As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

我听见这话，就坐下哭泣，悲哀几日，在天上的神面前禁食祈祷，说：

我听见这话，就坐下哭泣，悲哀几日，在天上的上帝面前禁食祈祷，

我听见这话，就坐下哭泣，悲哀几日，在天上的神面前禁食祈祷，

我一听见这消息，就坐下痛哭，悲伤了好几天。我在天上的上帝面前禁食祷告，说：

我听见了这些事，就坐下哭泣，悲伤了好几天，在天上的神面前禁食祷告，

我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的神面前禁食祈禱，說：

我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的上帝面前禁食祈禱，

我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的神面前禁食祈禱，

我一聽見這消息，就坐下痛哭，悲傷了好幾天。我在天上的上帝面前禁食禱告，說：

我聽見了這些事，就坐下哭泣，悲傷了好幾天，在天上的神面前禁食禱告，

我聽見了這些話，就坐下來哭，悲哀了幾天；在天上的上帝面前禁食祈禱，

我聞之、坐而哭泣、悲哀數日、禁食、祈禱於天上上帝前、

我聞之、深以為憂、坐而哭泣、數日飲食俱廢。祈禱天上上帝、

我聞此言、乃坐而哭泣、悲哀數日、禁食禱於天上之天主前、曰、

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

When I heard about these things, I sat down and wept. For several days I was very sad. I didn’t eat any food. And I prayed to the God of heaven.

When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

Now when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

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 of heaven,

When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.

While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.

Then the king said to me,“ What are you requesting?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.

He who brought the news answered and said,“ Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great defeat among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her,“ Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention.And she named the child Ichabod, saying,“ The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.And she said,“ The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”

I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

And he said to them,“ I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

And this was their reply to us:‘ We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.

As soon as I heard this, I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.