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Principles of Separation
1On that day ⚓they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written ⚓that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God,
2because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but ⚓hired Balaam against them to curse them. ⚓However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3So it was, when they had heard the Law, ⚓that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
The Reforms of Nehemiah
4Now before this, ⚓Eliashib the priest, having authority over the storerooms of the house of our God, was allied with ⚓Tobiah.
5And he had prepared for him a large room, ⚓where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, ⚓which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests.
6But during all this I was not in Jerusalem, ⚓for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Then after certain days I obtained leave from the king,
7and I came to Jerusalem and discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in ⚓preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God.
8And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room.
9Then I commanded them to ⚓cleanse the rooms; and I brought back into them the articles of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.
10I also realized that the portions for the Levites had ⚓not been given them; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone back to ⚓his field.
11So ⚓I contended with the rulers, and said, ⚓“Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their place.
12⚓Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the storehouse.
13⚓And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouse Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered ⚓faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.
14⚓Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services!
15In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine presses ⚓on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, ⚓which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them about the day on which they were selling provisions.
16Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, by which you profane the Sabbath day?
18⚓Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”
19So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it ⚓began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and charged that they must not be opened till after the Sabbath. ⚓Then I posted some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
20Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
21Then I warned them, and said to them, “Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you!” From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath.
22And I commanded the Levites that ⚓they should cleanse themselves, and that they should go and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy!
23In those days I also saw Jews who⚓had married women of ⚓Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
24And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of one or the other people.
25So I ⚓contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them ⚓swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.
26⚓Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, ⚓who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. ⚓Nevertheless pagan women caused even him to sin.
27Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, ⚓transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?”
28And one of the sons ⚓of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of ⚓Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.
29⚓Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and ⚓the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
30⚓Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also ⚓assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,
31and to bringing⚓the wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times.
⚓Remember me, O my God, for good!
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Ranáq Cayoah Aloŏh Tễ Tỗp Canŏ́h
1Tâng tangái ki bo noau doc phễp rit Môi-se na sưong casang yỗn cũai proai tamứng, noau ramóh santoiq neq: “Chỗi yỗn tỗp Amôn tỡ la tỗp Mô-ap mut tâng Dống Sang Toâr parnơi cớp máh cũai proai Yiang Sursĩ,
2yuaq tỗp Amôn cớp tỗp Mô-ap tỡ bữn dững sana cớp dỡq yỗn tỗp I-sarel nguaiq bo alới mbỡiq loŏh tễ cruang Ê-yip-tô. Ma alới ĩt práq chang Balam yỗn toâq pupap tỗp I-sarel; ma Yiang Sursĩ ralêq chíq santoiq pupap cỡt santoiq bốn puan ễn.”
3Toâq cũai proai I-sarel sâng santoiq tễ phễp rit nâi, tỗp alới cayoah máh cũai tễ tỗp canŏ́h tỡ yỗn alới mut tâng Dống Sang Toâr.
Ranáq Nê-hamia Táq
4E-lia-sip, la cũai tễng rit sang, cỡt cũai nhêng salĩq ranáq ramoat dŏq máh crơng tâng Dống Sang Toâr, ma án ratoi cớp Tô-bia khoiq dũn lứq chơ.
5Tễ nhũang án yỗn Tô-bia muoi clống la‑a tâng Dống Sang Toâr. Ma clống ki pĩeiq noau dŏq máh crơng sang neq: Máh thữ racáu, crơng phuom, crơng radỡng, pún muoi chít, blŏ́ng nho, cớp dỡq nsễng o‑li‑vê. Dũ ramứh ki noau dững yỗn tỗp Lê-vi, tỗp ũat khễn, tỗp cũai kĩaq toong dống sang, cớp yỗn máh cũai tễng rit sang.
6Bo E-lia-sip táq ranáq nâi, cứq tỡ bữn ỡt tâng vil Yaru-salem, yuaq tâng cumo pái chít la bar Ar-tasơc-si chỗn cỡt puo tâng cruang Ba-bulôn, chơ cứq píh chu atỡng yỗn puo dáng tễ ranáq cứq táq. Ma tỡ bữn dũn máh léq, cứq sễq tễ puo yỗn cứq píh chu loah pỡ vil Yaru-salem.
7Tữ cứq toâq loah pỡ vil Yaru-salem, cứq hữm lôih lứq E-lia-sip yỗn Tô-bia muoi clống tâng Dống Sang Toâr.
8Cứq sâng cutâu lứq cớp voang aloŏh nheq máh crơng Tô-bia;
9chơ cứq ớn táq rit sambráh loah clống tễ ranáq lôih ki, cớp cứq yỗn noau dững dŏq loah máh crơng radỡng tâng Dống Sang Toâr, dếh máh thữ racáu chiau sang cớp crơng phuom dŏq loah pỡ ntốq tiaq.
10Cứq noâng bữn dáng máh cũai ũat tâng Dống Sang Toâr cớp tỗp Lê-vi canŏ́h dễq nheq tễ vil Yaru-salem, chơ chu loah pỡ nia sarái alới bữm, cỗ máh cũai proai yỗn crơng sana tỡ bữn dũ yỗn alới cha.
11Yuaq ngkíq, cứq tếq máh cũai sốt neq: “Cỗ nŏ́q anhia táh Dống Sang Yiang Sursĩ?”
Chơ cứq parỗm loah máh tỗp Lê-vi cớp tỗp ũat, yỗn alới píh toâq ỡt loah tâng dống sang dŏq táq loah ranáq alới.
12Vớt tễ ki, nŏ́q bữn cũai proai dững pún muoi chít pỡ clống tâng Dống Sang Toâr, dếh crơng neq: Máh thữ racáu, blŏ́ng nho, cớp dỡq nsễng o‑li‑vê.
13Chơ cứq chóh pái náq cũai yỗn nhêng salĩq máh clống ki la neq: Sê-lamia cũai tễng rit sang, Sadôc cũai yống rit, cớp Pê-daya cũai tễ tỗp Lê-vi. Ma Hanan, con samiang Sacur cớp châu Ma-tania, cỡt cũai rachuai alới. Cứq dáng samoât, alới nâi têq noap cớp cỡt cũai tanoang tapứng tâng máh ranáq sacrai crơng yỗn sễm ai ca táq ranáq parnơi.
14Yiang Sursĩ ơi! Sễq anhia sanhữ cớp chỗi khlĩr máh ranáq o cứq khoiq táq yỗn dống sang anhia, cớp máh ranáq sang toam anhia tâng ntốq ki.
15Tâng clống máh tangái ki, cứq hữm máh cũai proai tâng cruang Yuda pát palâi nho tâng Tangái Rlu. Cớp bữn tỗp canŏ́h ễn patiang máh crơng tâng cloong aséh dễn, chơ dững chu vil Yaru-salem, bữn neq: Máh thữ racáu, blŏ́ng nho, palâi nho, palâi tarúng, cớp máh crơng canŏ́h. Chơ cứq catoaih tỗp alới chỗi chếq ntrớu tâng Tangái Rlu.
16Ma bữn cũai tễ vil Ti-rơ ca ỡt tâng vil Yaru-salem, alới dững chếq sĩaq cớp máh crơng canŏ́h yỗn cũai I-sarel pỡ vil Yaru-salem tâng Tangái Rlu.
17Cứq tếq máh cũai sốt tỗp I-sarel cớp atỡng alới neq: “Anhia nhêng chu máh ranáq sâuq anhia ntôm táq tíh! Anhia ntôm táq yỗn Tangái Rlu cỡt tỡ bữn noau yám noap noâng.
18Yuaq ngkíq, Yiang Sursĩ yỗn achúc achiac anhia cuchĩt pứt bo án talốh táh vil nâi. Ma sanua, anhia ễn ntôm táq yỗn Yiang Sursĩ cỡt cutâu mứt chóq tỗp I-sarel na anhia táq yỗn Tangái Rlu cỡt tỡ bữn noau yám noap.”
19Ngkíq dũ tangái nhũang Tangái Rlu, cứq ớn noau catáih chíq ngoah toong vil Yaru-salem nhũang cheq ễ sadâu,⚓ cớp cứq tỡ yỗn noau pớh toau vớt Tangái Rlu. Cứq ớn cũai táq ranáq cứq ỡt kĩaq níc pỡ máh ngoah toong ki, yoc ễ dáng raloaih tỡ bữn noau dững amut máh crơng tâng vil tâng Tangái Rlu.
20Bữn muoi trỗ, tỡ la bar trỗ, cũai chếq chỡng bếq loâng yoah tiah vil Yaru-salem tâng tangái tapoât, dếh máh crơng ễ dững amut tâng vil.
21Cứq catoaih alới neq: “Tỡ bữn cỡt kia ntrớu anhia ỡt acoan tâng ntốq nâi yỗn toau toâq poang tarưp. Khân anhia noâng táq clốq, cứq lứq paláu anhia.”
Noap tễ tangái ki tỗp alới tỡ khớn toâq chếq noâng crơng tâng Tangái Rlu.
22Cứq ớn tỗp Lê-vi sambráh tỗ chác tễ ranáq lôih cớp pỡq kĩaq máh ngoah toong, dŏq têq dáng raloaih Tangái Rlu la tangái miar sang Yiang Sursĩ.
Ơ Yiang Sursĩ ơi! Sễq anhia sanhữ cứq cớp máh ranáq cứq khoiq táq. Sễq anhia dŏq dỡi tamoong cứq nhơ tễ ŏ́c ayooq toâr lứq khong anhia.
23Cớp tâng máh tangái ki, cứq noâng bữn ramóh sa‑ữi náq cũai samiang I-sarel racoâiq cớp mansễm tễ tỗp At-dôt, Amôn, cớp Mô-ap.
24Bữn tadĩ tỗp con alới táq ntỡng parnai At-dôt tỡ la parnai canŏ́h, cớp tỡ bữn dáng loâng parnai tỗp hái, la parnai Hê-brơ.
25Cứq manrap máh cũai samiang nâi na santoiq pupap, toân lapóh, cớp nhếc sóc alới. Chơ cứq ớn alới thễ dũan nhơ ramứh Yiang Sursĩ la alới cớp con châu alới tỡ bữn racoâiq ra‑ĩt noâng cớp cũai tễ tỗp canŏ́h.
26Cứq atỡng alới neq: “Cỗ mansễm cruang canŏ́h radững, yuaq puo Sa-lamôn táq ranáq lôih. Án la puo ca sốt clữi nheq tễ máh puo canŏ́h. Yiang Sursĩ ayooq án, cớp yỗn án cỡt puo dŏq sốt nheq tữh cũai I-sarel; ma án toâp sapứl tâng ranáq lôih cỗ mansễm tễ tỗp canŏ́h.
27Yuaq ngkíq, hếq tỡ ễq hữm anhia táq ranáq lôih cớp anhia tỡ bữn trĩh Yiang Sursĩ na anhia racoâiq ra‑ĩt cớp mansễm cruang canŏ́h.”
28Yôi-ada con samiang E-lia-sip, án sốt nheq tễ rit sang. Ma bữn muoi lám con samiang Yôi-ada racoâiq cớp con cumũr San-balat tễ vil Bet Hô-rôn. Yuaq ngkíq, cứq yỗn Yôi-ada loŏh chíq tễ vil Yaru-salem.
29Yiang Sursĩ ơi! Sễq anhia sanhữ nheq dũ ranáq tỗp nâi khoiq táq, yuaq alới mumat chớc máh cũai tễng rit sang cớp parnai anhia khoiq parkhán chóq cũai tễng rit sang, dếh chóq tỗp Lê-vi hỡ.
30Cứq khoiq táq yỗn cũai proai nâi cỡt bráh puai rit tễ máh ranáq sâuq tễ tỗp cruang canŏ́h; cứq khoiq thrũan táq rit yỗn tỗp tễng rit sang cớp tỗp Lê-vi dŏq alới têq dáng samoât tễ máh ranáq alới táq.
31Cứq ớn alới chuaq ũih dŏq bốh crơng chiau sang samoât khoiq anoat chơ, cớp cứq ớn cũai proai dững chiau sang máh thữ racáu cớp máh palâi alới ĩt dâu lứq.
Ơ Yiang Sursĩ ơi! Sễq anhia sanhữ dũ ramứh nâi la ranáq o lứq cứq khoiq táq.