- 這事作完了、眾首領來見我、說、以色列民和祭司、並利未人、沒有離絕迦南人、赫人、比利洗人、耶布斯人、亞捫人、摩押人、埃及人、亞摩利人、仍效法這些國的民、行可憎的事。
- 因他們為自己和兒子、娶了這些外邦女子為妻、以致聖潔的種類和這些國的民混雜.而且首領和官長、在這事上為罪魁。
- 我一聽見這事、就撕裂衣服和外袍、拔了頭髮和鬍鬚、驚懼憂悶而坐。
- 凡為以色列 神言語戰兢的、都因這被擄歸回之人所犯的罪、聚集到我這裡來.我就驚懼憂悶而坐、直到獻晚祭的時候。
- 獻晚祭的時候我起來、心中愁苦、穿著撕裂的衣袍、雙膝跪下向耶和華我的 神舉手、
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- After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, "The people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the neighboring peoples with their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites.
- They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the holy race with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness."
- When I heard this, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.
- Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.
- Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands spread out to the LORD my God
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