Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we support you. Be strong and take action!”

你起来，这是你当办的事，我们必帮助你，你当奋勉而行。”

起来，这是你当办的事，我们必支持你，你当奋勇而行。”

起来，这是你当办的事，我们必支持你，你当奋勇而行。”

起来吧！这事由你处理，我们支持你，放胆去做吧！”

你起来！因为这事全在你身上，我们支持你，你当坚强地去作。”

你起來，這是你當辦的事，我們必幫助你，你當奮勉而行。」

起來，這是你當辦的事，我們必支持你，你當奮勇而行。」

起來，這是你當辦的事，我們必支持你，你當奮勇而行。」

起來吧！這事由你處理，我們支持你，放膽去做吧！」

你起來！因為這事全在你身上，我們支持你，你當堅強地去作。”

你起來；這是你應當行的事；我們擁護着你；你要剛強去作。』

爾起、此屬爾事、我儕偕爾、強乃志而為之、

爾當理此事、強厥志、我為扶翼。

起、爾當理此事、我必助爾、惟奮勉奮勉或作強心而行、

Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”

Get up, Ezra. This matter is in your hands. Do what you need to. We will be behind you all the way. Be brave and do it.”

Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it.”

Get up, for it is your duty to tell us how to proceed in setting things straight. We are behind you, so be strong and take action.”

Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act.”

Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We also are with you. Be of good courage, and do it.”

Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we support you. Be strong and take action!”

Arise; for[ this] matter[ belongeth] unto thee: we also[ will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do[ it].

Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!”

Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”

Therefore, strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed instead.

Realize now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the LORD God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of the LORD.”

Strengthen the weak hands, steady the shaking knees!Say to the cowardly:“ Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”

And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works,

The LORD then said to Joshua,“ Stand up! Why have you fallen facedown?Israel has sinned. They have violated my covenant that I appointed for them. They have taken some of what was set apart. They have stolen, deceived, and put those things with their own belongings.This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you what is set apart.“ Go and consecrate the people. Tell them to consecrate themselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There are things that are set apart among you, Israel. You will not be able to stand against your enemies until you remove what is set apart.In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the LORD selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan the LORD selects is to come forward family by family. The family the LORD selects is to come forward man by man.The one who is caught with the things set apart must be burned, along with everything he has, because he has violated the LORD’s covenant and committed an outrage in Israel.”Joshua got up early the next morning. He had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the Zerahite clan was selected. He had the Zerahite clan come forward by heads of families, and Zabdi was selected.He then had Zabdi’s family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.So Joshua said to Achan,“ My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to him. I urge you, tell me what you have done. Don’t hide anything from me.”Achan replied to Joshua,“ It is true. I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing a pound and a quarter, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under the cloak.”So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there was the cloak, concealed in his tent, with the silver underneath.They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out in the LORD’s presence.Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, and the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his ox, donkey, and sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.Joshua said,“ Why have you brought us trouble? Today the LORD will bring you trouble!” So all Israel stoned them to death. They burned their bodies, threw stones on them,and raised over him a large pile of rocks that remains still today. Then the LORD turned from his burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor still today.

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

“ It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his servants, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.

Whatever is commanded by the God of the heavens must be done diligently for the house of the God of the heavens, so that wrath will not fall on the realm of the king and his sons.Be advised that you do not have authority to impose tribute, duty, and land tax on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.And you, Ezra, according to God’s wisdom that you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the region west of the Euphrates who know the laws of your God and to teach anyone who does not know them.Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let the appropriate judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.Blessed be the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s mind to glorify the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,and who has shown favor to me before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by the hand of the LORD my God, and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.

in gold, silver, bronze, and iron— beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”

Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God’s house. Every willing person of any skill will be at your disposal for the work, and the leaders and all the people are at your every command.”

They answered Joshua,“ Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.We will obey you, just as we obeyed Moses in everything. Certainly the LORD your God will be with you, as he was with Moses.Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words in all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”