Neemia 1

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Verba Nehemiae filii Hacha liae. Et factum est in mense Ca sleu, annovicesimo, et ego eram in castro Susan.	1 The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. In the month Chislev of the twentieth year, I was in the citadel of Susa
2 Et venit Hanani unus de fratribus meis,ipse et viri ex Iuda; et interrogavi eos de Iudaeis, qui salvati erant etsupererant de captivitate, et de Ierusalem.	2 when Hanani, one of my brothers, came with other men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews, the remnant preserved after the captivity, and about Jerusalem,
3 Et dixerunt mihi: “ Superstites,qui supererant de captivitate ibi in provincia, in afflictione magna sunt et inopprobrio; et murus Ierusalem dissipatus est, et portae eius combustae sunt igne”.	3 and they answered me: "The survivors of the captivity there in the province are in great distress and under reproach. Also, the wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been gutted with fire."
4 Cumque audissem verba huiuscemodi, sedi et flevi et luxi diebus multis;ieiunabam et orabam ante faciem Dei caeli.	4 When I heard this report, I began to weep and continued mourning for several days; I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.
5 Et dixi: “ Quaeso, Domine, Deuscaeli, Deus fortis, magne atque terribilis, qui custodis pactum et misericordiamcum his, qui te diligunt et custodiunt mandata tua;	5 I prayed: "O LORD, God of heaven, great and awesome God, you who preserve your covenant of mercy toward those who love you and keep your commandments,
6 fiat auris tua auscultans,et oculi tui aperti, ut audias orationem servi tui, quam ego oro coram te hodie,die et nocte pro filiis Israel servis tuis, et confiteor pro peccatis filiorumIsrael, quibus peccaverunt tibi. Ego quoque et domus patris mei peccavimus,	6 may your ear be attentive, and your eyes open, to heed the prayer which I, your servant, now offer in your presence day and night for your servants the Israelites, confessing the sins which we of Israel have committed against you, I and my father's house included.
7 delinquentes deliquimus contra te et non custodivimus praecepta et mandata etiudicia, quae praecepisti Moysi famulo tuo.	7 Grievously have we offended you, not keeping the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which you committed to your servant Moses.
8 Memento verbi, quod mandasti Moysi servo tuo dicens: “Cum transgressifueritis, ego dispergam vos in populos;	8 But remember, I pray, the promise which you gave through Moses, your servant, when you said: 'Should you prove faithless, I will scatter you among the nations;
9 si autem revertamini ad me etcustodiatis praecepta mea et faciatis ea, etiamsi abducti fueritis in extremacaeli, inde congregabo vos et reducam in locum quem elegi, ut habitaret nomenmeum ibi”.	9 but should you return to me and carefully keep my commandments, even though your outcasts have been driven to the farthest corner of the world, I will gather them from there, and bring them back to the place which I have chosen as the dwelling place for my name.'
10 Ipsi enim sunt servi tui et populus tuus, quos redemisti infortitudine tua magna et in manu tua valida.	10 They are your servants, your people, whom you freed by your great might and your strong hand.
11 Obsecro, Domine, sit auris tua attendens ad orationem servi tui et adorationem servorum tuorum, qui volunt timere nomen tuum; et fac servum tuumprosperari hodie et da ei gratiam ante virum hunc ”. Ego enim eram pincernaregis.	11 O Lord, may your ear be attentive to my prayer and that of all your willing servants who revere your name. Grant success to your servant this day, and let him find favor with this man"-for I was cupbearer to the king.