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Amo ini ang estorya parte sa mga ginpanghimo ni Nehemias nga anak ni Hacalia.

Ang Pangamuyo ni Nehemias para sa Jerusalem

Sang ikasiyam nga bulan, nga amo ang bulan sang Kislev, sadtong ika-20 nga tuig sang paghari ni Artaserkses sa Persia, didto ako sa napaderan nga siyudad sang Susa. Nagkadto sa akon didto ang isa sa akon mga utod nga si Hanani halin sa Juda kaupod ang pila ka lalaki. Ginpamangkot ko sila parte sa Jerusalem kag sa mga Judio nga nagbalalik halin sa pagkabihag sa Babilonia.[a] Nagsabat sila, “Ginabudlayan gid ang mga nagbalalik sa Juda, kag ginapakahuy-an sila sang mga katawhan sa palibot nila. Kag hasta subong guba ang pader sang Jerusalem kag sunog ang mga puwertahan sini.”

Pagkabati ko sadto, nagpungko ako kag naghibi. Pila ka adlaw nga nagpangasubo ako, nagpuasa, kag nagpangamuyo sa presensya sang Dios sang langit.[b] Siling ko, “Ginoo, Dios sang langit, gamhanan ka kag makatilingala nga Dios. Ginatuman mo ang imo kasugtanan nga may paghigugma sa mga nagahigugma sa imo kag nagatuman sang imo mga sugo. Ako nga imo alagad nagapangamuyo adlaw-gab-i para sa katawhan sang Israel nga imo mga alagad. Pamatii ako kag sabta ang akon pangamuyo. Ginatuad[c] ko sa imo ang mga sala sang mga Israelinhon, pati ang akon mga sala kag ang mga sala sang akon mga katigulangan. Malaot gid ang amon ginhimo kontra sa imo. Wala namon gintuman ang imo mga sugo kag mga pagsulundan nga ginhatag mo sa amon paagi kay Moises nga imo alagad.

“Dumduma ining ginsiling mo sadto kay Moises: ‘Kon kamo nga mga Israelinhon indi magmatinumanon sa akon, laptahon ko kamo sa iban nga mga nasyon. Pero kon magbalik kamo sa akon kag magtuman sang akon mga sugo, bisan maglapta pa kamo sa pinakamalayo nga lugar, tipunon ko kamo liwat sa lugar nga akon ginpili nga padunggan ako.’

10 “Kami imo mga alagad kag katawhan nga imo ginluwas paagi sa imo puwerte nga gahom kag kusog. 11 Ginoo, pamatii ang akon pangamuyo, nga imo alagad, kag ang pangamuyo sang iban pa nimo nga mga alagad nga nalipay sa pagtahod sa imo. Hatagi ako subong sang kadalag-an sa akon pagpangabay sa hari. Kag kabay pa nga pakitaan niya ako sang kaayo.”

Sadto nga panahon, ako ang manugserbi sang ilimnon sang hari.

Footnotes

  1. 1:2 nga nagbalalik halin sa pagkabihag sa Babilonia: ukon, nga nakaluwas sa pagkabihag sa Babilonia.
  2. 1:4 Dios sang langit: ukon, Dios nga ara sa langit; ukon, Dios nga naghimo sang langit; ukon, Dios nga labaw sa tanan.
  3. 1:6 Ginatuad: ukon, Ginasugid.

Nehemiah’s Prayer

The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:

In the month of Kislev(A) in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,(B) Hanani,(C) one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant(D) that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(E)

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(F) For some days I mourned and fasted(G) and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said:

Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God,(H) who keeps his covenant of love(I) with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear(J) the prayer(K) your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess(L) the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly(M) toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

“Remember(N) the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter(O) you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather(P) them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’(Q)

10 “They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand.(R) 11 Lord, let your ear be attentive(S) to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor(T) in the presence of this man.”

I was cupbearer(U) to the king.

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.