느9:1 백성들이 죄를
고백
느9:1 백성들의 금식과 회개
느 9:1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered
together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and having dust on their heads.
느 9:2 Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all
foreigners. They stood in their places and confesse d their sins and the
wickedness of their fathers.
느 9:3 They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law
of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter
in confession and in worshiping the LORD their God.
느9:4 제사장들과 레위인들의
기도
느 9:4 Standing on the stairs were the Levites--Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel,
Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani--wh o called with loud voices
to the LORD their God.
느 9:5 And the Levites--Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah,
Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah--said: "Sta nd up and praise the LORD your
God, who is from everlasting to everlasting." "Blessed be your glorious
name, a nd may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
느 9:6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest
heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the
seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes
of heaven worship you.
느 9:7 "You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of
Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.
느 9:8 You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant
with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise
because you are right eous.
느 9:9 "You saw the suffering of our forefathers in Egypt; you heard
their cry at the Red Sea.
느 9:10 You sent miraculous signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against
all his officials and all the people of his land , for you knew how arrogantly
the Egyptians treated them. You made a name for yourself, which remains
to this day.
느 9:11 You divided the sea before them, so that they passed through
it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers in to the depths, like
a stone into mighty waters.
느 9:12 By day you led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with
a pillar of fire to give them light on the way th ey were to take.
느 9:13 "You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven.
You gave them regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees
and commands that are good.
느 9:14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath and gave them commands,
decrees and laws through your servant Moses.
느 9:15 In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven and in their
thirst you brought them water from the rock; you t old them to go in and
take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand to give them.
느9:16 배반의 역사 회고
느 9:16 "But they, our forefathers, became arrogant and stiff-necked,
and did not obey your commands.
느 9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles
you performed among them. They became stiff-necked a nd in their rebellion
appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving
God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore
you did not desert them,
느 9:18 even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said,
'This is your god, who brought you up out of Eg ypt,' or when they committed
awful blasphemies.
느 9:19 "Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them
in the desert. By day the pillar of cloud did n ot cease to guide them
on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they
were to take.
느 9:20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold
your manna from their mouths, and you gave the m water for their thirst.
느 9:21 For forty years you sustained them in the desert; they lacked
nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did t heir feet become swollen.
느 9:22 "You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even
the remotest frontiers. They took over the cou ntry of Sihon king of Heshbon
and the country of Og king of Bashan.
느 9:23 You made their sons as numerous as the stars in the sky, and
you brought them into the land that you told their fathers to enter and
possess.
느 9:24 Their sons went in and took possession of the land. You subdued
before them the Canaanites, who lived in the la nd; you handed the Canaanites
over to them, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal
with them as the y pleased.
느 9:25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took
possession of houses filled with all kinds of good t hings, wells already
dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to
the full and were well-nouri shed; they reveled in your great goodness.
느 9:26 "But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they put
your law behind their backs. They killed you r prophets, who had admonished
them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.
느 9:27 So you handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them.
But when they were oppressed they cried out to yo u. From heaven you heard
them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued
them from the hand of their enemies.
느 9:28 "But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was
evil in your sight. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies
so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you
heard from heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them time after
time.
느 9:29 "You warned them to return to your law, but they became arrogant
and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, by which
a man will live if he obeys them. Stubbornly they turned their backs on
you, became st iff-necked and refused to listen.
느 9:30 For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you
admonished them through your prophets. Yet they p aid no attention, so
you handed them over to the neighboring peoples.
느 9:31 But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon
them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
느9:32 포로 시대의 회고
느 9:32 "Now therefore, O our God, the great, mighty and awesome God,
who keeps his covenant of love, do not let a ll this hardship seem trifling
in your eyes--the hardship that has come upon us, upon our kings and leaders,
upon our pr iests and prophets, upon our fathers and all your people, from
the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
느 9:33 In all that has happened to us, you have been just; you have
acted faithfully, while we did wrong.
느 9:34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests and our fathers did not
follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the warnings
you gave them.
느 9:35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great
goodness to them in the spacious and fertile land yo u gave them, they
did not serve you or turn from their evil ways.
느 9:36 "But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave
our forefathers so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it
produces.
느 9:37 Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings
you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they
please. We are in great distress.
느 9:38 "In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting
it in writing, and our leaders, our Levit es and our priests are affixing
their seals to it." |