1 The words of Nechemyah [God comforts] the son of Hakhalyah [whom Yehovah enlightens]. And it came to pass in the month Kislev [his confidence], in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan [lily] the palace,

2 That Hanani [gracious], one of my brethren, came, he and [certain] men of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]; and I asked them concerning the Y’hudim (Judeans) that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].

3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province [are] in great affliction and reproach (disgrace; shame): the wall of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] also [is] broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of heaven,

5 And said, I beseech (to call upon; appeal; beg) youi, O LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of heaven, the great and terrible God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], that keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

6 Let youi ear now be attentive, and youi eyes open, that youi may hear the prayer of youi servant, which I pray before youi now, day and night, for the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] youi servants, and confess the sins of the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], which we have sinned against youi: both I and my father’s house have sinned.

7 We have dealt very corruptly against youi, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which youi commanded youi servant Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters].

8 Remember, I beseech (to call upon; appeal; beg) youi, the word that youi commanded youi servant Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters], saying, [If] you2f transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

9 But [if] you2f turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, [yet] will I gather them from there, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

10 Now these [are] youi servants and youi people, whom youi have redeemed by youi great power, and by youi strong hand.

11 O Lord-Adonai (The Father) [Greatest Above All Things], I beseech (to call upon; appeal; beg) youi, let now youi ear be attentive to the prayer of youi servant, and to the prayer of youi servants, who desire to fear youi name: and prosper, I pray youi, youi servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.