9–BOB
Isroil xalqining xiyonati
1 Shu voqealardan keyin Isroil xalqining yoʻlboshchilari mening oldimga kelib, shunday deyishdi: “Surgundan qaytgan Isroil xalqining koʻpchiligi, hatto baʼzi ruhoniylar bilan levilar mahalliy xalqlardan oʻzlarini saqlamadilar. Ular Kanʼon, Xet, Pariz, Yobus, Ommon, Moʻab, Misr va Amor xalqlarining jirkanch odatlarini oʻzlashtirib oldilar. 2 Yahudiy erkaklarining baʼzilari oʻsha xalqlarning qizlariga uylandilar, oʻgʻillariga ham oʻsha xalqlarning qizlaridan olib berdilar. Shu tariqa muqaddas xalq yurtdagi boshqa xalqlar bilan chatishib ketdi. Bu xiyonatni yoʻlboshchilar bilan amaldorlar boshlab berishdi.” 3 Men bu gaplarni eshitganimda qaygʻudan koʻylagim va ridoimni yirtib tashladim, soch–soqolimni yuldim. Qattiq iztirobda qoldim. 4 Surgundan qaytganlarning bu xiyonati dastidan Isroil Xudosining soʻzlaridan qoʻrqadigan hamma odamlar mening atrofimga toʻplandilar. Men esa kechki qurbonlik nazr qilinadigan paytgacha iztirob chekib oʻtiraverdim.
Ezra iltijo qiladi
5 Kechki qurbonlik paytida men hamon iztirob chekkanimcha oʻtirgan oʻrnimdan turdim. Koʻylaklarim va ridoim yirtilgan holatda tiz choʻkdim. Egam Xudoga qoʻllarimni choʻzib, 6 yolvordim:
“Ey Xudoyim! Qattiq xijolatdaman, huzuringda boshimni koʻtarishga botinolmayman. Ey Xudoyim! Ayblarimiz boshimizdan ham oshib ketgan, gunohlarimiz togʻday uyilib, osmonu falakka yetgan. 7 Ota–bobolarimiz davridan shu kungacha biz gunohga botib keldik. Ayblarimiz tufayli Sen bizni, shohlarimizni, ruhoniylarimizni boshqa yurtlarning shohlariga magʻlub qilding. Ular bizni oʻldirishdi, talon–taroj qilishdi, asir qilib olib ketishdi, xuddi hozirgiday, biz sharmandali ahvolga tushdik.
8 Endi esa, ey Egamiz Xudo, Sen qisqa vaqt davomida bizga shafqatingni koʻrsatib, bizni omon saqlading, muqaddas maskaning oldiga joylashtirding. Bizga umid berding, qulligimizda ozgina boʻlsa ham, halovat ato qilding. 9 Ey Xudoyimiz, biz qul boʻlsak ham, Sen bizni tark etmading. Bizga marhamat koʻrsatib, Fors shohining iltifotiga sazovor qilding. Bizga yangi hayot ato qilding, uyingni qayta qurishimizga, uni tiklashimizga imkoniyat berding, Yahudo yurtida va Quddusda bexatar yashashimizga imkoniyat yaratding.
10 Ey Xudoyimiz, endi nima ham derdik?! Bularning hammasidan keyin ham biz amrlaringga rioya qilmadik. 11 Sen paygʻambar qullaring orqali shunday amr bergan eding: «Sizlar egalik qilish uchun kirayotgan bu yurt mahalliy xalqlarning butparast udumlari tufayli harom boʻlgan. Xalqlar jirkanch odatlari bilan butun yurtni u boshidan bu boshigacha bulgʻadilar. 12 Shuning uchun ularga qiz uzatmanglar, oʻgʻillaringizga ularning qizlarini olib bermanglar. Ularga hech qachon tinchlik va farovonlikni ravo koʻrmanglar. Shundagina sizlar kuchli boʻlasizlar, yurtning aʼlo hosilidan yeb, rohatlanasizlar, bu yurtni bolalaringizga abadiy meros qilib qoldirasizlar.»
13 Qabih ishlarimiz, oʻzlarimizning ayblarimiz boshimizga tushgan hamma koʻrgiliklarga sabab boʻldi. Aslida, ey Xudoyim, Sen bizni gunohlarimiz uchun yanada koʻp jazolashing kerak edi, lekin unday qilmading, ayrimlarimizni omon saqlading. Mana shulardan keyin ham 14 biz amrlaringni buzdik. Jirkanch odatlarga mukkasidan ketgan xalqlar bilan quda–andachilik qildik! Endi Sen bizdan gʻazablanib, birontamizni ham tirik qoldirmay qirib tashlashing aniq! 15 Ey Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamiz, Sen adolatlisan. Shunga qaramay, shu kungacha Sen bizni asrab kelding. Sening oldingda turishga haqimiz yoʻq, lekin mana, ayblarimiz bilan oldingda turibmiz.”
1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
5 ¶ And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, 11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve , and hast given us such deliverance as this; 14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us , so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? 15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
