Ezra 8:21 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

ASV Byzantine Text

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Asang Khongca Bible

To naah Sithaw mah, ka tawnh o ih hmuennawk, nawktanawk hoi kaicae khaeah toenghaih loklam to patuek hanah, Sithaw hmaa ah, buhzah hanah, Ahava vapui taengah lok ka thuih pae.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Kaimih kah Pathen mikhmuh ah yalh sak ham neh amah te toem hamla, kaimih ham neh ka ca rhoek ham khaw, kaimih kah khuehtawn boeih ham longpuei thuem sak ham khaw, Ahava tuiva ah yaehnah pahoi ka doek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Kaimih kah Pathen mikhmuh ah yalh sak ham neh amah te toem hamla, kaimih ham neh ka ca rhoek ham khaw, kaimih kah khuehtawn boeih ham longpuei thuem sak ham khaw, Ahava tuiva ah yaehnah pahoi ka doek.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Alaila kukala aku au i hookeai malaila ma ka muliwai o Ahava, i hoohaahaa iho ai makou ia makou iho imua o ko kakou Akua, e imi aku ia ia i aoao pono no makou, a no ka makou kamalii, a no ka makou waiwai a pau.

English Berean Standard Bible

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Antan nou la bò kannal Aava a, mwen bay lòd pou tout moun fè jèn, pou nou soumèt nou devan Bondye, pou mande l' pou nou fè yon bon vwayaj, pou l' pwoteje nou, pitit nou yo ansanm ak tout byen nou yo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et prædicavi ibi jejunium juxta fluvium Ahava, ut affligeremur coram Domino Deo nostro, et peteremus ab eo viam rectam nobis et filiis nostris, universæque substantiæ nostræ.

Bible in Basic English

Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et là, près du fleuve Ahava, je publiai un jeûne, pour nous humilier devant notre Dieu, pour lui demander le vrai chemin, pour nous et pour nos enfants, et pour tout notre avoir.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Tedy vyhlásil jsem tu půst u řeky Ahava, abychom se ponižovali před Bohem svým, a hledali od něho cesty přímé sobě a dítkám svým, i všemu jmění našemu.

Kosraean Bible

Ingo sisken Inyoa Ahava, nga sapkin tuh kut nukewa in lalo ac akpusiselye kut ye mutun God lasr, ac siyuk sel tuh Elan kol kut ke fahsr lasr ac lisringkuti ac tulik natusr ac ma lasr nukewa.

World Portuguese Bible

Então proclamei um jejum ali junto ao rio Aava, para que pudéssemos nos humilhar perante o nosso Deus, para buscar dele um caminho seguro para nós, para os nossos pequeninos e para todos os nossos bens.

Romanian BTF Bible

Atunci eu am proclamat un post acolo, la râul Ahava, ca să ne chinuim înaintea Dumnezeului nostru, pentru a căuta la el o cale dreaptă pentru noi şi pentru micuţii noştri şi pentru toată averea noastră.

Brenton English Septuagint

And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aüe, that we should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဘုရားသခင်သည်ငါတို့ခရီးပြုရာတွင် ရှေ့ဆောင်လမ်းပြတော်မူ၍ငါတို့နှင့်တကွ သားသမီးများနှင့်ပစ္စည်းဥစ္စာများကိုကာကွယ် စောင့်ရှောက်တော်မူစိမ့်သောငှာ ငါတို့ရှိသမျှ သည်ကိုယ်တော်၏ရှေ့တော်၌စိတ်နှလုံးနှိမ့်ချ လျက် အစာရှောင်ကြရန်ထိုအဟာဝတူး မြောင်းအနီးတွင် ငါအမိန့်ထုတ်ပြန်ခဲ့၏။-

Darby Translation

And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und ich rief daselbst, am Flusse Ahawa, ein Fasten aus, um uns vor unserem Gott zu demütigen, um von ihm einen geebneten Weg zu erbitten für uns und für unsere Kinder und für alle unsere Habe.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen riep ik aldaar een vasten uit aan de rivier Ahava, opdat wij ons verootmoedigden voor het aangezicht onzes Gods, om van Hem te verzoeken een rechten weg, voor ons, en voor onze kinderkens, en voor al onze have.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Nu kondigde ik daar, bij de rivier Ahawa, een vasten af, om ons voor onzen God te vernederen, en een gelukkige reis van Hem af te smeken voor ons, onze kinderen en voor onze have.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ed io bandii quivi il digiuno presso del fiume di Ahava, per umiliarci nel cospetto dell'Iddio nostro, per chiedergli prospero viaggio per noi, per le nostre famiglie, e per tutte le nostre facoltà .

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our substance.

Geneva Bible 1599

And there at the Riuer, by Ahaua, I proclaimed a fast, that we might humble our selues before our God, and seeke of him a right way for vs, and for our children, and for all our substance.

Danish Bible 1931

Så lod jeg der ved Floden Ahava udråbe en Faste til Ydmygelse for vor Guds Åsyn for hos ham at udvirke en lykkelig Rejse for os og vore Familier og Ejendele;

Leeser Tanakh

Then did I proclaim a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to request from him a prosperous journey for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of Him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

King James Version

¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Tại đó, gần bên sông A-ha-va, ta truyền kiêng cữ ăn, để chúng hạ mình xuống trước mặt Đức Chúa Trời chúng ta, và cầu xin Ngài chỉ cho biết đường chánh đáng chúng ta, con cái chúng ta, và tài sản mình phải đi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Revised West Version

¶ Pea ne u fanongonongo ʻae ʻaukai ʻi ai, ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ko ʻAheva, koeʻuhi ke mau tautea ʻakimautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo homau ʻOtua, ke kumi ʻiate ia ʻae hala totonu kiate kimautolu, pea moʻo ʻemau fānau iiki, pea ki heʻemau meʻa kotoa pē.

French Ostervald Bible

Là, près du fleuve d'Ahava, je publiai un jeûne, afin de nous humilier devant notre Dieu, en le priant de nous donner un heureux voyage, pour nous et pour nos petits enfants, et pour tous nos biens.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj mi proklamis tie faston ĉe la rivero Ahava, por ke ni humiligu nin antaŭ nia Dio, por peti de Li ĝustan vojon por ni, por niaj infanoj, kaj por nia tuta havo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Là, près du fleuve d’Ahava, je publiai un jeûne d’humiliation devant notre Dieu, afin d’implorer de lui un heureux voyage pour nous, pour nos enfants, et pour tout ce qui nous appartenait.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und ich ließ daselbst am Wasser bei Ahava ein Fasten ausrufen, daß wir uns demütigten vor unserm Gott, zu suchen von ihm einen richtigen Weg für uns und unsre Kinder und alle unsre Habe.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aue, that we should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.

British English Septuagint 2012

And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aue, that we should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.

Majority Standard BIble

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Webster Bible

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Revised Version

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E colà, presso il fiume Ahava, io bandii un digiuno per umiliarci nel cospetto del nostro Dio, per chiedergli un buon viaggio per noi, per i nostri bambini, e per tutto quello che ci apparteneva;

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Là, près du fleuve d'Ahava, je proclamai un jeûne afin que nous nous humiliions devant notre Dieu et lui demandions un chemin sûr pour nous, nos enfants et tous nos biens.

Reina Valera 1909

Y publiqué ayuno allí junto al río de Ahava, para afligirnos delante de nuestro Dios, para solicitar de él camino derecho para nosotros, y para nuestros niños, y para toda nuestra hacienda.

Spanish BLL

Allí, junto al río Ahava, ordené un ayuno para que nos humilláramos ante nuestro Dios y le pidiéramos que nos guiara por un buen camino a nosotros, a nuestros hijos y a todas nuestras pertenencias.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Entonces proclamé un ayuno allí, en el río Ahava, para humillarnos ante nuestro Dios y buscar de él un camino recto para nosotros, para nuestros pequeños y para todas nuestras posesiones.

Croatian Bible

Ja sam ondje, kraj rijeke Ahave, proglasio post: da bismo se ponizili pred Bogom svojim i od njega izmolili sretan put sebi, svojoj djeci i svemu blagu svojem.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Tada oglasih onde na reci Avi post, da bismo se ponizili pred Bogom svojim i izmolili u Njega srećan put sebi i deci svojoj i svemu blagu svom.

German Textbibel

Und ich ließ dort am Flusse Ahawa ein Fasten ausrufen, damit wir uns vor unserem Gotte demütigten, um glückliche Reise für uns und unsere Kinder und alle unsere Habe von ihm zu erbitten.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Ahava, that we should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וָאֶקְרָ֨א שָׁ֥ם צוֹם֙ עַל־הַנָּהָ֣ר אַהֲוָ֔א לְהִתְעַנּ֖וֹת לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ מִמֶּ֨נּוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֔ה לָ֥נוּ וּלְטַפֵּ֖נוּ וּלְכָל־רְכוּשֵֽׁנוּ׃