Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 13:15-22

15InthoseH3605daysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117sawרָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.tiH7200I inJudahבִֽיהוּדָ֣ה׀vi.hu.DahH3063someהָהֵ֡מָּהha.He.mahH1992treadingדֹּֽרְכִֽים־do.re.khim-H1869winepressesגִּתּ֣וֹת׀gi.TotH1660on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֡תba.sha.BatH7676, andbringingH935in sheaves, and lading asses therewith; as alsowineיַ֜יִןYa.yinH3196,grapesעֲנָבִ֤ים'a.na.VimH6025, andfigsוּתְאֵנִים֙u.te.'e.NimH8384, andallH3605manner of burdens,whichH3196theybroughtH935intoH935Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389on thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117: and Itestifiedוָאָעִ֕ידva.'a.'IdH5749againstעַל־'al-H5921them in thedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117wherein theysoldמִכְרָ֥םmikh.RamH4376victuals.

16Theredweltיָ֣שְׁבוּYa.she.vuH3427menH1121ofTyreוְהַצֹּרִים֙ve.ha.tzo.RimH6876also therein, whichbroughtמְבִיאִ֥יםme.vi.'ImH935infishדָּ֖אגdagH1709, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605manner of ware, andsoldוּמֹכְרִ֧יםu.mo.khe.RimH4376on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֛תba.sha.BatH7676unto thechildrenH1121ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063, and inJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃u.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17Then Icontendedוָאָרִ֕יבָהva.'a.Ri.vahH7378with thenoblesחֹרֵ֣יcho.ReiH2715ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559unto them,Whatמָֽה־mah-H4100evilהָרָ֤עha.Ra'H7451thingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697is this that yedoעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213, andprofaneוּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖יםu.me.cha.le.LimH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117?

18DidH6213notH3808yourfathersאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1thusכֹ֤הkhohH3541, anddidH6213notH3808ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430bringH935allכָּל־kol-H3605thisevilהָרָעָ֣הha.ra.'AhH7451uponH5921usH5921, anduponH5921thiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892? yet yebringH935moreH3808wrathחָרוֹן֙cha.rOnH2740uponH5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478byprofaningלְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.LelH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פha.sha.BatH7676.

19And itcameיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935topassH935that, when thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֨יsha.'a.ReiH8179ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389beganוַיְהִ֡יvay.HiH1961to bedarkצָֽלֲלוּ֩tza.la.LuH6751beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676, Icommandedוָאֹֽמְרָה֙va.'o.me.RahH559that thedoorsהַדְּלָת֔וֹתha.de.la.TotH1817should beshutוַיִּסָּגְר֣וּvai.yi.sa.ge.RuH5462, andcommandedוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559that they shouldnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808beopenedיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605tillעַ֖ד'adH5704afterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676: andsomeH3117of myservantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288setהֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙he.'e.Mad.tiH5975I over thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, that there shouldnoלֹא־lo'-H3808burdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853bebroughtH935in on thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

20So themerchantsהָרֹכְלִ֜יםha.ro.khe.LimH7402and sellers ofallכָל־khol-H3605kind of ware lodged withoutJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָ֖םli.ru.sha.LimH3389onceH6471ortwiceH6471.

21Then Itestifiedוָאָעִ֣ידָהva.'a.'I.dahH5749againstH413them, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֤הva.'o.me.RahH559unto them,Whyמַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'H4069lodge yeaboutH413thewallהַחוֹמָ֔הha.cho.MahH2346?ifH518yedoH518soH4480againH7971, I willlayH7971handsיָ֖דyadH3027onyouאַתֶּ֤ם'a.TemH859. From that timeforthH7971cameבָ֖אוּVa.'uH935theynoלֹא־lo'-H3808moreH4480on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃ סba.sha.BatH7676.

22And Icommandedוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559theLevitesלַלְוִיִּ֗םlal.vi.YimH3881that they shouldpurifyמִֽטַּהֲרִים֙mi.ta.ha.RimH2891themselvesH6942, and that they shouldcomeוּבָאִים֙u.va.'ImH935andkeepשֹׁמְרִ֣יםsho.me.RimH8104thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, tosanctifyH6942thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676dayי֣וֹםYomH3117.Rememberזָכְרָה־za.khe.rah-H2142untomeH5921, O myGodאֱלֹהַ֔י'e.lo.HaiH430, this also, andspareוְח֥וּסָהve.Chu.sahH2347meH5921accordingH5921to thegreatnessכְּרֹ֥בke.RoH7230of thy mercy.

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