1Sesudah terlaksana semuanya itu, penguasa-penguasa datanglah kepadaku dengan berkata, Rakyat Israel berserta para imamnya, dan orang Lewi, tidak memisahkan diri mereka daripada penghuni tanah-tanah ini, dan berbuat menurut kekejian mereka, yakni dari kalangan orang Kanaan, orang Het, orang Feris, orang Yebus, orang Amon, orang Moab, orang Mesir, dan orang Amori.
2Sebab mereka telah mengambil bagi diri mereka sendiri anak-anak perempuan orang-orang itu, dan juga bagi anak-anak mereka sendiri: sehingga benih yang kudus itu telah bercampur sesama dengan rakyat di tanah-tanah itu: ya, tangan para penguasa dan para pemerintahlah yang paling terlibat dalam pelanggaran ini.
3And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
4Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
5Dan pada waktu korban petang aku bangkit daripada kesusahanku; dan sementara telah mengoyak pakaianku dan jubahku, aku jatuh berlutut, dan mengangkat tanganku ke TUHAN Allahku,
6And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.trespass: or, guiltiness
7Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
8And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD 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.space: Heb. momenta nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode
9For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto 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 the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.to repair: Heb. to set up
10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
11Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.by: Heb. by the hand offrom�: Heb. from mouth to mouth
12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;hast punished�: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities
14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
15O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.