Now on the twenty fourth day of this month the children of Yisra᾽el were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and with earth upon them.

And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel gathered together in fasting and in sackcloth and (with) earth upon them [i.e., upon their heads].

And the seed of Yisra᾽el separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

And the seed of Israel were separated from all of the foreigners [i.e., the idolators, and from their foreign wives (viz. Ezra 9 and 10)], and they arose and made confession for their sins and for the transgressions of their fathers.

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the Tora of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and prostrated themselves before the Lord their God.

And they stood in their places and read in the scroll of the Torah of the L-rd their G d a quarter of the day, and (another) quarter, they made confession and prostrated themselves to the L-rd their G d.

Then upon the stairs of the Levites stood Yeshua, and Bani, Qadmi᾽el, Shevanya, Bunni, Sherevya, Bani, and Kenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

And there arose on the ascent of the Levites [(on which they stood when they chanted)] Yeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shevanyah, Buni, Sherevyah, Bani (and) Kenani, and they cried out in a great voice to the L-rd their G d.

Then the Levites, Yeshua, and Qadmi᾽el, Bani, Ḥashavneya, Sherevya, Hodiyya, Shevanya, and Petaĥya said, Rise up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting, and let them bless Thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

And the Levites said — Yeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Chahashav'nyah, Sherevyah, Hodiyah, Shevanyah (and) Petachyah — Arise and bless the L-rd your G d from the [beginning of] the world until the [end of] the world, and, [(addressing themselves to the Shechinah)], let them [(Israel)] bless the name of Your glory, which is exalted over all blessing and praise [(being their source)].

Thou are Lord alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all that is therein, and Thou dost preserve them all; and the host of heaven worships Thee.

You are the L-rd alone. You made the heavens and the heavens of the heavens and all their hosts; the earth and all that is upon it; the seas and all that is in them. And You give life to all, and the host of heaven bows down to you.

Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Avram, and didst bring him out of Ur of the Kasdim, and didst give him the name of Avraham;

You are the L-rd G d who chose Avram and took him out of Ur-Kasdim and made his name Avraham.

and didst find his heart faithful before Thee, and didst make a covenant with him to give the land of the Kena῾ani, the Ḥitti, the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Yevusi, and the Girgashi, to give it to his seed, and Thou hast performed Thy words; for Thou art righteous:

And You found his heart faithful before You, and You made a covenant with him to give him the land of the Canaani, the Perizi, the Yevussi and the Girgashi to give to his seed. And You fulfilled Your word, for You are righteous.

and Thou didst see the affliction of our fathers in Miżrayim, and didst hear their cry by the sea of Suf;

And You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and You heard their outcry at the Red Sea.

and didst show signs and wonders upon Par῾o, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for Thou didst know that they dealt arrogantly against them. So didst Thou make for Thyself a name, as it is this day.

And You placed signs and wonders in Pharaoh and in all his servants and in all the people of his land, for You knew that they [(the Egyptians)] devised evil against them [(Israel) viz. Exodus 18:11], and You made Yourself a Name as of this day.

And Thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and Thou didst throw their pursuers into the deeps, like a stone into the mighty waters.

And You split the sea before them, and they passed over in the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers You cast into the depths like a stone in mighty waters.

And Thou didst lead them with a pillar of cloud by day; and with a column of fire by night, to give them light on the way wherein they should go.

And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day and with a pillar of fire by night to light them on the way they were to go.

And Thou didst come down upon mount Sinay, and didst speak with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true Torot, good statutes and commandments:

And You descended on Mount Sinai to speak to them from heaven. And You gave them just judgments and laws of truth, good statutes and mitzvoth.

and Thou didst make known to them Thy holy sabbath, and didst command them precepts, statutes, and Tora, by the hand of Moshe Thy servant:

And You apprised them of Your holy Sabbath and You commanded unto them mitzvoth and statutes and Torah, by the hand of Moses, Your servant.

and Thou didst give them bread from heaven for their hunger, and didst bring forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst promise them that they should go in to possess the land which Thou hadst sworn to give them.

And You gave them bread from heaven in their hunger and water from a rock in their thirst. And You told them to come and inherit the land that You raised Your hand [i.e., that You swore] to give them.

But they and our fathers dealt arrogantly, and hardened their necks, and did not hearken to Thy commandments.

And they and our fathers sinned wilfully and stiffened their necks and did not heed Your mitzvoth.

And they refused to obey; nor were they mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst do among them; but they 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 great in love; so Thou didst not forsake them.

And they refused to listen and they did not remember the wonders that You had wrought for them. And they stiffened their necks, and they would make a leader for themselves to return to their servitude [of Egypt] in their rebelliousness. But You are a G-d of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and You did not forsake them.

Even when they had made for themselves a molten calf, and had said, This is thy God who brought thee up out of Miżrayim, and had committed great blasphemies;

Even though they made for themselves a molten calf and said: "This is your god, who took you up from the land of Egypt"; and they committed great blasphemies.

yet Thou in Thy manifold mercies didst not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; nor did the column of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

Yet You, in Your many mercies, did not forsake them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not depart from them by day to lead them on the way, and the pillar of fire by night to light them on the way they were to go.

And Thou didst give Thy good spirit to instruct them, and didst not withhold Thy manna from their mouth, and didst give them water for their thirst.

And You gave them Your goodly spirit to inform them, and You did not keep Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water in their thirst.

For forty years Thou didst sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.

And You fed them forty years in the desert. They lacked nothing. Their raiment did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

And Thou didst give them kingdoms and nations, and didst allot it to them piecemeal: so that they possessed the land of Siĥon, and the land of the king of Ḥeshbon, and the land of ῾Og king of Bashan.

And You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and You set them apart [(in isolation from the other peoples)]. And they inherited the land of Sichon and the land of the king of Cheshbon and the land of Og, the king of the Bashan.

Their children also Thou didst multiply like the stars of heaven, and didst bring them into the land, concerning which Thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

And You multiplied their children like the stars of the heavens, and You brought them to the land that you told their fathers to come to and inherit.

So the children went in and possessed the land, and Thou didst subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Kena῾anim, and didst give them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, so that they might do with them as they pleased.

And the children came and inherited the land, and You humbled before them the dwellers of the land, the Canaanites, and You delivered them into their hands, and their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them as they willed.

And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells already hewn, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were sated, and became fat, and delighted themselves in Thy great bounty.

And they conquered fortified cities and fat soil and they inherited houses full of all good (and) hewn-out wells, vineyards, olive yards, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were sated and they fattened and luxuriated in Your great good.

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against Thee, and cast Thy Tora behind their backs, and slew Thy prophets who forewarned them to turn them to Thee, and they committed great blasphemies.

And they rose up and rebelled against You, and they cast Your Torah behind their backs, and they killed Your prophets who exhorted them to return them to You, and they committed great blasphemies.

Therefore Thou didst deliver them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to Thee, Thou didst hear them from heaven; and according to Thy manifold mercies Thou didst give them rescuers, who rescued them out of the hand of their enemies.

And You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors and they afflicted them. And in the time of their affliction they would cry out to You. And You, in heaven, would hear. And in Your many mercies, You would give them saviors and they would save them from the hand of their oppressors.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before Thee: therefore Thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to Thee, Thou didst hear them from heaven; and many times didst Thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

And when (their lot) was eased, they would revert to doing evil before You and You would leave them in the hands of their foes. And they would oppress them and they would again cry out to You. And You, from heaven, would hear. And You would save them in Your mercies many times.

and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back to Thy Tora: yet they acted presumptuously, and hearkened not to Thy commandments, but sinned against Thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live by them;) and they turned a stubborn shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

And You would exhort them to return them to Your Torah. But they acted wilfully and would not heed Your mitzvoth and sinned in Your judgments, which, if a man does them, he lives through them. And they lifted a recalcitrant shoulder and stiffened their necks and would not pay heed.

Yet many years didst Thou bear with them, and didst forewarn them by Thy spirit in Thy prophets: yet they would not give ear: therefore Thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

And You drew out [Your mercies] to them for many years, and You warned them with Your spirit through Your prophets, but they would not listen.

Yet for Thy great mercies’ sake Thou didst not utterly consume them, or forsake them; for Thou art a gracious and merciful God.

And in Your many mercies You did not make an end of them and You did not forsake them, for You are a gracious and merciful G-d.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and troth, let not all the trouble seem little before Thee, that has 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 Ashshur to this day.

And now, our G-d, the great, and mighty, and awesome G-d, Keeper of the covenant and the lovingkindness, let (it) not be little before You, all the suffering that has befallen our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Ashur until this day.

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

And You are righteous in all [the affliction] that has come upon us. for You have wrought truth and we have been wicked.

nor have our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, kept Thy Tora, or hearkened to Thy commandments and Thy testimonies, with which Thou didst testify against them.

And our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not observed Your Torah and have not heeded Your mitzvoth and Your exhortations wherewith You exhorted them.

For they have not served Thee in their kingdom, and in Thy great bounty that Thou didst give them, and in the large and fat land which Thou didst give before them, nor did they turn from their wicked works.

And they, in their kingship and in their abundant good which You accorded them and in the broad, fat land that You placed before them did not serve You and did not repent of their wicked deeds.

Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that Thou didst give to our fathers to eat its fruit and its bounty, behold, we are servants in it;

Behold, we are servants this day; and the land that You gave our fathers, to eat its fruit and its good — behold, we are servants upon it.

and its rich yield goes to the kings whom Thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

And its produce adds [luxuries (through the taxes imposed upon us)] to the [gentile] kings that You have placed over us in our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our beasts at their will, and we find ourselves in great distress.