1
Now when
Ezra had
prayed, and when he had
confessed,
weeping and casting himself
down before the
house of
God, there
assembled unto him out of
Israel a
very great congregation of
men and
women and
children: for the
people wept very sore.
leP;n.tim.W h,k{B ]w{t{D;w.tih.k.W a'r.z,[ leL;P.tih.k.W ? lea'r.fiYim wy'lea .Wc.B.qin ~yih{l/a'h tyeB yen.pil ? ~yid'lyiw ~yiv'n.w ~yiv'n]a d{a.m -b;r l'h'q ? h,k,b -heB.r;h ~'['h .Wk'b -yiK
2
And
Shechaniah the
son of
Jehiel, one of the
sons of
Elam, answered and
said unto
Ezra, We have
trespassed against our
God, and have
taken strange wives of the
people of the
land: yet now there
is hope in
Israel concerning this thing.
~'lw{[ yen.Bim leayix.y -n,b h'y.n;k.v !;[;Y;w ? .Wnyeh{laeb .Wn.l;['m .Wn.x;n]a a'r.z,[.l r,ma{Y;w ? h'T;[.w #,r'a'h yeM;[em tw{Yir.k'n ~yiv'n b,v{N;w ? ta{z -l;[ lea'r.fIy.l h,w.qim -vey
3
Now therefore let us
make a
covenant with our
God to put
away all the
wives, and such as are
born of them, according to the
counsel of my
lord, and of those that
tremble at the
commandment of our
God; and let it be
done according to the
law.
ayicw{h.l .Wnyeh{lael tyir.B -t'r.kin h'T;[.w ? ~yider]x;h.w y'n{d]a t;c][;B ~,hem d'lw{N;h.w ~yiv'n -l'k ? h,f'[ey h'rw{T;k.w .Wnyeh{l/a t;w.cim.B
4
Arise; for this
matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good
courage, and
do it.
q;z]x .$'Mi[ .Wn.x;n]a;w r'b'D;h '$y,l'[ -yiK ~.Wq ? hef][;w