9. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Nehemiah 1:9:1 ⧉וְשַׁבְתֶּ֣םveshavtemand you returned Nehemiah 1:9:2 ⧉אֵלַ֔יelaito me Nehemiah 1:9:3 ⧉וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ushemartemand you kept Nehemiah 1:9:4 ⧉מִצְוֺתַ֔יmitsvotaimy commandments Nehemiah 1:9:5 ⧉וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םvaasitemand you did Nehemiah 1:9:6 ⧉אֹתָ֑םotamthem Nehemiah 1:9:7 ⧉אִם־יִהְיֶ֨הimyihyeif there would be Nehemiah 1:9:8 ⧉נִֽדַּחֲכֶ֜םniddakhakhemyour outcast ones Nehemiah 1:9:9 ⧉בִּקְצֵ֤הbiktsein the end of Nehemiah 1:9:10 ⧉הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙hashamayimthe heavens Nehemiah 1:9:11 ⧉מִשָּׁ֣םmishshamfrom there Nehemiah 1:9:12 ⧉אֲקַבְּצֵ֔םakabtsamI will gather them Nehemiah 1:9:13 ⧉והבואתיםvehavoatimand I will bring them Nehemiah 1:9:14 ⧉וַהֲבִֽיאוֹתִים֙vahaviotimand I will bring them Nehemiah 1:9:15 ⧉אֶל־הַמָּק֔וֹםelhamakomto the place Nehemiah 1:9:16 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich Nehemiah 1:9:17 ⧉בָּחַ֔רְתִּיbakhartiI chose Nehemiah 1:9:18 ⧉לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןleshakhento cause to dwell Nehemiah 1:9:19 ⧉אֶת־שְׁמִ֖יetshemi{direct object} my name Nehemiah 1:9:20 ⧉שָֽׁם׃shamthere |
9. Formal Translation And if you return to Me {Yahweh, Exile Restorer} and keep My commandments and do them, though your outcasts are at the farthest end of the heavens, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place I have chosen for My name to dwell there. |
9. Dynamic Translation But if you come back to Me {Yahweh, Exile Gatherer} and heed My commands and put them into practice, even if your outcasts are at the uttermost horizon, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place I have appointed to set My name there. |