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Zuangx Mienh Nyiemc Zuiz

¹E^saa^laa yiem Tin-Hungh nyei biauv nza'hmien maengx mbaapv njiec ndau nyiemv jienv daux gaux nyiemc zuiz wuov zanc, maaih I^saa^laa^en Mienh m'jangc m'sieqv caux fu'jueiv camv nyei daaih gapv zunv yiem ninh wuov. Ninh mbuo yietc zungv nyiemv duqv hnyouv mun haic. ²Elaam nyei zeiv-fun, Ye^hi^en nyei dorn, Se^kaa^ni^yaa, gorngv mbuox E^saa^laa, “Yie mbuo maiv ziepc zuoqv nyei zoux bun yie mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, weic zuqc yie mbuo longc weih gormx nyei ganh fingx mienh nyei sieqv zoux auv. Mv baac maiv gunv yie mbuo zoux dorngc ndongc naaiv ndo, I^saa^laa^en Mienh corc maaih lamh hnamv nyei. ³Ih zanc yie mbuo oix yiem Tin-Hungh nyei nza'hmien liepc ngaengc waac, laengz guangc nzengc naaiv deix ganh fingx auv caux ninh mbuo nyei fu'jueiv, ziux meih, yie mbuo nyei ziouv, caux taaih Tin-Hungh hatc nyei waac wuov deix dingc nyei waac. Tov ei jienv Tin-Hungh nyei Leiz-Latc zoux. ⁴Meih jiez sin daaih mbenc naaiv deix sic. Yie mbuo laengz tengx jienv meih. Gunv bungx hnyouv aqv.”
⁵E^saa^laa ziouc jiez sin daaih bun ⟨domh sai mienh⟩ caux Lewi Mienh caux I^saa^laa^en nyei zuangx mienh houv jienv laengz ei naaiv deix waac zoux. Ninh mbuo ziouc houv jienv aqv. ⁶E^saa^laa yiem zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv nza'hmien maengx mingh bieqc E^li^yaa^sipv nyei dorn, Ye^ho^haa^nan, yiem nyei dorngx. Yiem wuov ninh maiv nyanc hnaangx yaac maiv hopv wuom weic zuqc ninh nzauh duqv kouv haic, laaix zuqc guaatv mingh nzuonx daaih wuov deix mienh maiv ziepc zuoqv nyei zoux bun Tin-Hungh.
⁷Ninh mbuo ziouc bun waac mingh zunh gormx Yu^ndaa caux Ye^lu^saa^lem, mbuox zuqc guaatv mingh nzuonx daaih nyei mienh gapv zunv yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem. ⁸Da'faanh naaiv deix buo hnoi gu'nyuoz, haaix dauh maiv daaih ziux domh jien caux mienh gox hatc nyei waac, ninh mbuo nyei jaa-dingh yietc zungv ziouc zuqc zorqv mi'aqv. Wuov dauh yaac oix yiem zuqc guaatv mingh nzuonx daaih nyei mienh mbu'ndongx zuqc pai guangc.
⁹Naaiv deix buo hnoi gu'nyuoz, se taux juov hlaax nyic ziepc wuov hnoi, Yu^ndaa Fingx caux Mben^yaa^min Fingx nyei m'jangc dorn yietc zungv daaih gapv zunv yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem. Zuangx mienh zueiz jienv Tin-Hungh nyei biauv nza'hmien maengx, laatc gu'nyuoz, laaix naaiv deix sic yaac laaix duih mbiungc hlo, mienh sin zinx njuonv-njuonv nyei. ¹⁰E^saa^laa sai mienh souv jiez daaih gorngv mbuox zuangx mienh, “Meih mbuo baamz zuiz longc ganh fingx mienh nyei sieqv zoux auv ziouc bun I^saa^laa^en Mienh nyei zuiz jaa hniev. ¹¹Ih zanc meih mbuo oix zuqc nyiemc zuiz bun Ziouv, meih mbuo nyei ong-taaix nyei Tin-Hungh, yaac ei jienv ninh nyei eix zoux. Oix zuqc caux weih gormx nyei mienh bun nqoi yaac leih nqoi meih mbuo ganh fingx mienh nyei auv.”
¹²Gapv zunv nyei zuangx mienh qiex hlo nyei dau, “Za'gengh hnangv naaic nor aqv. Yie mbuo oix zuqc ei jienv meih nyei waac zoux. ¹³Mv baac yiem naaiv maaih baeqc fingx camv nyei. Mbiungc youc hlo. Yie mbuo maiv haih souv naaiv gaengh ka'ndau. Yaac maiv zeiz yietc hnoi i hnoi haih mbenc duqv sung nyei sic, weic zuqc naaiv nyungc sic yie mbuo dorngc duqv ndo haic. ¹⁴Tov bun yie mbuo nyei jien yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem tengx zuangx baeqc fingx mbenc naaiv deix sic. Haaix dauh longc ganh fingx nyei sieqv zoux auv, oix zuqc ziux dingc daaih nyei ziangh hoc daaih zaah sic. Yaac oix zuqc maaih gorqv-mienh nyei zingh nyei mienh gox caux siemv zuiz jien caux jienv daaih. Oix zuqc mbenc naaiv deix sic sung nzengc, Tin-Hungh ziouc maiv qiex jiez mbuo aqv.” ¹⁵Kungx Aa^saax^hen nyei dorn, Yo^naa^taan, caux Tikv^waa nyei dorn, Yaa^sai^aa, ngaengc naaiv deix sic. Yaac maaih Me^sun^laam caux Lewi Mienh, Sapv^mbe^tai, tengx jienv ninh mbuo ngaengc.⚓
¹⁶Zuqc guaatv mingh nzuonx daaih nyei zuangx mienh ziouc ei jienv naaiv nyungc za'eix zoux. E^saa^laa sai mienh ziouc ziux mbuox ginv deix bungh buonc nyei bieiv zeiv, yietc bungh yietc dauh. Ziepc hlaax saeng-yietv wuov hnoi, ninh mbuo zueiz jienv jiez gorn mbenc naaiv deix sic. ¹⁷Taux zih hlaax saeng-yietv ninh mbuo mbenc sung nzengc longc ganh fingx mienh zoux auv nyei sic.

Longc Ganh Fingx Sieqv Zoux Auv Nyei Mienh

¹⁸Naaiv se longc ganh fingx mienh nyei sieqv zoux auv wuov deix sai mienh nyei mbuox ziux ninh mbuo nyei douh zong.
Yo^saa^ndakc nyei zeiv-fun, Ye^su^aa, caux ninh nyei muoz-doic, maaih Maa^aa^se^aa, E^li^ye^se, Yaalipv caux Ge^ndaa^li^yaa. ¹⁹Ninh mbuo laengz leih ninh mbuo nyei auv yaac weic ninh mbuo zoux dorngc nyei zuiz fongc horc dauh ba'gi yungh gouv fiqv ninh mbuo zoux dorngc nyei zuiz.
²⁰Imme nyei zeiv-fun maaih Haa^naa^ni caux Se^mbaa^ndi^yaa.
²¹Haalim nyei zeiv-fun maaih Maa^aa^se^aa, E^li^yaa, Se^mai^aa, Ye^hi^en, caux Utc^si^yaa.
²²Baatc^he nyei zeiv-fun maaih E^li^o^nai, Maa^aa^se^aa, I^saa^maa^en, Ne^tan^en, Yo^saa^mbaatc caux E^laa^saax.
²³Lewi Mienh maaih
Yo^saa^mbaatc, Si^me^i, Ke^laa^yaa, (ninh aengx maaih norm mbuox heuc Ke^li^taa), Be^taa^hi^yaa, Yu^ndaa, caux E^li^ye^se.
²⁴Baaux nzung nyei mienh maaih E^li^yaa^sipv.
Zuov gaengh nyei mienh maaih Sanlum, Telem, caux Uli.
²⁵Zengc njiec nyei I^saa^laa^en Mienh maaih,
Baalotv nyei zeiv-fun maaih Laa^mi^yaa, Itc^si^yaa, Man^ki^yaa, Mi^yaa^min, E^le^aa^saa, Man^ki^yaa, caux Mbe^nai^yaa.
²⁶Elaam nyei zeiv-fun maaih Matv^taa^ni^yaa, Se^kaa^li^yaa, Ye^hi^en, Apc^ndi, Ye^le^motv caux E^li^yaa.
²⁷Satc^tu nyei zeiv-fun maaih E^li^o^nai, E^li^yaa^sipv, Matv^taa^ni^yaa, Ye^le^motv, Saax^mbaatc caux Aa^si^saa.
²⁸Mbe^mbai nyei zeiv-fun maaih Ye^ho^haa^nan, Haa^nan^yaa, Sapc^mbai, caux Atc^lai.
²⁹Mbaani nyei zeiv-fun maaih Me^sun^laam, Manlukv, Aa^ndaa^yaa, Yaasupv, Se^an caux Ye^le^motv.
³⁰Baa^hatc Mo^apc nyei zeiv-fun maaih Atc^naa, Kelaan, Mbe^nai^yaa, Maa^aa^se^aa. Matv^taa^ni^yaa, Mbe^saa^len, Mbinnui caux Maa^natv^se.
³¹Haalim nyei zeiv-fun maaih E^li^ye^se, Itc^si^jaa, Man^ki^yaa, Se^mai^aa caux Qi^me^on, ³²Mben^yaa^min, Manlukv, caux Se^maa^li^yaa.
³³Haasum nyei zeiv-fun maaih Matv^te^nai, Matv^tatv^daa, Saax^mbaatc, E^li^fe^letv, Ye^le^mai, Maa^natv^se, caux Si^me^i.
³⁴Mbaani nyei zeiv-fun maaih Maa^aa^ndai, Amlaam, U^en, ³⁵Mbe^nai^yaa, Mbe^ndai^yaa, Ke^lu^hi, ³⁶Waa^ni^yaa, Me^le^motv, E^li^yaa^sipv, ³⁷Matv^taa^ni^yaa, Matv^te^nai, Yaa^aa^su.
³⁸Mbinnui nyei zeiv-fun maaih Si^me^i, ³⁹Se^le^mi^yaa, Naatan, Aa^ndaa^yaa, ⁴⁰Makv^naa^nde^mbai, Saasai, Saalai, ⁴¹Aa^saa^len, Se^le^mi^yaa, Se^maa^li^yaa, ⁴²Sanlum, Aa^maa^li^yaa, caux Yosepv.
⁴³Ne^mbo nyei zeiv-fun maaih Ye^i^en, Matv^ti^ti^yaa, Saax^mbaatc, Se^mbi^naa, Yaatv^ndai, Yo^en, caux Mbe^nai^yaa.
⁴⁴Naaiv deix mienh yietc zungv longc ganh fingx mienh nyei sieqv zoux auv. Maaih deix yaac duqv fu'jueiv.⚓

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Confession of Improper Marriages

¹Now ⚓while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down ⚓before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very ⚓bitterly. ²And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, “We have ⚓trespassed against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel in spite of this. ³Now therefore, let us make ⚓a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and those who have been born to them, according to the advice of my master and of those who ⚓tremble at ⚓the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the ⚓law. ⁴Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We also are with you. ⚓Be of good courage, and do it.”
⁵Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel ⚓swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore an oath. ⁶Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came there, he ⚓ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the guilt of those from the captivity.
⁷And they issued a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the descendants of the captivity, that they must gather at Jerusalem, ⁸and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the instructions of the leaders and elders, all his property would be confiscated, and he himself would be separated from the assembly of those from the captivity.
⁹So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and ⚓all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of heavy rain. ¹⁰Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have transgressed and have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel. ¹¹Now therefore, ⚓make confession to the Lord God of your fathers, and do His will; ⚓separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the pagan wives.”
¹²Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, “Yes! As you have said, so we must do. ¹³But there are many people; it is the season for heavy rain, and we are not able to stand outside. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for there are many of us who have transgressed in this matter. ¹⁴Please, let the leaders of our entire assembly stand; and let all those in our cities who have taken pagan wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of their cities, until ⚓the fierce wrath of our God is turned away from us in this matter.” ¹⁵Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and ⚓Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support.
¹⁶Then the descendants of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain ⚓heads of the fathers’ households, were set apart by the fathers’ households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. ¹⁷By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives.

Pagan Wives Put Away

¹⁸And among the sons of the priests who had taken pagan wives the following were found of the sons of ⚓Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. ¹⁹And they ⚓gave their promise that they would put away their wives; and being⚓guilty, they presented a ram of the flock as their ⚓trespass offering.
²⁰Also of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah; ²¹of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah; ²²of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
²³Also of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
²⁴Also of the singers: Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
²⁵And others of Israel: of the ⚓sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Jeziah, Malchiah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah; ²⁶of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Eliah; ²⁷of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza; ²⁸of the ⚓sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai; ²⁹of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Ramoth; ³⁰of the ⚓sons of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh; ³¹of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, ³²Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah; ³³of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei; ³⁴of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, ³⁵Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluh, ³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, ³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasai, ³⁸Bani, Binnui, Shimei, ³⁹Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, ⁴⁰Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, ⁴¹Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, ⁴²Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph; ⁴³of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
⁴⁴All these had taken pagan wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.