1The vibes of Nehemiah, son of Hachaliah. So, in the month Chisleu, year twenty, I was chilling in Shushan palace.

2Hanani, one of my homies, pulled up with some Judah crew; I asked ‘em about the Jews who made it outta captivity and what’s good with Jerusalem.

3They told me the remnant left in the province is struggling hard, like, the wall of Jerusalem is totally wrecked, and the gates are straight-up burnt.

4When I heard this, I just sat down and cried, mourned for days, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven, no cap.

5I was like, “Yo, Lord God of heaven, the great and kinda scary God, keepin’ it real for those who love you and follow your rules.”

6Please listen up, and open your eyes, so you can catch the prayer of your servant, which I’m throwing up day and night for the kids of Israel, confessing our sins, ‘cause we’ve messed up, me and my fam too.

7We’ve been super sus against you, not keeping your commandments or rules or judgments you gave to Moses.

8Remember, I’m begging you, the word you gave Moses: if you mess up, I’ll scatter you among the nations, periodt.

9But if you turn back to me and keep my commandments, even if you’re scattered to the farthest edge of heaven, I’ll scoop you up from there and bring you to the spot I picked for my name.

10These are your servants and your people, whom you’ve rescued with your mad power and strong hand, fr.

11O Lord, I’m asking you, please listen to the prayer of your servant and the prayers of those who wanna respect your name; bless your servant today and show him mercy in the eyes of this dude. I was the king’s cupbearer.

1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

2That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

4And 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 of heaven,

5And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.

7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

9But if ye 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 thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.