Neemia 1

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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. And it happened that, in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, I was in the capital city 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 And Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived, he and some men of Judah. And I questioned them about the Jews who had remained and were left behind from 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 said to me: “Those who have remained and have been left behind from the captivity, there in the province, are in great affliction and in disgrace. And the wall of Jerusalem has been broken apart, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
4 Cumque audissem verba huiuscemodi, sedi et flevi et luxi diebus multis;ieiunabam et orabam ante faciem Dei caeli.	4 And when I had heard this manner of words, I sat down, and I wept and mourned for many days. I fasted and prayed before the face of 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 And I said: “I beg you, O Lord, God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love you and who 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 ears be attentive, and may your eyes be open, so that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I am praying before you today, night and day, for the sons of Israel, your servants. And I am confessing the sins of the sons of Israel, which they have sinned against you. We have sinned, I and my father’s house.
7 delinquentes deliquimus contra te et non custodivimus praecepta et mandata etiudicia, quae praecepisti Moysi famulo tuo.	7 We have been seduced by vanity. And we have not kept your commandments and ceremonies and judgments, which you have instructed to your servant Moses.
8 Memento verbi, quod mandasti Moysi servo tuo dicens: “Cum transgressifueritis, ego dispergam vos in populos;	8 Remember the word which you commanded to your servant Moses, saying: ‘When you will have transgressed, I will disperse 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 if you will return to me, and keep my precepts, and do them, even if you will have been led away to the furthest reaches of the heavens, I will gather you from there, and I will lead you back to the place that I have chosen so that my name would dwell there.’
10 Ipsi enim sunt servi tui et populus tuus, quos redemisti infortitudine tua magna et in manu tua valida.	10 And these same are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great strength and by your powerful 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 I beg you, O Lord, may your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who are willing to fear your name. And so, guide your servant today, and grant to him mercy before this man.” For I was the cupbearer of the king.