In those days I also saw that some men of Judah had married women from Ashdod. Others had married women from Ammon or Moab.

那些日子，我也见犹大人娶了亚实突、亚扪、摩押的女子为妻。

那些日子，我又看见犹太人娶了亚实突、亚扪和摩押的女子为妻。

那些日子，我又看见犹太人娶了亚实突、亚扪和摩押的女子为妻。

那些天，我见犹大人娶了亚实突、亚扪和摩押的女子为妻。

那些日子，我也发现有些犹大人娶了亚实突、亚扪和摩押的女子为妻。

那些日子，我也見猶大人娶了亞實突、亞捫、摩押的女子為妻。

那些日子，我又看見猶太人娶了亞實突、亞捫和摩押的女子為妻。

那些日子，我又看見猶太人娶了亞實突、亞捫和摩押的女子為妻。

那些天，我見猶大人娶了亞實突、亞捫和摩押的女子為妻。

那些日子，我也發現有些猶大人娶了亞實突、亞捫和摩押的女子為妻。

那些日子我也見了猶大人娶亞實突、亞捫、摩押的女子為妻。

時、我見猶大人、娶亞實突亞捫摩押之女為室、

猶大人娶亞實突、亞捫、摩押女、

斯時我見有猶大人娶亞實突女、亞捫女、摩押女為妻、

Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.

In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

In those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

In those days also saw I Jews[ that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon,[ and] of Moab:

Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;

Here is what the priests, Levites and people said.“ We promise not to let our daughters marry men from the nations around us. And we promise not to let their daughters marry our sons.

At that time the Book of Moses was read out loud. All the people heard it. It was written there that no Ammonite or Moabite could ever become a member of God’s community.

Then Ezra the priest stood up. He said,“ You haven’t been faithful to the Lord. You have married women from other lands. So you have added to Israel’s guilt.

After all these things had been done, the leaders came to me. They said,“ The people of Israel have committed sins. Even the priests and Levites have sinned. They haven’t kept themselves separate from the nations around them. The Lord hates the practices of those nations. He hates what the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites do. He also hates what the Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites do.The men of Israel have married the daughters of some of those people. They’ve also taken some of those women for their sons to marry. So they’ve mixed our holy nation with the nations around us. We leaders and officials have also married women who don’t worship the Lord. By doing this, we have led the way in breaking our covenant with the Lord.”

All these men had married women from other lands. Some of them had even had children by those wives.

The Philistines had captured the ark of God. They took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

Do not be joined to unbelievers. What do right and wrong have in common? Can light and darkness be friends?

But Sanballat and Tobiah heard that Jerusalem’s walls continued to be repaired. The Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard about it too. They heard that the gaps in the wall were being filled in. So they were very angry.

You gave us your commands through your servants the prophets. You said,‘ You are entering the land to take it as your own. The sinful practices of its people have made the land impure. They have filled it with their“ unclean” acts from one end to the other. The Lord hates all their practices.So don’t let your daughters marry their sons. And don’t let their daughters marry your sons. Don’t make a peace treaty with them at any time. Then you will be strong. You will eat the good things the land produces. And you will leave all of it to your children as their share. They and their children after them will enjoy it forever.’