5
Then
arose Ezra, and made the
chief priests, the
Levites, and all
Israel, to
swear that they should
do according to this
word. And they
sware.
~yin]h{K;h yer'f -t,a [;B.v;Y;w a'r.z,[ ~'q'Y;w ? h,Z;h r'b'D;K tw{f][;l lea'r.fIy -l'k.w ~iYiw.l;h ? .W[eb'ViY;w
6
Then
Ezra rose
up from
before the
house of
God, and
went into the
chamber of
Johanan the
son of
Eliashib: and when he
came thither, he did
eat no
bread, nor
drink water: for he
mourned because of the
transgression of them that had been carried
away.
.$,leY;w ~yih{l/a'h tyeB yen.piLim a'r.z,[ ~'q'Y;w ? .$,leY;w byiv'y.l,a -n,B !'n'xw{h.y t;K.vil -l,a ? yiK h't'v -a{l ~Iy;m.W l;k'a -a{l ~,x,l ~'v ? h'lw{G;h l;[;m -l;[ leB;a.tim
7
And they made
proclamation* throughout
Judah and
Jerusalem unto all the
children of the
captivity, that they should gather themselves
together unto
Jerusalem;
l{k.l ~i;l'v.Wryiw h'd.WhyiB lw{q .Wryib][;Y;w ? ~i'l'v.Wr.y #eb'Qih.l h'lw{G;h yen.B
8
And that whosoever would not
come within
three days, according to the
counsel of the
princes and the
elders, all his
substance should be
forfeited, and himself
separated from the
congregation of those that had been carried
away.
t;c][;K ~yim'Y;h t,v{l.vil ]aw{b'y -a{l r,v]a l{k.w ? a.Wh.w w{v.Wk.r -l'K ~;r\x'y ~yineq.Z;h.w ~yir'F;h ? h'lw{G;h l;h.Qim led'BIy
9
Then all the
men of
Judah and
Benjamin gathered themselves
together unto
Jerusalem within
three days. It was the
ninth month, on the
twentieth day of the
month; and all the
people sat in the
street of the
house of
God, trembling because of this
matter, and for the great
rain.
~i;l'v.Wr.y !im'y.nib.W h'd.Wh.y -yev.n;a -l'k .Wc.b'QiY;w ? ~yir.f,[.B yi[yiv.T;h v,d{x a.Wh ~yim'Y;h t,v{l.vil ? ~yih{l/a'h tyeB bw{x.riB ~'['h -l'k .Wb.veY;w v,d{x;B ? ~yim'v.G;hem.W r'b'D;h -l;[ ~yidyi[.r;m
10
And
Ezra the
priest stood
up, and
said unto them, Ye have
transgressed, and have
taken strange wives, to
increase the
trespass of
Israel.
~,T.l;[.m ~,T;a ~,hel]a r,ma{Y;w !eh{K;h a'r.z,[ ~'q'Y;w ? t;m.v;a -l;[ @yisw{h.l tw{Yir.k'n ~yiv'n .Wbyiv{T;w ? lea'r.fIy
11
Now therefore
make confession unto the
LORD God of your
fathers, and
do his
pleasure: and
separate yourselves from the
people of the
land, and from the
strange wives.
~,kyet{b]a -yeh{l/a h'why;l h'dw{t .Wn.T h'T;[.w ? ~yiv'N;h -nim.W #,r'a'h yeM;[em .Wl.d'Bih.w w{nw{c.r .Wf][;w ? tw{Yir.k'N;h
12
Then all the
congregation answered and
said with a
loud voice, As thou hast
said, so must we
do.
lw{d'G lw{q .Wr.ma{Y;w l'h'Q;h -l'k .Wn.[;Y;w ? tw{f][;l .Wnyel'[ '$y,r.bid.K !eK
13
But the
people are
many, and it is a
time of much
rain, and we are not
able to
stand without, neither is this a
work of
one day or
two: for we are
many that have
transgressed in this
thing.
dw{m][;l ;x{K !yea.w ~yim'v.G te['h.w b'r ~'['h l'b]a ? ~Iy;n.vil a{l.w d'x,a ~w{y.l -a{l h'ka'l.M;h.w #.Wx;B ? h,Z;h r'b'D;B ;[{v.pil .WnyiB.rih -yiK
14
Let now our
rulers of all the
congregation stand, and let all them which have
taken strange wives in our
cities come at
appointed times, and with them the
elders of every
city, and the
judges thereof, until the
fierce wrath of our
God for this
matter be
turned from us.
r,v]a l{k.w l'h'Q;h -l'k.l .Wnyer'f a'n -.Wd.m][;y ? ~yiTi[.l a{b'y tw{Yir.k'n ~yiv'n byiv{h;h .Wnyer'[,B ? 'hy,j.p{v.w ryi['w ryi[ -yen.qiz ~,h'Mi[.w ~yin'MUz.m ? d;[ .WN,Mim .Wnyeh{l/a -p;a !w{r]x byiv'h.l d;[ ? h,Z;h r'b'D;l
15
Only
Jonathan the
son of
Asahel and
Jahaziah the
son of
Tikvah were
employed about this matter: and
Meshullam and
Shabbethai the
Levite helped them.
h'w.qiT -n,b h'y.z.x;y.w leah'f][ -n,B !'t'nw{y .$;a ? ~Ur'z][ yiweL;h y;t.B;v.w ~'LUv.m.W ta{z -l;[ .Wd.m'[