Divers abuses are reformed.

 1 And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever:
In die autem illo, lectum est in volumine Moysi, audiente populo : et inventum est scriptum in eo, quod non debeant introire Ammonites et Moabites in ecclesiam Dei usque in aeternum :

 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned the curse into blessing.
eo quod non occurrerint filiis Israel cum pane et aqua, et conduxerint adversum eos Balaam, ad maledicendum eis : et convertit Deus noster maledictionem in benedictionem.

 3 And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every stranger from Israel.
Factum est autem, cum audissent legem, separaverunt omnem alienigenam ab Israel.

 4 And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.
Et super hoc erat Eliasib sacerdos, qui fuerat praepositus in gazophylacio domus Dei nostri, et proximus Tobiae.

 5 And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests.
Fecit ergo sibi gazophylacium grande, et ibi erant ante eum reponentes munera, et thus, et vasa, et decimam frumenti, vini, et olei, partes Levitarum, et cantorum, et janitorum, et primitias sacerdotales.

 6 But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king:
In omnibus autem his non fui in Jerusalem, quia anno trigesimo secundo Artaxerxis regis Babylonis veni ad regem, et in fine dierum rogavi regem.

 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house of God.
Et veni in Jerusalem, et intellexi malum, quod fecerat Eliasib Tobiae, ut faceret ei thesaurum in vestibulis domus Dei.

 8 And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.
Et malum mihi visum est valde. Et projeci vasa domus Tobiae foras de gazophylacio :

 9 And I commanded and they cleansed the storehouses: and I brought thither again the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
praecepique et emundaverunt gazophylacia : et retuli ibi vasa domus Dei, sacrificium, et thus.

 10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that ministered were fled away every man to his own country:
Et cognovi quod partes Levitarum non fuissent datae : et fugisset unusquisque in regionem suam de Levitis, et cantoribus, et de his qui ministrabant :

 11 And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I made them to stand in their places.
et egi causam adversus magistratus, et dixi : Quare dereliquimus domum Dei? Et congregavi eos, et feci stare in stationibus suis.

 12 And all Juda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses.
Et omnis Juda apportabat decimam frumenti, vini, et olei, in horrea.

 13 And we set over the storehouses Selemias the priest, and Sadoc the scribe, and of the Levites Phadaia, and next to them Hanan the son of Zachur, the son of Mathania: for they were approved as faithful, and to them were committed the portions of their brethren.
Et constituimus super horrea Selemiam sacerdotem, et Sadoc scribam, et Phadaiam de Levitis, et juxta eos Hanan filium Zachur, filium Mathaniae : quoniam fideles comprobati sunt, et ipsis creditae sunt partes fratrum suorum.

 14 Remember me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my kindnesses, which I have done relating to the house of my God and his ceremonies.
Memento mei, Deus meus, pro hoc, et ne deleas miserationes meas, quas feci in domo Dei mei, et in caeremoniis ejus.

 15 In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and lading asses with wine, and grapes, and figs, and all manner of burthens, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. And I charged them that they should sell on a day on which it was lawful to sell.
In diebus illis vidi in Juda calcantes torcularia in sabbato, portantes acervos, et onerantes super asinos vinum, et uvas, et ficus, et omne onus, et inferentes in Jerusalem, die sabbati. Et contestatus sum ut in die qua vendere liceret, venderent.

 16 Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who brought fish, and all manner of wares: and they sold them on the sabbaths to the children of Juda in Jerusalem.
Et Tyrii habitaverunt in ea inferentes pisces, et omnia venalia : et vendebant in sabbatis filiis Juda in Jerusalem :

 17 And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?
et objurgavi optimates Juda, et dixi eis : Quae est haec res mala, quam vos facitis, et profanatis diem sabbati?

 18 Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel by violating the sabbath.
Numquid non haec fecerunt patres nostri, et adduxit Deus noster super nos omne malum hoc, et super civitatem hanc? et vos additis iracundiam super Israel violando sabbatum.

 19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem were at rest on the sabbath day, I spoke: and they shut the gates, and I commanded that they should not open them till after the sabbath: and I set some of my servants at the gates, that none should bring in burthens on the sabbath day.
Factum est autem, cum quievissent portae Jerusalem in die sabbati, dixi : et clauserunt januas, et praecepi ut non aperirent eas usque post sabbatum : et de pueris meis constitui super portas, ut nullus inferret onus in die sabbati.

 20 So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice.
Et manserunt negotiatores, et vendentes universa venalia, foris Jerusalem semel et bis.

 21 And I charged them, and I said to them: Why stay you before the wall? if you do so another time, I will lay hands on you. And from that time they came no more on the sabbath.
Et contestatus sum eos, et dixi eis : Quare manetis ex adverso muri? si secundo hoc feceritis, manum mittam in vos. Itaque ex tempore illo non venerunt in sabbato.

 22 I spoke also to the Levites that they should be purified, and should come to keep the gates, and to sanctify the sabbath day: for this also remember me, O my God, and spare me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Dixi quoque Levitis ut mundarentur, et venirent ad custodiendas portas, et sanctificandam diem sabbati : et pro hoc ergo memento mei, Deus meus, et parce mihi secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum.

 23 In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab.
Sed et in diebus illis vidi Judaeos ducentes uxores Azotidas, Ammonitidas, et Moabitidas.

 24 And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews' language, but they spoke according to the language of this and that people.
Et filii eorum ex media parte loquebantur azotice, et nesciebant loqui judaice, et loquebantur juxta linguam populi et populi.

 25 And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:
Et objurgavi eos, et maledixi. Et cecidi ex eis viros, et decalvavi eos, et adjuravi in Deo, ut non darent filias suas filiis eorum, et non acciperent de filiabus eorum filiis suis, et sibimetipsis, dicens :

 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing? and surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.
Numquid non in hujuscemodi re peccavit Salomon rex Israel? et certe in gentibus multis non erat rex similis ei, et dilectus Deo suo erat, et posuit eum Deus regem super omnem Israel : et ipsum ergo duxerunt ad peccatum mulieres alienigenae.

 27 And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women?
Numquid et nos inobedientes faciemus omne malum grande hoc ut praevaricemur in Deo nostro, et ducamus uxores peregrinas?

 28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.
De filiis autem Jojada filii Eliasib sacerdotis magni, gener erat Sanaballat Horonites, quem fugavi a me.

 29 Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.
Recordare, Domine Deus meus, adversum eos qui polluunt sacerdotium, jusque sacerdotale et Leviticum.

 30 So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry:
Igitur mundavi eos ab omnibus alienigenis, et constitui ordines sacerdotum et Levitarum, unumquemque in ministerio suo :

 31 And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen.
et in oblatione lignorum in temporibus constitutis, et in primitivis : memento mei, Deus meus, in bonum. Amen.