecertainofthemandpluckedofftheirhair,andadjuredthembyGodבֵּֽאלֹהִ֗יםbe.lo.HimH430[saying], Yeshallnotgiveתִּתְּנ֤וּti.te.NuH5414yourdaughtersבְנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ve.no.tei.KhemH1323totheirsonsלִבְנֵיהֶ֔םliv.nei.HemH1121,nortakeתִּשְׂאוּ֙tis.'UH5375theirdaughtersמִבְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םmi.be.No.tei.HemH1323foryoursonsלִבְנֵיכֶ֖םliv.nei.KhemH1121orforyourselves.

26DidnotSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElH3478sinחָטָֽא־cha.ta'-H2398bythesethingsH428?Yetamongthemanyהָרַבִּים֩ha.ra.BimH7227nationsוּבַגּוֹיִ֣םu.va.go.YimH1471wasH1961therenokingמֶ֜לֶךְMe.lekhH4428likehim,whowasH1961belovedofhisGodלֵֽאלֹהָיו֙le.lo.HavH430,andGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430madeH5414himkingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478;butevenhimdidforeignהַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ha.na.khe.ri.YotH5237wivesH802causetosinהֶחֱטִ֔יאוּhe.che.Ti.'uH2398.

27Andshouldwehearkentoyoutodoallthisgreatהַגְּדוֹלָה֙ha.ge.do.LahH1419evilהָרָעָ֤הha.ra.'AhH7451,toactH6213unfaithfullyלִמְעֹ֖לlim.'OlH4603toourGodבֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּbe.lo.Hei.nuH430bymarryingforeignנָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃na.khe.ri.YotH5237wivesH802?

28And[one]ofthesonsוּמִבְּנֵ֨יu.mi.be.NeiH1121ofJoiadaיוֹיָדָ֤עyo.ya.Da'H3111,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofEliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475thehighpriestהַכֹּהֵ֣ןha.ko.HenH3548,wasson-in-lawtoSanballatלְסַנְבַלַּ֣טle.san.va.LatH5571theHoroniteהַחֹרֹנִ֑יha.cho.ro.NiH2772;andIchasedhimfromme.

29Rememberזָכְרָ֥הza.khe.RahH2142them,myGodאֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiH430,fortheyarepollutersofthepriesthoodהַכְּהֻנָּ֔הha.ke.hu.NahH3550,andofthecovenantוּבְרִ֥יתu.ve.RitH1285ofthepriesthoodהַכְּהֻנָּ֖הha.ke.hu.NahH3550andoftheLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ve.hal.vi.YimH3881!

30AndIpurifiedH2891themfromallforeigners,andappointedH5975thechargesofthepriestsלַכֹּהֲנִ֥יםla.ko.ha.NimH3548andtheLevitesוְלַלְוִיִּ֖םve.lal.vi.YimH3881,everyoneאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376inhisserviceH4931;

31andforthewood-offering,attimesH6256appointedמְזֻמָּנ֖וֹתme.zu.ma.NotH2163,andforthefirst-fruits.Rememberזָכְרָה־za.khe.rah-H2142me,OmyGodאֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.HaiH430,forgoodלְטוֹבָֽה׃le.to.VahH2896!

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