Neemia 9

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 In die autem vicesimo quarto mensis huius convenerunt filii Is rael inieiunio et in saccis, et humus super eos.	1 And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
2 Et separatum est semen filiorumIsrael ab omni alienigena; et steterunt et confitebantur peccata sua etiniquitates patrum suorum.	2 And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 Et consurrexerunt ad standum et legerunt involumine legis Domini Dei sui per quartam partem diei; et per quartam partemconfitebantur et adorabant Dominum Deum suum.	3 And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored the Lord their God.
4 Surrexerunt autem super gradumLevitarum Iesua et Bani et Cadmihel, Sebania, Bunni, Serebia, Bani et Chanani etclamaverunt voce magna ad Dominum Deum suum.	4 And there stood up upon the seep of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
5 Et dixerunt Levitae Iesua etCadmihel, Bani, Hasabneia, Serebia, Hodia, Sebania, Phethahia: “ Surgite, benedicite Domino Deo vestro ab aetemo usque in aeternum, et benedicant nomini gloriae tuae excelso super omnem benedictionem et laudem.	5 And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all blessing and praise.
6 Tu ipse, Domine, solus; tu fecisti caelum et caelum caelorum et omnem exercitum eorum, terram et universa, quae in ea sunt, maria et omnia, quae in eis sunt; et tu vivificas omnia haec, et exercitus caeli te adorat.	6 Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.
7 Tu ipse, Domine Deus, qui elegisti Abram et eduxisti eum de Ur Chaldaeorum et posuisti nomen eius Abraham.	7 Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.
8 Et invenisti cor eius fidele coram te et percussisti cum eo foedus, ut dares terram Chananaei, Hetthaei et Amorraei et Pherezaei et Iebusaei et Gergesaei, nempe ut dares semini eius; et implesti verba tua, quoniam iustus es.	8 And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just.
9 Et vidisti afflictionem patrum nostrorum in Aegypto clamoremque eorum audisti iuxta mare Rubrum.	9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.
10 Et dedisti signa atque portenta in pharaone et in universis servis eius et in omni populo terrae illius; cognovisti enim quia superbe egerant contra eos, et fecisti tibi nomen, sicut et in hac die.	10 And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land : for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day.
11 Et mare divisisti ante eos, et transierunt per medium maris in sicco; persecutores autem eorum proiecisti in profundum, quasi lapidem in aquas validas.	11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land: but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters.
12 Et in columna nubis ductor eorum fuisti per diem et in columna ignis per noctem, ut illuminaret eis viam, per quam ingrediebantur.	12 And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of Are by night, that they might see the way by which they went.
13 Ad montem quoque Sinai descendisti et locutus es cum eis de caelo; et dedisti eis iudicia recta et legem rectam, mandata et praecepta bona.	13 Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.
14 Et sabbatum sanctificatum tuum ostendisti eis et praecepta et mandata et legem praecepisti eis in manu Moysi servi tui.	14 Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.
15 Panem quoque de caelo dedisti eis in fame eorum et aquam de petra eduxisti eis in siti eorum; et dixisti eis, ut ingrederentur et possiderent terram, super quam levasti manum tuam, ut traderes eis.	15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them.
16 Ipsi vero patres nostri superbe egerunt et induraverunt cervices suas et non audierunt mandata tua.	16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.
17 Et noluerunt audire et non sunt recordati mirabilium tuorum, quae feceras eis, et induraverunt cervices suas et posuerunt caput suum, ut reverterentur ad servitutem suam in Aegyptum. Tu autem Deus propitius, clemens et misericors, longanimis et multae miserationis, non dereliquisti eos.	17 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.
18 Et quidem, cum fecissent sibi vitulum conflatilem et dixissent: “Iste est Deus tuus, qui eduxit te de Aegypto” feceruntque blasphemias magnas;	18 Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that brought thee out of Egypt: and hail committed great blasphemies :
19 tu autem in misericordiis tuis multis non dimisisti eos in deserto: columna nubis non recessit ab eis per diem, ut duceret eos in viam; et columna ignis per noctem, ut illuminaret eis iter, per quod ingrederentur.	19 Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should go.
20 Et spiritum tuum bonum dedisti, qui doceret eos, et manna tuum non prohibuisti ab ore eorum et aquam dedisti eis in siti eorum.	20 And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst.
21 Quadraginta annis pavisti eos in deserto, nihilque eis defuit; vestimenta eorum non inveteraverunt, et pedes eorum non intumuerunt.	21 Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.
22 Et dedisti eis regna et populos et partitus es eis sortes; et possederunt terram Sehon et terram regis Hesebon et terram Og regis Basan.	22 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.
23 Et multiplicasti filios eorum sicut stellas caeli; et adduxisti eos ad terram, de qua dixeras patribus eorum, ut ingrederentur et possiderent.	23 And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.
24 Et venerunt filii et possederunt terram, et humiliasti coram eis habitatores terrae Chananaeos; et dedisti eos in manu eorum et reges eorum et populos terrae, ut facerent eis, sicut placebat illis.	24 And the children came and possessed the land, and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Chanaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as it pleased them.
25 Ceperunt itaque urbes munitas et humum pinguem; et possederunt domos plenas cunctis bonis, cisternas ab aliis fabricatas, vineas et oliveta et ligna pomifera multa. Et comederunt et saturati sunt et impinguati sunt et delectati sunt in bonitate tua magna.	25 And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with delight in thy great goodness.
26 Vexaverunt autem te et rebellaverunt contra te et proiecerunt legem tuam post terga sua; et prophetas tuos occiderunt, qui contestabantur eos, ut reverterentur ad te; feceruntque blasphemias grandes.	26 But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee : and they were guilty of great blasphemies.
27 Et dedisti eos in manu hostium suorum, et afflixerunt eos; et in tempore tribulationis suae clamaverunt ad te, et tu de caelo audisti et secundum miserationes tuas multas dedisti eis salvatores, qui salvarent eos da manu hostium suorum.	27 And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of their enemies.
28 Cumque requievissent, reversi sunt, ut facerent malum in conspectu tuo; et dereliquisti eos in manu inimicorum suorum, et dominati sunt eis. Conversique sunt et clamaverunt ad te; tu autem de caelo exaudisti et liberasti eos in misericordiis tuis multis vicibus.	28 But after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight : and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies.
29 Et contestatus es eos, ut reduceres eos ad legem tuam; ipsi vero superbe egerunt et non audierunt mandata tua et in iudicia tua peccaverunt, quae si fecerit homo, vivet in eis, et dederuntumerum rebellem et cervicem suam induraverunt nec audierunt.	29 And thou didst admonish them to re turn to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
30 Et pepercisti eis annos multos et contestatus es eos in spiritu tuo per manum prophetarum tuorum, et non audierunt; et tradidisti eos in manu populorum terrarum.	30 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.
31 In misericordiis autem tuis plurimis non fecisti eos in consumptionem nec dereliquisti eos; quoniam Deus misericors et clemens es tu.	31 Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.
32 Nunc itaque, Deus noster magne, fortis et terribilis, custodiens pactum et misericordiam, ne parvipendas omnem laborem, qui invenit nos, reges nostros et principes nostros et sacerdotes nostros et prophetas nostros et patres nostros et omnem populum tuum a diebus regum Assyriae usque in diem hanc.	32 Now therefore our God, great, strong and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people from the days of the king of Assur, until this day.
33 Et tu iustus es in omnibus, quae venerunt super nos, quia recte fecisti, nos autem impie egimus.	33 And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.
34 Reges nostri, principes nostri, sacerdotes nostri et patres nostri non fecerunt legem tuam et non attenderunt mandata tua et testimonia tua, quae testificatus es in eis.	34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them.
35 Et ipsi in regnis suis et in bonitate tua multa, quam dederas eis, et in terra latissima et pingui, quam tradideras in conspectu eorum, non servierunt tibi nec reversi sunt a studiis suis pessimis.	35 And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked devices.
36 Ecce nos ipsi hodie servi sumus; et in terra, quam dedisti patribus nostris, ut comederent fructum eius et bona eius, nos ipsi servi sumus.	36 Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it.
37 Et fruges eius multiplicantur regibus, quos posuisti super nos propter peccata nostra, et corporibus nostris dominantur et iumentis nostris secundum voluntatem suam, et in tribulatione magna sumus ”.	37 And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation.
	38 and because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.