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THE HOLY BIBLE
Translated from the Latin Vulgate
Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek,and Other Editions in Divers Languages
THE OLD TESTAMENT
First Published by the English College at Douay
A.D. 1609 & 1610
and
THE NEW TESTAMENT
First Published by the English College at Rheims
A.D. 1582
With Annotations
The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared withthe Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard ChallonerA.D. 1749-1752
THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAS, WHICH IS CALLED THE SECOND OF ESDRAS
This Book takes its name from the writer, who was cupbearer toArtaxerxes (surnamed Longimanus) king of Persia, and was sent by himwith a commission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. It is also calledthe second book of Esdras; because it is a continuation of the history,begun by Esdras, of the state of the people of God after their returnfrom captivity.
2 Esdras Chapter 1
Nehemias hearing the miserable state of his countrymen in Judea,lamenteth, fasteth, and prayeth to God for their relief.
1:1. The words of Nehemias the son of Helchias. And it came to pass inthe month of Casleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in the castle ofSusa,
1:2. That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and some men of Juda; and Iasked them concerning the Jews, that remained and were left of thecaptivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
1:3. And they said to me: They that have remained, and are left of thecaptivity there in the province, are in great affliction, and reproach:and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof areburnt with fire.
1:4. And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mournedfor many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God ofheaven.
1:5. And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great,and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee,and keep thy commandments:
1:6. Let thy ears be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer ofthy servant, which I pray before thee now, night and day, for thechildren of Israel thy servants: and I confess the sins of the childrenof Israel, by which they have sinned against thee: I and my father'shouse have sinned.
1:7. We have been seduced by vanity, and have not kept thy commandments,and ceremonies and judgments, which thou hast commanded thy servantMoses.
1:8. Remember the word that thou commandedst to Moses thy servant,saying: If you shall transgress, I will scatter you abroad among thenations:
1:9. But if you return to me, and keep my commandments, and do them,though you should be led away to the uttermost parts of the world, Iwill gather you from thence, and bring you back to the place which Ihave chosen for my name to dwell there.
1:10. And these are thy servants, and thy people: whom thou hastredeemed by thy great strength, and by thy mighty hand.
1:11. I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer ofthy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thyname: and