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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

⁵And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, said, Stand up, bless Jehovah your God from eternity to eternity. And let [men] bless the name of thy glory, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

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.

⁶Thou art the Same, thou alone, Jehovah, who hast made the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the seas and all that is therein. And thou quickenest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

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

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

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.

⁸and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest the 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 to his seed; and thou hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous.

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

⁹And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;

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.

¹⁰and didst shew signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants, and upon all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and thou didst make thee a name, as it is this day.

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

¹¹And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they went through the midst of the sea on dry [ground]; and their pursuers thou threwest into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

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

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

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

¹³And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

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

¹⁴And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.

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.

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

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

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

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.

¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

²²And thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, and didst divide them by countries; and they possessed the land of Sihon, as well the land of the king of Heshbon, as the land of Og king of Bashan.

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

²³And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

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.

²⁴And 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, both their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

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.

²⁵And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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.

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

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.

²⁷And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.

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.

²⁸But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest [them] from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies.

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.

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

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.

³⁰And many years didst thou forbear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; but they would not give ear: and thou gavest them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

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

³¹Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful ùGod.

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!

³²And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible ùGod, who keepest covenant and loving-kindness, 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 days of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

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

³³But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.

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.

³⁴And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

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.

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

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

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

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.'

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

³⁸And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.