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1And after these things were accomplished, the princes came to me, saying: The people of Israel, and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, and from their abominations, namely, of the Chanaanites, and the Hethites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites, and the Egyptians, and the Amorrhites.Terminate queste cose, vennero a trovarmi i principi, e dissero: Il popolo d'Israele, i sacerdoti, e i Leviti non sono più segregati dai popoli di questi paesi, e dalle abbominazioni di costoro, viene a dire, de' Chananei, degli Hethei, de' Pherezei, delli Jebusei, e Ammoniti, e Moabiti, ed Egiziani, e Amorrhei.AND after these thinges were accomplished, the princes came to me, saying: The people of Israel, and the Priests and Leuites are not seperated from the people of the landes, and from the abhominations of them, to witte, of the Chananeite, and Hetheite, and Pherezeite, and Iebuseite, and of the Ammonites, and Moabites, and the Aegyptians, and Amorrheites.Postquam autem hæc completa sunt, accesserunt ad me principes, dicentes: Non est separatus populus Israël, sacerdotes et Levitæ, a populis terrarum et abominationibus eorum: Chananæi videlicet, et Hethæi, et Pherezæi, et Jebusæi, et Ammonitarum, et Moabitarum, et Ægyptiorum, et Amorrhæorum: 2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression.Perocché hanno preso delle loro figliuole per se, e pei proprj figliuoli, e hanno confusa la stirpe santa colle nazioni del paese: e i principi e i magistrati hanno i primi avuto parte a questa prevaricazione.For they haue taken of their daughters to them and to their sonnes, and haue mingled the holie seede with the people of the landes. The hand also of the princes and magistrates hath bene first in this transgression.tulerunt enim de filiabus eorum sibi et filiis suis, et commiscuerunt semen sanctum cum populis terrarum: manus etiam principum et magistratuum fuit in transgressione hac prima. 3And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning.Udite queste parole, stracciai il mio pallio, e la tonaca, e mi strappai i capelli della testa, e della barba, e mi posi a sedere pieno di tristezza.And when I had heard this word, I rent my cloke and my coate, and plucked of the heares of my head and bearde, and sate mourning.Cumque audissem sermonem istum, scidi pallium meum et tunicam, et evelli capillos capitis mei et barbæ, et sedi mœrens. 4And there were assembled to me all that feared the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that were come from the captivity, and I sat sorrowful, until the evening sacrifice.E si radunarono presso di me tutti quelli che temevano la parola del Dio d'Israele per riguardo alla prevaricazione di quelli, che erano tornati dalla schiavitù: e io stava assiso con tristezza sino al sagrifizio della sera.And there assembled to me al that feared the God of Israel, for the trangression of them, that were come from the captiuitie, and I sate sorowful, vntil the euening sacrifice.Convenerunt autem ad me omnes qui timebant verbum Dei Israël, pro transgressione eorum qui de captivitate venerant, et ego sedebam tristis usque ad sacrificium vespertinum:

5And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my affliction, and having rent my mantle and my garment, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord my God,E all'ora del sagrifizio della sera io mi sollevai dalla mia afflizione, e stracciato il pallio, e la tonaca, m'inginocchiai, e alzai le mie mani al Signore Dio mio,And at the euening sacrifice I rose out of my affliction, and my cloke and coate being rent I fell vpon my knees, and spred forth my hands to our Lord my God,et in sacrificio vespertino, surrexi de afflictione mea, et scisso pallio et tunica, curvavi genua mea, et expandi manus meas ad Dominum Deum meum. 6And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven,E dissi: Dio mio, io mi vergogno, e non ardisco di alzar a te la mia faccia: perocché le nostre iniquità soverchiano la nostra testa, e i nostri delitti si sono alzati sino al cielo,And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lifte vp my face to thee: because our iniquities are multiplied ouer our head, and our sinnes haue growen euen vnto heauen,Et dixi: Deus meus, confundor et erubesco levare faciem meam ad te: quoniam iniquitates nostræ multiplicatæ sunt super caput nostrum, et delicta nostra creverunt usque ad cælum, 7From the days of our fathers: and we ourselves also have sinned grievously unto this day, and for our iniquities we and our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is at this day.Fin dai giorni de' padri nostri: ma oltre a ciò noi medesimi abbiam peccato grandemente, e per le nostre iniquità siamo abbandonati noi, i nostri re, e i nostri sacerdoti al potere dei re della terra, alla spada, e alla schiavitù, e alle rapine, e agli obbrobrj, come si vede anche in oggi.from the dayes of our fathers: yea and we our selues also haue sinned greuously vnto this day, and in our iniquities haue we bene deliuered our solues, and our Kinges, and our Priestes into the hand of the kinges of the landes, and into the sword, and into captuitie, and into spoyle, and into confusion of countenance, as also at this day.a diebus patrum nostrorum: sed et nos ipsi peccavimus graviter usque ad diem hanc, et in iniquitatibus nostris traditi sumus ipsi, et reges nostri, et sacerdotes nostri, in manum regum terrarum, et in gladium, et in captivitatem, et in rapinam, et in confusionem vultus, sicut et die hac. 8And now as a little, and for a moment has our prayer been made before the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant, and give us a pin in his holy place, and that our God would enlighten our eyes, and would give us a little life in our bondage.E ora come per poco, e per un momento è stata ammessa la nostra orazione presso al Signore Dio nostro, affinchè fosser lasciati in libertà i nostri avanzi, e ci fosse data fermezza nel suo luogo santo, e illuminasse il nostro Dio gli occhi nostri, e ci desse di respirare alcun poco nella nostra servitù;And now as it were a litle, and for a moment was our prayer made before the Lord our God, that a remnant might be left vs, and a nayle might be geuen vs in his holie place, and that our God would illuminate our eies, and would geue vs a litle life in our bondage.Et nunc quasi parum et ad momentum facta est deprecatio nostra apud Dominum Deum nostrum, ut dimitterentur nobis reliquiæ, et daretur nobis paxillus in loco sancto ejus, et illuminaret oculos nostros Deus noster, et daret nobis vitam modicam in servitute nostra:

9For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.Perocché noi siamo servi, ma nella nostra servitù non ci ha abbandonati il nostro Dio, che anzi colla sua misericordia ha ammollito il re de' Persiani, affinchè questi ci donasse la vita, e rialzasse la casa del nostro Dio, e ne ristorasse le ruine, e ci desse ricovero in Giuda, e in Gerusalemme.Because we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God •id not forsake vs, & he inclined mercie vpon vs before the king of the Persians, to geue vs life, and to aduance the house of our God, and to build the desolations therof and to geue vs a hedge in Iuda and Ierusalem.quia servi sumus, et in servitute nostra non dereliquit nos Deus noster, sed inclinavit super nos misericordiam coram rege Persarum, ut daret nobis vitam, et sublimaret domum Dei nostri, et exstrueret solitudines ejus, et daret nobis sepem in Juda et Jerusalem. 10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,E adesso, che direm noi dopo tali cose, o Dio nostro? Noi abbiam messi in non cale i tuoi comandamenti.And now what shal we fay, ô our God, after these thinges? because we haue forsaken thy cōmandmēts,Et nunc quid dicemus, Deus noster, post hæc ? Quia dereliquimus mandata tua, 11Which thou hast commanded by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying: The land which you go to possess, is an unclean land, according to the uncleanness of the people, and of other lands, with their abominations, who have filled it from mouth to mouth with their filth.Intimati da te per mezzo de' profeti tuoi servi, mentre dicevi: La terra, di cui entrerete in possesso, ell'è terra immonda (come sono immondi gli altri popoli, e le altre terre) per le abbominazioni, e le immondezze, onde costoro l'hanno inondata da un'estremità sino all'altra.which thou hast cōmanded in the hand of thy seruantes the prophetes, saying: The land, to the which you enter to possesse it, is an vncleane land, according to the vncleannesse of peoples, and of other landes, by the abhominations of them that haue filled it from mouth vnto mouth in theier coinquination.quæ præcepisti in manu servorum tuorum prophetarum, dicens: Terra, ad quam vos ingredimini ut possideatis eam, terra immunda est juxta immunditiam populorum, ceterarumque terrarum, abominationibus eorum qui repleverunt eam ab ore usque ad os in coinquinatione sua. 12Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, and take not their daughters for your sons, and seek not their peace, nor their prosperity for ever: that you may be strengthened, and may eat the good things of the land, and may have your children your heirs for ever.Voi pertanto non darete le vostre figliuole ai figliuoli di costoro, né le loro figlie darete per mogli ai vostri figliuoli, e non curate la loro pace, e la loro prosperità in eterno, affinchè diventiate possenti, sostentandovi dei beni di questa terra, e la lasciate in retaggio a' vostri figliuoli in eterno.Now therfore geue not your daughters to their sonnes, and their daughters take not for your sonnes, and doe ye not seeke their peace, and their prosperity for euer: that you may be strengthned, and may eate the goodes that are of the land, and may haue your children heyres for euer.Nunc ergo filias vestras ne detis filiis eorum, et filias eorum ne accipiatis filiis vestris, et non quæratis pacem eorum et prosperitatem eorum usque in æternum: ut confortemini, et comedatis quæ bona sunt terræ, et hæredes habeatis filios vestros usque in sæculum.

13And after all that is come upon us, for our most wicked deeds, and our great sin, seeing that thou our God hast saved us from our iniquity, and hast given us a deliverance as at this day,E dopo tutte le sciagure cadute sopra di noi per le opere nostre malvage, e pel nostro peccato grande, tu, Dio nostro, ci hai liberati dalla nostra iniquità, e ci hai data salute, come oggi l'abbiamo:And after al thinges that come vpon vs in our most wicked workes, and our most great sinne, because thou our God hast deliuered vs from our iniquitie, and hast geuen vs health as it is at this day 〈◊〉Et post omnia quæ venerunt super nos in operibus nostris pessimis, et in delicto nostro magno, quia tu, Deus noster, liberasti nos de iniquitate nostra, et dedisti nobis salutem sicut est hodie, 14That we should not turn away, nor break thy commandments, nor join in marriage with the people of these abominations. Art thou angry with us unto utter destruction, not to leave us a remnant to be saved?A condizione però, che noi non torniamo indietro, e non conculchiamo i tuoi precetti, e non facciamo matrimonj con que' popoli rei di tali abbominazioni. Se' tu forse irato con noi fino all'esterminio, onde non sia salute per gli avanzi, che a noi tu lasciasti?that we shal not turne away, and make frustrate thy commandementes, neither should ioyne matrimonies with the peoples of these abominations Why art thou angrie with vs vnto vtter destruction, not to leaue vs a remnant vnto saluation?ut non converteremur, et irrita faceremus mandata tua, neque matrimonia jungeremus cum populis abominationum istarum. Numquid iratus es nobis usque ad consummationem, ne dimitteres nobis reliquias ad salutem ? 15O Lord God of Israel, thou art just: for we remain yet to be saved as at this day. Behold we are before thee in our sin, for there can be no standing before thee in this matter.Signore Dio d'Israele, giusto se' tu: noi siamo rimasi per esser salvati come oggi si vede. Eccoci dinanzi a te col nostro peccato: perocché non può cosa tale sostenersi nel tuo cospetto.Lord God of Israel thou artiust: because we are leift, which should be saued as at this day. Behold we are before thee in our sinne, for there can be no standing before thee vpon this.Domine Deus Israël, justus es tu: quoniam derelicti sumus, qui salvaremur sicut die hac. Ecce coram te sumus in delicto nostro: non enim stari potest coram te super hoc.