1 On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w* was|strong="H0834" read|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4672" loud, so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H5971" hear|strong="H5612". They|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" this|strong="H1931" law written|strong="H3789" there|strong="H4672": No|strong="H3808" Ammonite|strong="H5984" and|strong="H0935" no|strong="H3808" Moabite|strong="H4125" would|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3808" permitted to|strong="H0935" join in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" meetings with|strong="H0935" God|strong="H0430".
2 That|strong="H3588" law was|strong="H3478" written because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" didn’t|strong="H3808" give|strong="H2015" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0430" paid Balaam|strong="H1109" to|strong="H5921" say|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" curse|strong="H7045" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478". But|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" changed|strong="H2015" that|strong="H3588" curse|strong="H7045" and|strong="H1121" made it|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" blessing|strong="H1293" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5921".
3 So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451", they|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" it|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3605" separated|strong="H0914" themselves|strong="H8085" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" descendants of|strong="H3605" foreigners.
6 I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" while|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" was|strong="H1961" happening. I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" 32nd year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3588" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". Later|strong="H7093", I|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H3588" permission to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
7 So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". There|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" heard about|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" sad thing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" Eliashib|strong="H0475" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" given Tobiah|strong="H2900" a|strong="H0935" room|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430"!
8 I|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3966" angry about|strong="H4480" what Eliashib had|strong="H0853" done|strong="H3605", so|strong="H4480" I|strong="H4480" threw|strong="H7993" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Tobiah’s|strong="H2900" things|strong="H3605" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" room|strong="H1004".
9 I|strong="H0559" gave|strong="H0559" commands|strong="H0559" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" rooms|strong="H3957" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0430" made|strong="H7725" pure|strong="H2891" and|strong="H0430" clean|strong="H2891". Then|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0559" put|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" Temple|strong="H1004" dishes and|strong="H0430" things|strong="H3627", the|strong="H0559" grain offerings|strong="H4503", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" incense|strong="H3828" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H3627" the|strong="H0559" rooms|strong="H3957".
10 I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3045" heard|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" Levites|strong="H3881" their|strong="H5414" share|strong="H5414". So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H0376" singers|strong="H7891" had|strong="H3588" gone|strong="H1272" back|strong="H3045" to|strong="H5414" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H0376" their|strong="H5414" own|strong="H0376" fields|strong="H7704".
11 So|strong="H5975" I|strong="H0559" told|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" officials|strong="H5461" that|strong="H0559" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H0430" wrong. I|strong="H0559" asked|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5921", “Why|strong="H4069" didn’t you|strong="H5921" take|strong="H5975" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" Temple|strong="H1004"?” Then|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0559" called|strong="H0559" all Levites together|strong="H6908" and|strong="H0430" told|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" go back|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" their|strong="H5921" places|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0430" duties in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" Temple|strong="H1004".
12 Then|strong="H0935" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" brought|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H1715", new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492", and|strong="H0935" oil|strong="H3323" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Temple. These|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3063" put|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" storerooms.
13 I|strong="H3588" put|strong="H0539" these men|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" storerooms: Shelemiah|strong="H8018" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548", Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H5921" teacher, and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" Levite|strong="H3881" named Pedaiah|strong="H6305". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" made Hanan|strong="H2605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zaccur|strong="H2139", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983", their|strong="H5921" helper. I|strong="H3588" knew I|strong="H3588" could trust|strong="H0539" these men|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" responsible for|strong="H3588" giving the|strong="H5921" supplies to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" relatives|strong="H0251".
14 My|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", please remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" these|strong="H2063" things|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213". Don’t|strong="H0408" forget all I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" faithfully|strong="H2617" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" Temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" services|strong="H4929".
15 In|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", I|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" working on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" pressing grapes|strong="H6025" to|strong="H0935" make|strong="H7200" wine|strong="H3196". I|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" bringing|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H3605" and|strong="H0935" loading|strong="H6006" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543". I|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" carrying grapes|strong="H6025", figs|strong="H8384", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" bringing|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H1992" things|strong="H3605" into|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117", so|strong="H0935" I|strong="H3117" warned|strong="H5749" them|strong="H1992" about|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3117" told them|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" must not|strong="H4376" sell|strong="H4376" food on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117".
16 There|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1121" some|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city of|strong="H1121" Tyre|strong="H6876" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H0935" were|strong="H1121" bringing|strong="H0935" fish|strong="H1709" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" things|strong="H3605" into|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" selling|strong="H4376" them|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day. And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3063" were|strong="H1121" buying them|strong="H0935".
17 I|strong="H0834" told|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" important people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" wrong|strong="H7451". I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" doing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0834" very|strong="H2088" bad|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697". You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" ruining the|strong="H0853" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117".
18 You|strong="H0859" know that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0853" things|strong="H3605". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0430" why|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" brought|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troubles and|strong="H0935" disaster|strong="H7451" to|strong="H0935" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892". Now|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0859" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3478" making|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0430" these|strong="H2063" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H0430" happen to|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478". They|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3478" breaking the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" by|strong="H5921" treating it|strong="H5921" just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H0935" if it|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" day.”
19 So|strong="H1961" this|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834": Every|strong="H3117" Friday evening, just|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" dark|strong="H6751", I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" gatekeepers to|strong="H0559" shut|strong="H5462" and|strong="H0935" lock the|strong="H0559" gates|strong="H8179" to|strong="H0559" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" opened|strong="H6605" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921". I|strong="H0834" put|strong="H0935" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" men|strong="H5288" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" gates|strong="H8179". They|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" make|strong="H5975" sure that|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" load|strong="H4853" was|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117".
20 One|strong="H3605" or|strong="H4376" two|strong="H8147" times|strong="H6471", traders|strong="H7402" and|strong="H3389" merchants|strong="H7402" had|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" stay|strong="H3885" the|strong="H3605" night outside|strong="H2351" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
21 But|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" warned|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413", “Don’t|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3885" the|strong="H0559" night in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" wall|strong="H2346". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H0518" that|strong="H1931" again|strong="H7971", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3027" arrest you|strong="H0859".” So|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" on|strong="H0413" they|strong="H0518" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H6256" to|strong="H0413" sell their|strong="H7971" things|strong="H3808".
22 Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" to|strong="H0559" make|strong="H2142" themselves|strong="H6942" pure|strong="H2891". After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834", they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" guard|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" gates|strong="H8179". This|strong="H2063" was|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" make|strong="H2142" sure the|strong="H0853" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H8104" a|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H6942" day|strong="H3117".
23 In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" noticed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3117" some|strong="H1992" Jewish|strong="H3064" men had|strong="H0853" married|strong="H0802" women|strong="H0802" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" countries of|strong="H3117" Ashdod|strong="H0796", Ammon|strong="H4125", and|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4125".
24 And|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1696" children|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" marriages didn’t know|strong="H5234" how to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" Jewish language|strong="H3956". They|strong="H5971" spoke|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" language|strong="H3956" of|strong="H1121" Ashdod|strong="H0797", Ammon, or|strong="H0369" Moab.
25 So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H0518" told|strong="H0518" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" wrong. I|strong="H0518" said bad things|strong="H5973" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H0518" hit|strong="H5221" some|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0518" pulled|strong="H4803" out|strong="H0376" their|strong="H5375" hair|strong="H4803". I|strong="H0518" forced them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" promise|strong="H7650" in|strong="H0430" God’s|strong="H0430" name|strong="H0518". I|strong="H0518" said to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" must|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0518" marry|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H1992" foreigners|strong="H1121". Don’t let|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5375" daughters|strong="H1323" marry|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" don’t let|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" marry|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H1992" foreigners|strong="H1121".
26 You|strong="H5414" know that|strong="H3605" marriages like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H0428" caused|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" sin|strong="H2398". In|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" as|strong="H1961" great|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010". God|strong="H0430" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3478" made|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". But|strong="H3808" even|strong="H1571" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" made|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" sin|strong="H2398" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802".
27 And|strong="H0430" now|strong="H8085", we|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" also|strong="H0853" are|strong="H0430" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" terrible|strong="H7451" sin. You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H0430" not being|strong="H0430" true to|strong="H8085" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H0430" marrying|strong="H3427" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802".”
28 Joiada|strong="H3111" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliashib|strong="H0475" the|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1419" priest|strong="H3548". One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joiada’s sons|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" son-in-law|strong="H2860" of|strong="H1121" Sanballat|strong="H5571" from|strong="H5921" Horon. I|strong="H5921" forced him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" leave this place. I|strong="H5921" forced him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" run away|strong="H1272".
29 My|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", punish these|strong="H1992" people. They|strong="H1992" made the|strong="H5921" priesthood|strong="H3550" unclean. They|strong="H1992" treated it|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1992" if it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0430" not|strong="H2142" important. They|strong="H1992" did not|strong="H2142" obey the|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H2142" you|strong="H5921" made with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H5921" priests and|strong="H0430" Levites|strong="H3881".
30 So|strong="H5975" I made|strong="H4399" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" Levites|strong="H3881" clean|strong="H2891" and|strong="H3548" pure|strong="H2891". I took|strong="H5975" away|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H5236" and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" strange|strong="H5236" things|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0376" taught. And|strong="H3548" I gave the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H3548" priests|strong="H3548" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" duties|strong="H4931" and|strong="H3548" responsibilities|strong="H4931".
31 And|strong="H0430" I|strong="H6256" made|strong="H6086" sure that|strong="H6256" people will|strong="H0430" bring|strong="H2142" gifts of|strong="H0430" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H2142" first|strong="H1061" part of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H2142" harvest at|strong="H0430" the|strong="H2142" right|strong="H2896" times|strong="H6256".