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וַתְּהִ֨י
צַעֲקַ֥ת
הָעָ֛ם
וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם
גְּדוֹלָ֑ה
אֶל־
אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם
הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃
About that time there was
a great
outcry
from the people
and their wives
against
their fellow
Jews.
And there was a great
cry
of the people
and of their wives
against their brethren
the Jews.
2
וְיֵשׁ֙
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
אֹמְרִ֔ים
בָּנֵ֥ינוּ
וּבְנֹתֵ֖ינוּ
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
רַבִּ֑ים
וְנִקְחָ֥ה
דָגָ֖ן
וְנֹאכְלָ֥ה
וְנִחְיֶֽה׃
Some
were saying,
“We
and our sons
and daughters
are numerous.
We must get
grain
in order to eat
and stay alive.”
For there were
that said,
We, our sons,
and our daughters,
[are] many:
therefore we take up
corn
[for them], that we may eat,
and live.
3
וְיֵשׁ֙
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
אֹמְרִ֔ים
שְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּ
וּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּ
וּבָתֵּ֖ינוּ
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
עֹרְבִ֑ים
וְנִקְחָ֥ה
דָגָ֖ן
בָּרָעָֽב׃
Others
were saying,
“We
are mortgaging
our fields,
our vineyards,
and our homes
to get
grain
during the famine.”
[Some] also there were
that said,
We have mortgaged
our lands,
vineyards,
and houses,
that we might buy
corn,
because of the dearth.
4
וְיֵשׁ֙
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
אֹמְרִ֔ים
לָוִ֥ינוּ
כֶ֖סֶף
לְמִדַּ֣ת
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
שְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּ
וּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃
Still others
were saying,
“We have borrowed
money to pay
the king’s
tax
on our fields
and vineyards.
There were
also that said,
We have borrowed
money
for the king's
tribute,
[and that upon] our lands
and vineyards.
5
וְעַתָּ֗ה
כִּבְשַׂ֤ר
אַחֵ֙ינוּ֙
בְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּ
כִּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם
בָּנֵ֑ינוּ
וְהִנֵּ֣ה
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
כֹ֠בְשִׁים
אֶת־
בָּנֵ֨ינוּ
וְאֶת־
בְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּ
לַעֲבָדִ֗ים
וְיֵ֨שׁ
מִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּ
נִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙
וְאֵ֣ין
לְאֵ֣ל
יָדֵ֔נוּ
וּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּ
וּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּ
לַאֲחֵרִֽים׃
We and our children
are just like our countrymen
and their children,
yet we
are subjecting
our sons
and daughters
to slavery.
Some of
our daughters
are already enslaved,
but we are powerless to redeem them
because our fields
and vineyards
belong to others.”
Yet now our flesh
[is] as the flesh
of our brethren,
our children
as their children:
and, lo, we bring into bondage
our sons
and our daughters
to be servants,
and [some] of our daughters
are
brought unto bondage
[already]: neither [is it] in our power
[to redeem them]; for other men
have our lands
and vineyards.
6
וַיִּ֥חַר
לִ֖י
מְאֹ֑ד
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר
שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙
אֶת־
זַֽעֲקָתָ֔ם
וְאֵ֖ת
הַדְּבָרִ֥ים
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
When
I heard
their outcry
and these
complaints,
I became extremely
angry,
And I was very
angry
when I heard
their cry
and these words.
7
וַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ
לִבִּ֜י
עָלַ֗י
וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙
אֶת־
הַחֹרִ֣ים
וְאֶת־
הַסְּגָנִ֔ים
וָאֹמְרָ֣ה
לָהֶ֔ם
מַשָּׁ֥א
אִישׁ־
בְּאָחִ֖יו
אַתֶּ֣ם
[[נֹשִׁ֑יםנשאים]]נֹשִׁ֑ים
וָאֶתֵּ֥ן
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
קְהִלָּ֥ה
גְדוֹלָֽה׃
and after serious
thought
I rebuked
the nobles
and officials,
saying,
“
You
are exacting
usury
from your own brothers!”
So I called
a large
assembly
against them
Then I consulted
with myself,
and I rebuked
the nobles,
and the rulers,
and said
unto them, Ye exact
usury,
every one
of his brother.
And I set
a great
assembly
against them.
8
וָאֹמְרָ֣ה
לָהֶ֗ם
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
קָ֠נִינוּ
אֶת־
אַחֵ֨ינוּ
הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים
הַנִּמְכָּרִ֤ים
לַגּוֹיִם֙
כְּדֵ֣י
בָ֔נוּ
וְגַם־
אַתֶּ֛ם
תִּמְכְּר֥וּ
אֶת־
אֲחֵיכֶ֖ם
וְנִמְכְּרוּ־
לָ֑נוּ
וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ
וְלֹ֥א
מָצְא֖וּ
דָּבָֽר׃
ס
and said,
“We
have done our best
to buy back
our Jewish
brothers
who were sold
to foreigners,
but now you
are selling
your own brothers,
that they may be sold back
to us!”
But they remained silent,
for they could find
nothing
to say.
And I said
unto them, We after our ability
have redeemed
our brethren
the Jews,
which were sold
unto the heathen;
and will ye even sell
your brethren?
or shall they be sold
unto us? Then held they their peace,
and found
nothing
[to answer].
9
[ויאמר]
(וָאוֹמַ֕ר)
לֹא־
ט֥וֹב
הַדָּבָ֖ר
אֲשֶׁר־
אַתֶּ֣ם
עֹשִׂ֑ים
הֲל֞וֹא
בְּיִרְאַ֤ת
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙
תֵּלֵ֔כוּ
מֵחֶרְפַּ֖ת
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם
אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃
So I continued,
“What
you
are doing
is not
right.
Shouldn’t
you walk
in the fear
of our God
to avoid the reproach
of our foreign
enemies?
Also I said,
It [is] not good
that
ye do:
ought ye not to walk
in the fear
of our God
because of the reproach
of the heathen
our enemies?
10
וְגַם־
אֲנִי֙
אַחַ֣י
וּנְעָרַ֔י
נֹשִׁ֥ים
בָּהֶ֖ם
כֶּ֣סֶף
וְדָגָ֑ן
נַֽעַזְבָה־
נָּ֖א
אֶת־
הַמַּשָּׁ֥א
הַזֶּֽה׃
I,
as well as
my brothers
and my servants,
have been lending
the people
money
and grain.
Please,
let us stop
this
usury.
I likewise, [and] my brethren,
and my servants,
might exact
of them money
and corn:
I pray you, let us leave off
this usury.
11
הָשִׁיבוּ֩
נָ֨א
לָהֶ֜ם
כְּהַיּ֗וֹם
שְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛ם
כַּרְמֵיהֶ֥ם
זֵיתֵיהֶ֖ם
וּבָתֵּיהֶ֑ם
וּמְאַ֨ת
הַכֶּ֤סֶף
וְהַדָּגָן֙
הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ
וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
אַתֶּ֖ם
נֹשִׁ֥ים
בָּהֶֽם׃
Please
restore
to them
immediately
their fields,
vineyards,
olive groves,
and houses,
along with the percentage
of the money,
grain,
new wine,
and oil
that
you
have been assessing
them.”
Restore,
I pray you, to them, even this day,
their lands,
their vineyards,
their oliveyards,
and their houses,
also the hundredth
[part] of the money,
and of the corn,
the wine,
and the oil,
that ye exact
of them.
12
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
נָשִׁ֗יב
וּמֵהֶם֙
לֹ֣א
נְבַקֵּ֔שׁ
כֵּ֣ן
נַעֲשֶׂ֔ה
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר
אַתָּ֣ה
אוֹמֵ֑ר
וָאֶקְרָא֙
אֶת־
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת
כַּדָּבָ֥ר
הַזֶּֽה׃
“We will restore it,”
they replied,
“and will require
nothing
more from them.
We will do
as
you
say.”
So I summoned
the priests
and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they
would do
what they had promised.
Then said
they, We will restore
[them], and will require
nothing of them; so will we do
as thou sayest.
Then I called
the priests,
and took an oath
of them, that they should do
according to this promise.
13
גַּם־
חָצְנִ֣י
נָעַ֗רְתִּי
וָֽאֹמְרָ֡ה
כָּ֣כָה
יְנַעֵ֪ר
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֟ים
אֶת־
כָּל־
הָאִישׁ֩
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
לֹֽא־
יָקִ֜ים
אֶת־
הַדָּבָ֣ר
הַזֶּ֗ה
מִבֵּיתוֹ֙
וּמִ֣יגִיע֔וֹ
וְכָ֛כָה
יִהְיֶ֥ה
נָע֖וּר
וָרֵ֑ק
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ
כָֽל־
הַקָּהָ֜ל
אָמֵ֗ן
וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙
אֶת־
יְהוָ֔ה
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ
הָעָ֖ם
כַּדָּבָ֥ר
הַזֶּֽה׃
I also
shook out
the folds of my robe
and said,
“May God
likewise
shake
out of His house
and possession
every
man
who
does not
keep
this
promise.
May such a man be
shaken out
and have nothing!”
The whole
assembly
said,
“Amen,”
and they praised
the LORD.
And the people
did
as they had promised.
Also I shook
my lap,
and said,
So God
shake out
every man
from his house,
and from his labour,
that performeth
not this promise,
even thus be he shaken out,
and emptied.
And all the congregation
said,
Amen,
and praised
the LORD.
And the people
did
according to this promise.
14
גַּ֞ם
מִיּ֣וֹם ׀
אֲשֶׁר־
צִוָּ֣ה
אֹתִ֗י
לִהְי֣וֹת
פֶּחָם֮
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
יְהוּדָה֒
מִשְּׁנַ֣ת
עֶשְׂרִ֗ים
וְ֠עַד
שְׁנַ֨ת
שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים
וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙
לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
שָׁנִ֖ים
שְׁתֵּ֣ים
עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה
אֲנִ֣י
וְאַחַ֔י
לֶ֥חֶם
הַפֶּ֖חָה
לֹ֥א
אָכַֽלְתִּי׃
Furthermore,
from the day
King
Artaxerxes
appointed me
to be
their governor
in the land
of Judah,
from his twentieth
year
until
his thirty-second
year
(twelve
years total),
neither I
nor my brothers
ate
the food
allotted to the governor.
Moreover from the time
that I was appointed
to be their governor
in the land
of Judah,
from the twentieth
year
even unto the two
and thirtieth
year
of Artaxerxes
the king,
[that is], twelve
years,
I and my brethren
have not eaten
the bread
of the governor.
15
וְהַפַּחוֹת֩
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֨ים
אֲשֶׁר־
לְפָנַ֜י
הִכְבִּ֣ידוּ
עַל־
הָעָ֗ם
וַיִּקְח֨וּ
מֵהֶ֜ם
בְּלֶ֤חֶם
וָיַ֙יִן֙
אַחַר֙
כֶּֽסֶף־
שְׁקָלִ֣ים
אַרְבָּעִ֔ים
גַּ֥ם
נַעֲרֵיהֶ֖ם
שָׁלְט֣וּ
עַל־
הָעָ֑ם
וַאֲנִי֙
לֹא־
עָשִׂ֣יתִי
כֵ֔ן
מִפְּנֵ֖י
יִרְאַ֥ת
אֱלֹהִֽים׃
The governors
before me
had heavily burdened
the people,
taking
from them
bread
and wine
plus
forty
shekels
of silver.
Their servants
also
oppressed
the people,
but I
did not
do
this
because
of my fear
of God.
But the former
governors
that [had been] before
me were chargeable
unto the people,
and had taken
of them bread
and wine,
beside
forty
shekels
of silver;
yea, even
their servants
bare rule
over the people:
but so did
not I, because
of the fear
of God.
16
וְ֠גַם
בִּמְלֶ֜אכֶת
הַחוֹמָ֤ה
הַזֹּאת֙
הֶחֱזַ֔קְתִּי
וְשָׂדֶ֖ה
לֹ֣א
קָנִ֑ינוּ
וְכָל־
נְעָרַ֔י
קְבוּצִ֥ים
שָׁ֖ם
עַל־
הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃
Instead,
I devoted myself
to the construction
of the
wall,
and all
my servants
were gathered
there
for
the work;
we did not
acquire
any land.
Yea, also I continued
in the work
of this wall,
neither bought
we any land:
and all my servants
[were] gathered
thither unto the work.
17
וְהַיְּהוּדִ֨ים
וְהַסְּגָנִ֜ים
מֵאָ֧ה
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים
אִ֗ישׁ
וְהַבָּאִ֥ים
אֵלֵ֛ינוּ
מִן־
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם
אֲשֶׁר־
סְבִיבֹתֵ֖ינוּ
עַל־
שֻׁלְחָנִֽי׃
There were 150
Jews
and officials
at
my table,
besides the guests
from
the surrounding
nations.
Moreover [there were] at my table
an hundred
and fifty
of the Jews
and rulers,
beside those that came
unto us from among the heathen
that [are] about us.
18
וַאֲשֶׁר֩
הָיָ֨ה
נַעֲשֶׂ֜ה
לְי֣וֹם
אֶחָ֗ד
שׁ֣וֹר
אֶחָ֞ד
צֹ֠אן
שֵׁשׁ־
בְּרֻר֤וֹת
וְצִפֳּרִים֙
נַֽעֲשׂוּ־
לִ֔י
וּבֵ֨ין
עֲשֶׂ֧רֶת
יָמִ֛ים
בְּכָל־
יַ֖יִן
לְהַרְבֵּ֑ה
וְעִם־
זֶ֗ה
לֶ֤חֶם
הַפֶּחָה֙
לֹ֣א
בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּי
כִּֽי־
כָֽבְדָ֥ה
הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה
עַל־
הָעָ֥ם
הַזֶּֽה׃
Each
day
one
ox,
six
choice
sheep,
and some fowl
were prepared
for me,
and once every
ten
days
an abundance
of all kinds
of wine was provided.
But I did not
demand
the food
allotted to the governor,
because
the burden
on
the people
was so heavy.
Now [that] which was prepared
[for me] daily
[was] one
ox
[and] six
choice
sheep;
also fowls
were prepared
for me, and once in ten
days
store
of all sorts of wine:
yet for all
this required
not I the bread
of the governor,
because the bondage
was heavy
upon this people.
19
זָכְרָה־
לִּ֥י
אֱלֹהַ֖י
לְטוֹבָ֑ה
כֹּ֥ל
אֲשֶׁר־
עָשִׂ֖יתִי
עַל־
הָעָ֥ם
הַזֶּֽה׃
פ
Remember
me
favorably,
O my God,
for all
that
I have done
for
this
people.
Think
upon me, my God,
for good,
[according] to all that I have done
for this people.
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