Ezra 9

1Nang magawa nga ang mga bagay na ito, ang mga prinsipe ay nagsilapit sa akin, na nangagsasabi: Ang bayan ng Israel, at ang mga saserdote, at ang mga Levita, ay hindi nagsihiwalay sa mga bayan ng mga lupain, na nagsisigawa ng ayon sa kanilang mga karumaldumal, sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga Cananeo, ang mga Hetheo, ang mga Pherezeo, ang mga Jebuseo, ang mga Ammonita, ang mga Moabita, ang mga taga Egipto, at ang mga Amorrheo. 2Sapagka't kinuha nila ang kanilang mga anak na babae sa ganang kanilang sarili, at sa kanilang mga anak na lalake, na anopa't ang banal na binhi ay nahalo nga sa bayan ng mga lupain: oo, ang kamay ng mga prinsipe at ng mga pinuno ay naging puno sa pagsalangsang na ito. 3At nang mabalitaan ko ang bagay na ito, aking hinapak ang aking suot at ang aking balabal, at binaltak ko ang buhok ng aking ulo at ng aking baba, at ako'y naupong natitigilan. 4Nang magkagayo'y nagpipisan sa akin ang lahat na nanginginig sa mga salita ng Dios ng Israel, dahil sa pagsalangsang nila na sa pagkabihag; at ako'y naupong natitigilan hanggang sa pagaalay sa hapon. 5At sa pagaalay sa kinahapunan ay bumangon ako sa aking pagpapakumbaba, na hapak ang aking suot at ang aking balabal; at ako'y lumuhod ng aking mga tuhod, at iniunat ko ang aking mga kamay sa Panginoon kong Dios; 6At aking sinabi, Oh aking Dios; ako'y napahiya at namula na itaas ang aking mukha sa iyo, na aking Dios: sapagka't ang aming mga kasamaan ay nagsilala sa aming ulo, at ang aming sala ay umabot hanggang sa langit. 7Mula ng mga kaarawan ng aming mga magulang ay naging totoong salarin kami hanggang sa araw na ito; at dahil sa aming mga kasamaan, kami, ang aming mga hari, at ang aming mga saserdote ay nangabigay sa kamay ng mga hari ng mga lupain, sa tabak, sa pagkabihag, sa pagkasamsam, at sa kahihiyan ng mukha, gaya sa araw na ito. 8At ngayon sa sandaling panahon ay napakita ang biyaya na mula sa Panginoon naming Dios, upang iwan sa amin ang isang nalabi na nakatanan at upang bigyan kami ng isang pako sa kaniyang dakong banal, upang palinawin ng aming Dios ang aming mga mata, at bigyan kami ng kaunting kabuhayan sa aming pagkaalipin. 9Sapagka't kami ay mga alipin; gayon ma'y hindi kami pinabayaan ng aming Dios sa aming pagkaalipin, kundi naggawad ng kaawaan sa amin sa paningin ng mga hari sa Persia, upang bigyan kami ng kabuhayan, upang itayo ang bahay ng aming Dios, at upang husayin ang sira niyaon, at upang bigyan kami ng kuta sa Juda at sa Jerusalem. 10At ngayon, Oh aming Dios, ano ang aming sasabihin pagkatapos nito? sapagka't aming pinabayaan ang iyong mga utos. 11Na iyong iniutos sa pamamagitan ng iyong mga lingkod na mga propeta, na nangagsasabi, Ang lupain, na inyong pinaroroonan upang ariin, ay maruming lupain dahil sa mga karumihan ng mga bayan ng mga lupain, dahil sa kanilang mga karumaldumal, na pinuno sa dulo't dulo ng kanilang karumihan. 12Ngayon nga'y huwag ninyong ibigay ang inyong mga anak na babae sa kanilang mga anak na lalake, ni kunin man ninyo ang kanilang mga anak na babae sa ganang inyong mga anak na lalake, ni hanapin ang kanilang kapayapaan o ang kanilang kaginhawahan magpakailan man: na kayo baga'y magsilakas, at magsikain ng buti ng lupain, at iwan ninyo na pinakamana sa inyong mga anak magpakailan man. 13At pagkatapos ng lahat na dumating sa amin dahil sa aming masamang mga gawa, at dahil sa aming malaking sala, sa paraang ikaw na aming Dios ay nagparusa sa amin, ng kulang kay sa marapat sa aming mga kasamaan, at binigyan mo kami ng ganitong nalabi. 14Amin ba uling sisirain ang iyong mga utos, at makikipisan ng mahigpit sa mga bayan na nagsisigawa ng mga karumaldumal na ito? hindi ka ba magagalit sa amin hanggang sa inyong malipol kami, na anopa't huwag magkaroon ng nalabi, o ng sinomang nakatanan. 15Oh Panginoon, na Dios ng Israel, ikaw ay matuwid, sapagka't kami ay naiwan na isang nalabi na nakatanan, na gaya sa araw na ito: narito, kami ay nangasa harap mo sa aming sala; sapagka't walang makatatayo sa harap mo dahil dito.

1Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.” 3When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded. 4Then were assembled to me everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering. 5At the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God; 6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens. 7Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. 8Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 10“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments, 11which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness. 12Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’ 13“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant, 14shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape? 15Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.”

1Als nu deze dingen voleind waren, traden de vorsten tot mij toe, zeggende: Het volk Israels, en de priesters, en de Levieten, zijn niet afgezonderd van de volken dezer landen, naar hun gruwelen, namelijk van de Kanaanieten, de Hethieten, de Ferezieten, de Jebusieten, de Ammonieten, de Moabieten, de Egyptenaren en Amorieten. 2Want zij hebben van hun dochteren genomen voor zichzelven en voor hun zonen, zodat zich vermengd hebben het heilig zaad met de volken dezer landen; ja, de hand der vorsten en overheden is de eerste geweest in deze overtreding. 3Als ik nu deze zaak hoorde, scheurde ik mijn kleed en mijn mantel; en ik trok van het haar mijns hoofds en mijns baards uit, en zat verbaasd neder. 4Toen verzamelden zich tot mij allen, die voor de woorden van den God Israels beefden, om de overtreding der weggevoerden; doch ik bleef verbaasd zitten tot aan het avondoffer. 5En omtrent het avondoffer stond ik op uit mijn bedruktheid, als ik nu mijn kleed en mijn mantel gescheurd had; en ik boog mij op mijn knieen, en breidde mijn handen uit tot den HEERE, mijn God. 6En ik zeide: Mijn God, ik ben beschaamd en schaamrood, om mijn aangezicht tot U op te heffen, mijn God; want onze ongerechtigheden zijn vermenigvuldigd tot boven ons hoofd, en onze schuld is groot geworden tot aan den hemel. 7Van de dagen onzer vaderen af zijn wij in grote schuld tot op dezen dag; en wij zijn om onze ongerechtigheden overgegeven, wij, onze koningen en onze priesters, in de hand van de koningen der landen, in zwaard, in gevangenis, en in roof, en in schaamte des aangezichts, gelijk het is te dezen dage. 8En nu is er, als een klein ogenblik, een genade geschied van den HEERE, onzen God, om ons een ontkoming over te laten, en ons een nagel te geven in Zijn heilige plaats, om onze ogen te verlichten, o onze God, en om ons een weinig levens te geven in onze dienstbaarheid. 9Want wij zijn knechten; doch in onze dienstbaarheid heeft ons onze God niet verlaten; maar Hij heeft weldadigheid tot ons geneigd voor het aangezicht der koningen van Perzie, dat Hij ons een weinig levens gave, om het huis onzes Gods te verhogen, en de woestigheden van hetzelve op te richten, en om ons een tuin te geven in Juda en te Jeruzalem. 10En nu, wat zullen wij zeggen, o onze God! na dezen? Want wij hebben Uw geboden verlaten, 11Die Gij geboden hadt door den dienst Uwer knechten, de profeten, zeggende: Het land, waar gijlieden inkomt, om dat te erven, is een vuil land, door de vuiligheid van de volken der landen, om hun gruwelen, waarmede zij dat vervuild hebben, van het ene einde tot het andere einde, met hun onreinigheid. 12Zo zult gij nu uw dochteren niet geven aan hun zonen, en hun dochteren niet nemen voor uw zonen, en zult hun vrede en hun best niet zoeken, tot in eeuwigheid; opdat gij sterk wordt, en het goede des lands eet, en uw kinderen doet erven tot in eeuwigheid. 13En na alles, wat over ons gekomen is, om onze boze werken, en om onze grote schuld, omdat Gij, o onze God! belet hebt, dat wij niet te onder zijn vanwege onze ongerechtigheid, en hebt ons een ontkoming gegeven, als deze is; 14Zullen wij nu wederkeren, om Uw geboden te vernietigen, en ons te verzwageren met de volken dezer gruwelen? Zoudt Gij niet tegen ons toornen tot verterens toe, dat er geen overblijfsel noch ontkoming zij? 15O HEERE, God van Israel! Gij zijt rechtvaardig; want wij zijn overgelaten ter ontkoming, als het is te dezen dage. Zie, wij zijn voor Uw aangezicht in onze schuld; want er is niemand, die voor Uw aangezicht zou kunnen bestaan, om zulks.