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So I
came to
Jerusalem, and was there
three days.
~yim'y ~'v -yih/a'w ~i'l'v.Wr.y -l,a aw{b'a'w ? h'v{l.v
12
And I
arose in the
night, I and
some few men with me; neither
told I any
man what my
God had
put in my
heart to
do at
Jerusalem: neither was there any
beast with me, save the
beast that I rode
upon.
yiT.d;Gih -a{l.w yiMi[ j;[.m ~yiv'n]a;w yin]a h'l.y;l ~.Wq'a'w ? tw{f][;l yiBil -l,a !et{n y;h{l/a h'm ~'d'a.l ? h'meh.B;h -mia yiK yiMi[ !yea h'meh.b.W ~i'l'v.Wryil ? H'B bek{r yin]a r,v]a
13
And I went
out by
night by the
gate of the
valley, even
before the
dragon well*, and to the
dung port, and
viewed the
walls of
Jerusalem, which were broken
down, and the
gates thereof were
consumed with
fire.
yen.P -l,a.w h'l.y;l ay;G;h -r;[;v.b h'a.cea'w ? reb{f yih/a'w t{P.v;a'h r;[;v -l,a.w !yiN;T;h !ye[ ? 'hy,r'[.v.W ~yic'wr{p.m;h -r,v]a ~i;l'v.Wr.y t{mw{x.B ? vea'b .Wl.KUa
14
Then I went
on to the
gate of the
fountain, and to the
king's pool: but there was no
place for the
beast that was under me to
pass.
.$,l,M;h t;ker.B -l,a.w !Iy;['h r;[;v -l,a r{b/[,a'w ? y'T.x;T r{b][;l h'meh.B;l ~w{q'm -nyea.w
15
Then went I
up in the
night by the
brook, and
viewed the
wall, and turned
back, and
entered by the
gate of the
valley, and so
returned.
h'mw{x;B reb{f yih/a'w h'l.y;l l;x;N;b h,l{[ yih/a'w ? b.Wv'a'w a.y;G;h r;[;v.B aw{b'a'w b.Wv'a'w
16
And the
rulers knew not whither I
went, or what I
did; neither had I as
yet told it to the
Jews, nor to the
priests, nor to the
nobles, nor to the
rulers, nor to the
rest that
did the
work.
yin]a h'm.W yiT.k;l'h h'n'a .W[.d'y a{l ~yin'g.S;h.w ? ~yin'g.S;l.w ~yir{x;l.w ~yin]h{K;l.w ~yid.Wh.Y;l.w h,f{[ ? yiT.d;Gih a{l !eK -d;[ h'ka'l.M;h hef{[ r,t,y.l.W
17
Then
said I unto them, Ye
see the
distress that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth
waste, and the
gates thereof are
burned with
fire: come, and let us build
up the
wall of
Jerusalem, that we be no more a
reproach.
.Wn.x;n]a r,v]a h'['r'h ~yia{r ~,T;a ~,hel]a r;mw{a'w ? .Wt.Cin 'hy,r'[.v.W h'ber]x ~i;l'v.Wr.y r,v]a H'b ? h,y.hin -a{l.w ~i;l'v.Wr.y t;mw{x -t,a h,n.bin.w .Wk.l vea'b ? h'P.r,x dw{[
18
Then I
told them of the
hand of my
God which was
good upon me; as also the
king's words that he had
spoken unto me. And they
said, Let us rise
up and
build. So they
strengthened their
hands for this
good work.
ayih -r,v]a y;h{l/a d;y -t,a ~,h'l dyiG;a'w ? yil -r;m'a r,v]a .$,l,M;h yer.biD -p;a.w y;l'[ h'bw{j ? ~,hyed.y .Wq.Z;x.y;w .Wnyin'b.W ~.Wq'n .Wr.ma{Y;w ? h'bw{J;l
19
But when
Sanballat the
Horonite, and
Tobiah the
servant, the
Ammonite, and
Geshem the
Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to
scorn, and
despised us, and
said, What is this
thing that ye
do? will ye
rebel against the
king?
yinw{M;['h d,b,['h h'Yib{j.w yin{r{x;h j;L;b.n;s [;m.viY;w ? .Wnyel'[ .Wz.biY;w .Wn'l .Wgi[.l;Y;w yib.r;['h ~,v,g.w ? ~yif{[ ~,T;a r,v]a h,Z;h r'b'D;h -h'm .Wr.ma{Y;w ? ~yid.r{m ~,T;a .$,l,M;h l;[;h
20
Then
answered* I them, and
said unto them, The
God of
heaven, he will
prosper us; therefore we his
servants will
arise and
build: but ye have no
portion, nor
right, nor
memorial, in
Jerusalem.
~Iy;m'V;h yeh{l/a ~,h'l r;mw{a'w r'b'D ~'tw{a byiv'a'w ? ~.Wq'n wy'd'b][ .Wn.x;n]a;w .Wn'l ;xyil.c;y a.Wh ? !w{r'Kiz.w h'q'd.c.W q,lex -nyea ~,k'l.w .Wnyin'b.W ? ~i'l'v.WryiB