¹Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

¹Ja sellesama kuu kahekümne neljandal päeval kogunesid Iisraeli lapsed paastuma, kotiriided seljas ja mulda pea peal.

²And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

²Ja Iisraeli sugu lahutas enese kõigist muulastest, astus ette ja tunnistas oma patte ning oma vanemate süütegusid.

³And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

³Siis nad tõusid oma kohal püsti ja lugesid Issanda, oma Jumala Seaduse raamatut kolm tundi; ja kolm tundi tunnistasid nad patte ning kummardasid Issandat, oma Jumalat.

⁴Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

⁴Ja Jeesua, Baani, Kadmiel, Sebanja, Bunni, Seerebja, Baani ja Kenani läksid üles leviitide lavale ja hüüdsid suure häälega Issanda, oma Jumala poole.

⁵Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

⁵Ja leviidid Jeesua, Kadmiel, Baani, Hasabneja, Seerebja, Hoodija, Sebanja ja Petahja ütlesid: 'Tõuske üles ja kiitke Issandat, oma Jumalat, igavesest ajast igavesti, ja õnnistage tema aulist nime, mis on ülem kui kõik kiitus ja ülistus!

⁶Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

⁶Sina üksi oled Issand, sina oled teinud taeva, taevaste taevad ja kõik nende väe, maa ja kõik, mis selle peal on, mered ja kõik, mis neis on. Sina annad neile kõigile elu ja taevavägi kummardab sind.

⁷Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

⁷Sina, Issand, oled Jumal, kes valis Aabrami ja tõi tema kaldealaste Uurist ning pani temale nimeks Aabraham.

⁸And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

⁸Sina leidsid tema südame sinu ees ustava olevat ja sa tegid temaga lepingu, et sa annad tema soole kaananlaste, hettide, emorlaste, perislaste, jebuuslaste ja girgaaslaste maa. Ja sa pidasid oma sõna, sest sina oled õige.

⁹And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

⁹Sina nägid meie vanemate viletsust Egiptuses ja kuulsid nende kisendamist Kõrkjamere ääres.

¹⁰And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

¹⁰Sina tegid tunnustähti ja imetegusid vaarao ja kõigi tema sulaste ja kogu tema maa rahva kallal, sest sa teadsid, et nad nende vastu ülbed olid olnud, ja sa tegid enesele nime, nagu see tänapäevalgi on.

¹¹And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

¹¹Sina lõhestasid nende ees mere ja nad läksid kuiva mööda mere keskelt läbi; aga nende tagaajajad sa viskasid sügavustesse otsekui kivi võimsasse vette.

¹²Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

¹²Sina juhtisid neid pilvesambas päeval ja tulesambas öösel, et valgustada neile teed, mida nad pidid käima.

¹³Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

¹³Ja sa tulid alla Siinai mäele ja rääkisid nendega taevast ning andsid neile õiged seadlused, tõsised õpetused, head määrused ja käsud.

¹⁴And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

¹⁴Sina tegid neile teatavaks oma püha hingamispäeva ja sa andsid neile käsud, määrused ja Seaduse oma sulase Moosese läbi.

¹⁵And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

¹⁵Sina andsid neile taevast leiba, kui neil oli nälg, ja lasksid neile kaljust vett voolata, kui neil oli janu. Ja sa käskisid neid minna pärima maad, mille sa kätt tõstes olid lubanud neile anda.

¹⁶But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

¹⁶Aga nemad, meie vanemad, läksid ülbeks, olid kangekaelsed ega kuulnud su käske.

¹⁷And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

¹⁷Nad tõrkusid kuulmast ega tuletanud meelde sinu imetegusid, mis sa neile olid teinud, vaid olid kangekaelsed ja oma tõrksuses võtsid nad pähe oma orjapõlve tagasi minna. Aga sina oled andeksandja Jumal, armuline ja halastaja, pika meelega ja rikas heldusest; sina ei jätnud neid maha.

¹⁸Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

¹⁸Kuigi nad tegid endile valatud vasika ja ütlesid: 'See on su jumal, kes sind Egiptusest välja tõi!' ja kuigi nad suuri teotusi korda saatsid,

¹⁹Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

¹⁹ei jätnud sina siiski neid kõrbes maha oma suure halastuse pärast. Pilvesammas ei lahkunud neist päeval, juhatamast neid teekonnal, ega tulesammas öösel, valgustamast neile teed, mida nad käisid.

²⁰Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

²⁰Sina andsid neile oma hea Vaimu, et neid targaks teha, oma mannat sa ei keelanud nende suudele ja andsid neile vett, kui neil oli janu.

²¹Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

²¹Nelikümmend aastat toitsid sa neid kõrbes, neil ei puudunud midagi, ei kulunud nende riided ega paistetanud jalad.

²²Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

²²Ja sa andsid neile kuningriigid ja rahvad ning jagasid need jaokaupa: nõnda pärisid nad Siihoni maa, Hesboni kuninga maa, ja Oogi, Baasani kuninga maa.

²³Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

²³Ja sa tegid nende lapsed paljuks nagu taevatähed ja viisid nad maale, mille kohta sa nende vanemaile olid öelnud, et nad lähevad seda pärima.

²⁴So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

²⁴Ja lapsed tulid ning pärisid maa, ja sina alandasid nende ees maa elanikud, kaananlased, ja andsid nad nende kätte, nende kuningad ja maa rahvad, et nad talitaksid nendega, nagu neile meeldib.

²⁵And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

²⁵Ja nad vallutasid kindlustatud linnad ja rammusa maa ning pärisid kojad, mis olid täis kõike head, suurel hulgal raiutud kaevusid, viinamägesid, õlipuid ja viljapuid. Nad sõid, nende kõht sai täis, nad läksid lihavaks ja elasid hästi sinu suure headuse tõttu.

²⁶Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

²⁶Ometi olid nad tõrksad ja hakkasid sulle vastu, heitsid sinu Seaduse selja taha ja tapsid sinu prohvetid, kes neid manitsesid sinu juurde tagasi pöörduma; ja nad saatsid korda suuri teotusi.

²⁷Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

²⁷Seepärast sa andsid nad nende vaenlaste kätte ja need rõhusid neid. Aga sel ajal, kui neil kitsas käes oli, kisendasid nad sinu poole ja sina kuulsid taevast ning andsid neile oma suure halastuse pärast päästjaid, kes päästsid nad nende vaenlaste käest.

²⁸But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

²⁸Aga kui nad said hingata, siis nad tegid jälle kurja sinu ees. Ja sina jätsid nad nende vaenlaste kätte, et need valitseksid nende üle. Aga kui nad jälle sind hüüdsid, siis sa kuulsid taevast ja päästsid nad oma halastuse pärast palju kordi.

²⁹And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

²⁹Ja sa manitsesid neid tagasi pöörduma sinu Seaduse juurde, aga nemad olid ülbed ega kuulnud su käske, vaid patustasid su seadluste vastu, mida inimene peab täitma, et ellu jääda, ja pöörasid tõrksalt selja ning olid kangekaelsed ega kuulnud mitte.

³⁰Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

³⁰Sa kannatasid nendega palju aastaid ja manitsesid neid oma Vaimu läbi oma prohvetite kaudu, aga nad ei pannud seda tähele; seepärast sa andsid nad teiste maade rahvaste kätte.

³¹Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

³¹Aga oma suure halastuse pärast ei teinud sa neile lõppu ega jätnud neid maha, sest sina oled armuline ja halastaja Jumal!

³²Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

³²Ja nüüd, meie Jumal, suur, vägev ja kartustäratav Jumal, kes peab lepingut ja osutab heldust: ära pea väheseks kõike seda kannatust, mis on tabanud meid, meie kuningaid, meie vürste, meie preestreid, meie prohveteid, meie vanemaid ja kogu su rahvast Assuri kuningate päevist kuni tänapäevani!

³³Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

³³Sina oled õiglane kõiges, mis meie peale on tulnud, sest sina oled osutanud ustavust, meie aga oleme olnud õelad.

³⁴Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

³⁴Jah, meie kuningad, meie vürstid, meie preestrid ja meie vanemad ei ole teinud su Seaduse järgi, ei ole tähele pannud su käske ja manitsusi, millega sa neid manitsesid.

³⁵For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

³⁵Nad ei teeninud sind oma kuningriigis, hoolimata sinu suurest headusest, mida sa neile osutasid, ja hoolimata avarast ja rammusast maast, mille sa neile olid andnud, ega pöördunud oma kurjadest tegudest.

³⁶Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

³⁶Vaata, me oleme nüüd sulased. Maal, mille sa andsid meie vanemaile, et nad sööksid selle vilja ja häid asju, vaata, seal me oleme sulased.

³⁷And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

³⁷Selle rikkalik saak läheb neile kuningaile, keda sa meie pattude pärast oled pannud meie üle; nemad valitsevad meie ihu ja meie karjade üle, nagu neile meeldib, ja meie oleme suures hädas.'

³⁸And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.